Tuner Operations

Listening to FM/AM radio

You can listen to FM and AM broadcasts through the built-in tuner. Before operation, make sure you have connected the FM and AM antennas to the receiver (page 28).

Tip

The tuning scale for direct tuning differs depending on the area code as shown in the following table. For details on area codes, see page 3.

Area code

FM

AM

U, CA

100 kHz

10 kHz*

 

 

 

* The AM tuning scale can be changed (page 77).

Automatic tuning

VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 DVD

SAT

TV

SA-CD/CD

TUNER

1

AUX

DMPORT

RECEIVER

 

2CH

A.F.D.

MOVIE

MUSIC

 

SLEEP

FM MODE D.TUNING AUTO CAL

 

FM MODE

 

1

2

3

 

4

5

6

 

7

8

9

 

– /– –

 

 

 

CLEAR

0/10

ENTER

 

>10

MEMORY

 

GUIDE

 

DISPLAY

 

 

V

 

 

B

B

 

 

v

 

 

RETURN/

MENU

OPTIONS

 

EXIT

TOOLS

 

 

 

REPLAY ADVANCE

 

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>

2

TUNING –

 

TUNING +

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H

M

DISC SKIP

X x

1 Press TUNER repeatedly to select the FM or AM band.

2 Press TUNING + or TUNING –.

Press TUNING + to scan from low to high; press TUNING – to scan from high to low.

The receiver stops scanning whenever a station is received.

Using the controls on the receiver

1Turn INPUT SELECTOR to select the FM or AM band.

2Press TUNING MODE repeatedly to select “AUTO T.”.

3Press TUNING + or TUNING –.

In case of poor FM stereo reception

If the FM stereo reception is poor and “ST” flashes on the display, select monaural audio so that the sound will be less distorted.

•To select monaural audio, you can

–press FM MODE repeatedly until the “MONO” indicator lights up on the display.

–set “FM MODE” in TUNER menu to “FM MONO” (page 41).

•To return to stereo mode, you can

–press FM MODE repeatedly until the “MONO” indicator on the display does not light up.

–set “FM MODE” in TUNER menu to “FM AUTO” (page 41).

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