Sony ST-S3000ES Presetting Radio Stations, 11GB, Checking the signal strength

Advanced Tuner Operations

Checking the signal strength

You can use the digital signal meter to check the signal strength of FM frequencies. The display range is from 16 to 70 dB (1µV of radio frequency voltage = 0dB). To obtain a signal to noise ratio sufficient for receiving a stereo broadcast, we recommend a reading greater than 50 dB.

This unit also lets you use the digital signal meter with the AM band. With AM, display range is from 0 to 10 (larger values indicate stronger signals).

1Tune in an FM or AM station.

2Press DISPLAY repeatedly to display the digital signal meter.

3Rotate the FM or AM aerial to obtain the strongest signal.

Presetting Radio Stations

This section shows you how to store up to 30 of your favorite FM or AM (MW and LW) stations manually onto preset codes made up of characters (A, B, or C) and numbers, such as A7. You can store up to 10 stations on each of the 3 different letters. You can use these letters to classify stations according to music category or station band.

TUNING/SELECT

MEMORY ENTER SHIFT

1Tune in the FM, MW, or LW station you wish to store.

2Press MEMORY.

“MEMORY” appears along with the lowest vacant code to indicate that the tuner is ready to store the station.

3Press SHIFT to chose either A, B, or C.

The letter you choose appears in the display.

4Press TUNING/SELECT + or – repeatedly to choose the number you want.

5Press ENTER to store the station.

The tuner stores the station at the preset code you specified.

6Repeat steps 1 through 5 to store other stations.

RDS Station names are stored automatically

When you preset an RDS station broadcasting station name information, the station name is automatically stored at the station preset.

If you want to label the stations

Follow the procedure described in “Naming the Preset Stations” on page 12.

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