ACD 9850
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If you leave the service area of the regional
program tuned into, or if you would like to take
advantage of the full RDS service, then
switch to “REG OFF”.
•
Press the AF button for approximately
2 seconds until “REG OFF” appears.
If REG ON is activated, “REG ON” will appear
in the display briefly each time the radio is
switched on.
Selecting a station
With this car radio you can receive FM stati-
ons between 87.5 and 108 MHz.
Selecting stations automatically
Condition: AF is switched on!
•
Press
; the car radio will automati-
cally search for the next receivable sta-
tion.
When keeping the
or the
button depres-
sed, seek tuning will speed up in upwards or
downwards direction.
Selecting stations manually
Condition: AF is switched off!
•
Press
; the frequency will change in
small steps in downwards or upwards
direction.
When holding the
or the
button pressed
down, the frequency scan is speeded up.
Selecting the station search
sensitivity
You can alter the sensitivity of the automatic
station search.
For this purpose:
•
Press the lo button briefly.
If “lo” is displayed, the radio will only pick up
strong nearby stations (low sensitivity).
If “lo” does not light up, the radio will also pick
up less powerful stations (higher sensitivity)
Separate adjustment of the sensitivity
levels for local and distant reception
The sensitivity levels for local and distant
reception can be adjusted separately:
a) Local reception
•
Press the MIX / lo button to switch
to “lo” (lights up in the display).
•
Keep MIX / lo depressed until “S-
LO” and the adjusted value are dis-
played (follows after “MONO OFF”
or “MONO ON”).
Use the
buttons to alter the sensitivity
value (“1” corresponds to high sensitivity, “3”
corresponds to low sensitivity).
The last adjustment will be stored automati-
cally.
If the setting remains unchanged within 8
seconds, the display will switch back to the
previous condition.
Press MIX / lo to switch back immediately.
b) Distant reception
•
Press the MIX / lo button to switch
to “dx” (“lo” disappears from the
display).
•
Keep MIX / lo depressed until “S-
DX” appears in the display. The
adjustment is made as described
under “a) Local reception”.
Switching from stereo to mono
If reception is poor, you may get better sound
quality by switching to mono:
•
Hold down the MIX / lo button until
“MONO OFF” or “MONO ON” appears
in the display.
The stereo symbol
will disappear for
mono playback.
Each time the radio is switched on, stereo
playback is activated.
The unit will automatically switch to mono
playback under poor reception conditions.
