Sony ST-SE300 11GB, Presetting Radio Stations, Naming the Preset Stations, Note, DISPLAY, 1Press CHAR, 2Press MEMORY, 5Press MEMORY, CHAR TUNING/SELECT

Advanced Tuner Operations

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 (1-0), 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.

MEMORY SHIFT Numeric buttons1Tune 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 a numeric button (1-0).The tuner stores the station at the preset code you specified.5Repeat steps 1 through 4 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 Preset Stations” on page 11.

Naming the Preset Stations

You can assign a name up to 13 characters long (5 characters for the ST-SE300) to each preset station except FM RDS stations. When the station is tuned in, the station name will appear instead of the frequency.

DISPLAY CHAR TUNING/SELECT

MEMORY SHIFT Numeric buttons

1Press CHAR.The cursor blinks in the display.2Turn TUNING/SELECT to select a character.

3When the character you want appears, press CHAR to move the cursor into position for the next character.

If you make a mistake

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

4Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the station name you desire appears in the display.5Press MEMORY.

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

6Press SHIFT and one of the preset buttons to specify the preset where you want to store the station name.

Note

The display returns to normal display mode if you stop assigning names for more than 8 seconds. If this happens, start again from the beginning.

To see the frequency of the displayed station name

Press DISPLAY repeatedly.

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