TUNER OPERATION
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Tuner Operation
Basic Tuner Operation
The AVR 4550’s tuner is capable of tuning AM,
FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiv-
ing RDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, or
they may be stored as favorite station presets and
recalled from a 30 position memory.
Station Selection
1. Press the
AM/FM Tuner Select
button
6
on the remote to select the tuner as an input.
The tuner may be selected from the front panel
by either pressing the
Input Source Selector
%
until the tuner is active or by pressing the
Tuner Band Selector
!
at any time.
2. Press the
AM/FM Tuner Select
button
6
or
Tuner Band Selector
!
again to switch
between AM and FM so that the desired
frequency band is selected.
3. Press the
Tuner Mode
button
I
on the
remote or hold the
Band Selector
!
on the
front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select
manual or automatic tuning.
When the
AUTO
indicator
J
is illuminated in the
Main Information Display
˜
the tuner will
only stop at those stations that have a strong
enough signal to be received with acceptable
quality.
When the
AUTO
indicator
J
is not illuminated,
the tuner is in a manual mode and will stop at
each frequency increment in the selected band.
4. To select stations press any
Tuning
button
)
K
. When the
AUTO
indicator
J
is
illuminated, press the button to cause the tuner
to search for the next highest or lowest frequen-
cy station that has an acceptable signal or hold
the button pressed to tune fastly and release it
to start the auto search. In the Auto mode the
tuner will play each station in stereo or mono
mode, just as the program is transmitted. If the
AUTO
indicator
J
is not illuminated, tap the
Tuning
button
)
K
to advance one
frequency increment at a time, or press and hold
it to locate a specific station. When the
TUNED
indicator
I
illuminates, the station is properly
tuned and should be heard with clarity.
5. Stations may also be tuned directly by press-
ing the
Direct
button
J
, and then pressing
the
Numeric Keys
H
that correspond to the
station’s frequency. Note that for entering num-
bers higher than 100 you need to enter only the
"1" rather than "10", the first "0" will be
added automatically. The desired station will
automatically be tuned after the latest number is
entered. If you press an incorrect button while
entering a direct frequency, press the
Clear
button
#
to start over.
NOTE:
When the FM reception of a stereo
station is weak, audio quality will be increased
by switching to Mono mode by pressing the
Tuner Mode
button
I
on the remote or hold-
ing the
Band Selector
!
on the front panel
pressed for 3 seconds until the
STEREO
H
and
AUTO
J
indicators go out.
Preset Tuning
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
stored in the AVR 4550’s memory for easy recall
using the front panel controls or the remote.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the
Memory
button
$
on the
remote. Note that
M E M O R Y
indicator
G
will
illuminate and flash in the
Main Information
Display
˜
.
2. Within five seconds, press the
Numeric
Keys
H
corresponding to the location where
you wish to store this station’s frequency. Once
entered, the preset number will appear in the
Main Information Display
˜
.
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
in the preset memory, press the
Numeric Keys
H
that correspond to the desired station’s
memory location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored
preset stations one by one, press the
Preset
Stations Selector
buttons
#
"
on the
front panel or remote.
