Sony ST-S3000ES Naming the Preset Stations, Organizing the Preset Stations, 12GB

Advanced Tuner Operations

Naming the Preset Stations

You can assign a name up to 5 characters long to each preset station (except FM RDS stations). When the station is tuned in, the station name will appear instead of the frequency.

CHARACTER MEMORY TUNING/SELECT

DISPLAY ENTER SHIFT

1Use SHIFT and the TUNING/SELECT +or – buttons to specify the preset where you want to store the station name.

2Press CHARACTER.

The cursor blinks in the display.

3Press TUNING/SELECT + or – repeatedly to select a character.

4When the character you want appears, press CHARACTER to move the cursor into position for the next character.

If you make a mistake

Press CHARACTER repeatedly until the character you want to change flashes (every time you press CHARACTER, the next character flashes). Then press TUNING/SELECT + or – to select a new character.

5Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the station name you desire appears in the display.

6Press MEMORY. “MEMORY” appears.

Note

The display returns to normal display mode if you do not press ENTER within 8 seconds after pressing MEMORY. If this happens, start again from the beginning.

7Press ENTER to store the station name.

To see the frequency of the displayed station name

Press DISPLAY repeatedly.

Organizing the Preset Stations

This tuner makes it easy to arrange preset stations in the order you prefer. You can arrange all the preset stations automatically, according to alphabetical order, signal strength, country code, or tuner band, or you can use the “Move” and “Erase” functions to move and erase specific preset stations.

ENTER TUNING/SELECT

MENU

1Press MENU.

2Press TUNING/SELECT + or – repeatedly until “Edit” appears in the display, then press ENTER. If no stations have been stored as presets, “No Preset” appears in the display.

3Press TUNING/SELECT +/– repeatedly to choose one of the following sorting methods:

Choose	To
Move	change the location of a specific preset.
Erase	erase a specific preset.
Alphabet	sort preset stations in alphabetical order
	according to their preset names.
	Stations without preset names are arranged
	by frequency, from low to high.
Strength	sort preset stations in order of their signal
	strength (FM stations only).
	MW and LW frequencies are arranged by
	frequency.
Country	sort FM RDS stations with PI information
	alphabetically by country.
	Other stations are arranged by frequency.
Band	sort preset stations in order of their
	frequency band (FM - MW - LW).

4Press ENTER.

The tuner sorts the stations, then returns to normal tuning mode and receives preset station A1 unless you choose “Move” or “Erase”.

Note

Some countries use the same country code, and the stations from these counties may be arranged together.

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