FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONSFront panel

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NATURAL SOUND AM/FM STEREO TUNER TX-590RDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO STEREO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET STATIONS

 

 

 

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MEMORY

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MEMO PS

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RDS MODE/FREQ

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AUTO/MAN'L MONO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PTY SELECTOR

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1POWER switch

8PTY SEEK MODE button

Press this switch to switch the power on. Press it again to switch the power off.

2Display panel

When this button is pressed, the unit turns into the PTY SEEK mode.

9PTY SEEK START button

Shows station frequencies and various information. (Refer to the next page for details.)

3MEMORY (MAN’L/AUTO FM) button

When this button is pressed, the MEMO indicator flashes for about 5 seconds. During this period, press the desired PRESET STATIONS button to enter the displayed station into the memory. When this button is pressed and holded for about 3 seconds, the automatic preset tuning begins.

4A/B/C/D/E button

Press this button to select a desired group (A–E) of preset stations.

5PRESET STATIONS buttons

Used to enter as many as 40 station frequencies into the memory.

6TUNING (PTY SELECTOR) control

Used to tune in to a desired station. This control is also used to call a preset RDS station by program type.

7RDS MODE/FREQ button

Press this button to begin searching for a station after the desired program type is selected in the PTY SEEK mode.

0EON button

Press this button to select a desired program type (NEWS, INFO, AFFAIRS, SPORT) when you want to call a radio program of that program type automatically.

AFM/AM button

Press this button to switch the reception band to FM or AM.

BTUNING MODE (AUTO/MAN’L MONO) button Press this button to switch the tuning mode to automatic or manual. To select the automatic tuning mode, press this button so that “AUTO” lights up on the display. To select the manual tuning mode, press this button so that “AUTO” goes off.

CEDIT button

This button is used to exchange the places of two preset stations with each other.

When an RDS station is received, pressing this button changes the display mode into the PS mode, PTY mode, RT mode and/or CT mode (if the station employs those RDS data services), and frequency display in turn.

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