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2. Select a station/RDS programme (FM), for

example, by calling up a LEARN memory
position.

If the selected station/RDS programme is
already stored in a memory position, the
display will indicate its number.

3. Store the selected station/RDS programme:

Briefly press the

button. The STORE

sign is shown in the display. Select the
desired memory position (Preset) number
1 to 48 by turning the right-hand

control

knob.

Confirm this by pressing the

button

or the right-hand

control knob until the

signal sounds and ”

STORED

” appears in the

display.

If you select no Preset number, the station
is automatically allocated to the next free
Preset. The display indicates ”

FREE

”.

The selected AF and TP settings are stored
along with the station.

Setting RDS programmes with the
LEARN memory

With the push of a button you can store up to
25 RDS programmes in the LEARN memory!
The stored RDS programmes can be called up
one after the other, see ”Important Informati-
on”, page 20.

The LEARN memory is useful if you are
in an unknown reception area and do
not wish to erase your stored stations
(Presets).

Releasing a LEARN search

Select the ”

TUNER FM

” range by pressing the

button.

Press on the right-hand

control knob until

the first signal sounds.
”

LRN ...

” appears in the display and the radio

scans the FM range.

Always wait until the LEARN search is
completed. It is not possible to abort the
search function.

Radio

If no reception is possible (in an under-
ground car park, or when the aerial is
defective, for example, see page 22), the
LEARN search function can be endless.

As soon as the LEARN search function is
completed, up to 25 stations are stored
and you will hear the station giving best
reception.

Calling up the LEARN memory contents

Select the ”LEARN” mode by repeatedly pres-
sing the right-hand

control knob until the

display briefly indicates ”

LEARN

”.

Turn the right-hand

control knob to call up

the Presets stored in the LEARN memory in
the desired direction.
While the radio scans the memory, the display
indicates ”

RDS-SCAN

”.

Allocating FM Presets

48 Presets (memory positions) are availabe in
the ”

TUNER FM

” range.

1. Select the ”

TUNER FM

” range by pressing

the

button.

Manual frequency tuning

1. Select the ”

TUNER FM

” or ”

TUNER AM

”

range.

2. Press the right-hand

control knob until

the second signal sounds and the display
indicates the red ”MAN” sign and briefly
”

MANUAL

”.

3. Turn the right-hand

control knob to the

left or to the right to change the frequency
in the corresponding direction in steps of
50 kHz in the FM band and in steps of
1 kHz in the AM band. The display indica-
tes ”

FM 92.70

”, for example.

The right-hand

control knob has a

”flywheel” function for fast tuning.

4. If you wish to store the found stations on

Presets (memory positions), see page 8,
”Allocating FM presets”.

5. To terminate manual frequency tuning,

press the right-hand

control knob.

Selecting stations/RDS programmes
with the search function

1. Select the ”

TUNER FM

” range by pressing

the

button.

2. Repeatedly and briefly press the right-hand

control knob until ”

” appears

briefly in the display.

3. Turn the right-hand

control knob to start

the search function in the desired direction.

The search function operates with two
different sensitivities. When exploring the
frequency range the first time, it searches
for stations with high field strength (local
reception). When exploring the range the
second time, it searches also for stations
with low field strength (distant reception).

4. If you wish to store the found stations on

Presets (memory positions), see page 8,
”Allocating FM presets”.

Radio

Calling up Presets

1. Select the ”

PRESET

” mode by repeatedly

and briefly pressing the right-hand

con-

trol knob until the display briefly indicates
”

PRESET

” and then the green PRESET

sign.

2. Turn the right-hand

control knob to

select the desired Preset.

The memory contents are maintained even
when disconnecting the battery voltage.

Erasing Presets

To erase an occupied memory position (Pre-
set), briefly press the

button until the

display indicates the STORE sign. Turn the
right-hand

control knob to select the Preset

you wish to erase then press this knob until
two signals sound and the display indicates
for approximately two seconds ”

ERASED

”.

Selecting the TAPE programme source

Slide a cassette into the cassette compart-
ment or repeatedly and briefly press the

button until "

TAPE

" appears in the display.

Do not hold back the cassette when
sliding it into the compartment.

It is possible again to select another pro-
gramme source with the

button.

Changing the cassette side

Briefly press the

button or automatically

at tape end:

TAPE A

" - upper cassette side,

TAPE B

" - bottom cassette side.

Cassette play with and without
Dolby B NR*

Activating/de-activating Dolby B NR
Press the right-hand

control knob until the

signal sounds:
Dolby B NR is activated (de-activated) and
the display indicates briefly "

DOLBY ON

DOLBY OFF

"); the symbol "

" lights up

(goes out).
* see page 20.

Traffic announcements

Activating/de-activating TP: see radio mode.

When the TP function is activated, cas-
sette play will be interrupted during traffic
announcements.

Fast forward and rewind

Repeatedly and briefly press the right-hand

control knob until "

WIND

" appears in the

display.

To select fast forward (rewind), turn the right-
hand

control knob to the right (left) until

the display indicates "

WIND

>> " ("

WIND

<< ").

Cancelling fast forward (rewind)

Turn the righ-hand

control knob back to its

home position or automatically at tape end.

Skipping or repeating tracks

Condition for this function are pauses of at
least 3 seconds between the tracks (without
announcements, etc.).

Not suited are music pieces containing very
soft passages (e.g. classic music), as these
passages might be treated as pauses.

How to proceed:

Repeatedly and briefly press the right-hand

control knob until "

TRACK

" appears in the

display.

For example, to skip 3 (9 max.) tracks, turn
the right-hand

control knob to the right

until the display indicates "

TRACK

+3 ".

Turning the right-hand

control knob to the

left allows for skipping up to 9 tracks in the
opposite direction (indication: "

TRACK

-9 ").

Cancelling the function

Turn the righ-hand

control knob back to its

home position or automatically at tape end.

Ejecting the cassette

Press the

button when in cassette mode

until the signal sounds. The display indicates
"

EJECT

Cassette (TAPE)

To make car radio operation as easy as possi-
ble, numerous settings that you need only
once or occasionally are located in an additio-
nal control level (EXPERT).

List of possible EXPERT settings

Code setting

Display brightness

Security LED on/off

Sound signal on/off

AM range lock

Autom. LEARN on/off

Autom. change of regional prolgramme
on/off

Switching on/off with the ignition/starter
switch

Muting during telephone mode

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Input sensitivity for CD changer and DAT
mode