Each time you press the button: MANUALbPRESET
Press [TUNER/BAND] to select “FM” or “AM”.
Each time you press the button: FMbAM

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RDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The radio: manual tuning

Radio stations can be tuned manually by selecting the station’s fre- quency or they can be preset into channels to make it easy to tune with the tuner/amplifier or the remote control (á page 25).

Preparation: Press [ê/I] to turn the unit on.

1

2 Press [TUNING MODE] to select “MANUAL”.

3 Press [TUNING (X or W)] to tune in the desired broadcast.

“TUNED” is displayed when a radio station is tuned.

“ST” is displayed when a stereo FM broadcast is being received.

4 Adjust the volume.

Auto tuning

Press and hold [TUNING (X or W)] for a moment until the frequency starts changing rapidly. The unit begins auto tuning, stopping when it finds a station.

³Auto tuning may not function when there is excessive interference,. ³To cancel auto tuning, press [TUNING (X or W)] once again.

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If noise is excessive in FM

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Press [FM AUTO/MONO] to display “MONO.”

This mode improves sound quality if reception is weak, but broad- casts will be heard in monaural.

Press [FM AUTO/MONO] again to cancel the mode. “MONO” goes out. MONO is also canceled if the frequency is changed.

Turn off “MONO” for normal listening. Stereo and monaural broad- casts are automatically played as they are received.

Stations can be preset in monaural manually (á page 25).

»RDS broadcasting

B

(Only for the United Kingdom and Continental Europe)

This unit can display the text data transmitted by the radio data sys- tem (RDS) available in some areas.

If the station you are listening to is transmitting RDS signals, “RDS” will light up on the display.

Displaying the name of a broadcasting station

Press [PS-DISP MODE] to display the station name. Press [DISP MODE-PTY] to display the program type. Each time you press the button:

Frequency displaybPS or PTY display

If the PS display isn’t shown

Press and hold [PS-DISP MODE] for about 4 seconds.

The mode switches every time the button is pressed and held: MODE 1bMODE 2

Note

RDS displays may not be available if reception is poor.

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AM allocation settings:

(Except for the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Russia, Australia and N.Z.)

By adjusting the AM allocation, you can enable the tuner to receive AM broadcasts allocated in 10 kHz steps.

Press and hold [TUNER/BAND].

After a few seconds the display will change to a flashing dis- play of the current minimum AM frequency. If you continue to hold [TUNER/BAND] down, the minimum frequency will change. Release the button at this time.

To return to the original frequency indication, repeat above.

Note

After changing the allocation setting, the frequencies you pre- viously preset in the memory will be cleared.

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Technics SC-DV170 Radio manual tuning, FM Auto Mono TUNER/BAND RDS, Disp Mode PTY