Advanced Tuner Operations

Receiving Broadcasts

This tuner lets you enter a station’s frequency directly by using the numeric buttons (direct tuning). If you don’t know the frequency of the station you want, see “Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations (Automatic tuning)”.

Before you begin, make sure you have:

•Connected an FM/AM aerial to the tuner as indicated on page 4.

BAND Numeric DIRECT buttons

1Press BAND to select FM, MW, or LW.

2Press DIRECT.

3Press the numeric buttons to enter the frequency.

Example 1: FM 102.50 MHz Example 2: AM 1350 kHz

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To receive other stations

Repeat Steps 1 to 3.

zWhen you tune in AM (MW and LW) stations

Adjust the direction of the AM loop aerial for optimum reception.

zIf the STEREO indicator remains off

Press FM MODE when an FM stereo broadcast is received.

zIf an FM stereo programme is distorted

The STEREO indicator flashes. Press FM MODE to change to monaural (MONO). You will not have the stereo effect but the distortion will be reduced. To return to stereo mode, press this button again.

zIf you cannot tune in a station and the entered numbers are flashing

Make sure you’ve entered the right frequency. If not, press DIRECT and reenter the frequency you want. If the entered numbers still flash, the frequency is not used in your area.

zIf you enter a frequency not covered by the tuning interval

The entered value is automatically rounded up or down to the closest covered value.

Tuning intervals for direct tuning are: FM: 50 kHz intervals

AM: 9 kHz intervals (MW), 1 kHz interval (LW)

Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations (Automatic tuning)

With automatic tuning you can quickly tune in a station without having to know its frequency.

1Press BAND to choose either FM, MW, or LW.

2Press TUNE MODE so that “AUTO TUNING” (“AUTO” for ST-SE300) appears in the display.

3Turn TUNING/SELECT slightly and release it when the frequency numbers start changing. Turn the knob to the right for a higher frequency; turn it to the left for a lower frequency.

When the tuner locates a station, it stops automatically, “TUNED” appears in the display. The signal meter indicates the strength of the broadcast signal.

4Repeat step 3 until you tune in the appropriate station.

To store the station, see “Presetting Radio Stations” on page 11.

zIf you cannot tune in the station you want (Manual Tuning)

With manual tuning you can search through all stations broadcasting on each band, and tune in stations with extremely weak signals that you might not be able to receive with automatic tuning.

1 Press BAND repeatedly to choose FM, MW, or LW.

2 Press TUNE MODE so that only “TUNING” appears in the display. “AUTO” should not appear in the display.

3 Turn TUNING/SELECT until you tune in the desired station.

Turn the knob to the right for a higher frequency; turn it to the left for a lower frequency.

The signal meter indicates the strength of the broadcast signal.

Note

When you reach the highest or lowest frequency of any band, tuning stops.

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