CHAPTER 5

Tuner Operation

The Tuner is selected either by ro-

 

 

 

 

 

TREBLE

tating the manual input selector on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 2

3 4

5 6 7 8

9 0 +10

SELECT

front panel, or by touching the TUNER

 

 

 

 

 

BASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

button in the remote’s TGIII mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANUAL

 

 

 

The front panel display changes

 

 

TUNING

 

 

 

AM/FM

DIRECT

DOWN

UP

DOWN

UP

 

to show the frequency of the last sta-

 

TUNER CONTROLS

Sunfire

TONE CONTROLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

tion you were listening to.

AM/FM

Direct

Down

Up

 

 

 

 

 

The FM Tuner can tune stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

from 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in steps

Tuning Stations Directly

Record your favorite stations here:

of 0.2 MHz (.05 MHz steps for some

Preset

Station

AM FM NR

Use the AM/FM button to select

international models).

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either the AM or FM band and then

 

 

The AM Tuner can tune stations

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press the DIRECT button. Within a few

 

 

from 530 kHz to 1710 kHz in steps of

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seconds, enter the station’s frequency

 

 

10 kHz (531 kHz to 1710 kHz in 9 kHz

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by using the preset number buttons.

 

 

steps for some international models).

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For example, to tune to radio station

 

 

 

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Tuning Stations Manually

97.3, press DIRECT, then 9, then 7

 

 

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and then 3.

 

 

 

 

Use the front panel AM/FM button

 

 

 

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Setting the Presets

 

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to select either the AM or FM band

 

 

 

and then use one of these three ways

Once you have tuned in a sta-

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to tune stations manually:

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tion, press and hold a preset button

 

 

 

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1. Touch UP or DOWN momen-

until the display fl ashes to show the

 

 

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memory has been set. Use the +10

 

 

tarily to change the tuner by

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button to add presets higher than 9,

 

 

one frequency step.

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and hold the last button pressed for a

 

 

 

 

 

2. Hold UP or DOWN for a sec-

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few seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ond or so, then release to start

 

 

 

 

 

the scanning feature. The TGIII

Press

Result

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will scan to the next station,

5

Preset 5

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pause on it for a few seconds

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+10, 0

Preset 10

 

 

to allow you to hear what is

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+10,+10, 7

Preset 27

 

 

offered there, and then scan to

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the next, and so on. Pressing

+10,+10, +10, 3

Preset 33

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UP or DOWN stops the scan-

 

 

 

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ning process.

 

 

 

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3. Hold UP or DOWN for an

Recalling a Preset Station

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extended period to make the

 

 

 

 

 

Once you have selected the

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tuner speed across the band

 

 

Tuner, you can quickly recall a sta-

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without stopping on a station.

 

 

tion by pressing its preset number,

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The tuner will begin scanning

 

 

either on the front panel or by using

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for stations when you release

 

 

the remote’s numeric keypad, FAV

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the button. Pressing UP or

 

 

buttons, or the channel up and down

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DOWN stops the scanning.

 

 

buttons.

 

 

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4. Once you have tuned to a sta-

Scanning Presets

 

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tion, it can be set as a preset

 

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for easy recall, see "Setting the

To scan through the presets,

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Presets" in the next column.

press and hold the FM/AM button.

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Touch it again to stop the scan.

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User's Manual

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