Manual tuning

Manual tuning is effective when station signals are weak.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

4

3

 

ZONE 2 ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM/AM

l TUNING/CH h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURE DIRECT

MD/TAPE MONITOR

ZONE CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT

MEMORY TUN MODE/DISP

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

12

A/B/C/D/E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

8

INPUT

 

BASS

 

TREBLE

 

BALANCE

 

LOUDNESS

 

 

MAIN ZONE

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

4

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

2

0

-dB

1

1Rotate the INPUT selector (or press TUNER on the remote control) to select TUNER as the input source.

INPUT

TUNER

or

Front panel

Remote control

2Press FM/AM on the front panel to select the reception band (FM or AM).

FM or AM appears in the front panel display.

FM/AM

XM/ANT

3Press TUN MODE on the front panel so that the AUTO indicator disappears from the front panel display.

TUN MODE/DISP

AUTO

 

AUTO/MAN'L

Disappears

FM/AM TUNING

4Press TUNING/CH l / h to manually tune into the desired station.

Hold down the button to continue tuning search.

l TUNING/CH h

Notes

When you tune into a station, the frequency of the received station is shown in the front panel display.

If you tune into an FM station, it is automatically received in the monaural mode to increase signal quality.

OPERATION

BASIC

 

 

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Yamaha RX-497 Manual tuning is effective when station signals are weak, Hold down the button to continue tuning search

RX-497 specifications

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