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TUNER OPERATION
Tuner Operation
Basic Tuner Operation
The AVR’s tuner is capable of tuning AM, FM and
FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiving 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 button is pressed so that
AUTO
appears in the
Main Information Display
˜
each press of the
Tuning Selectors
8
K
will
put the tuner in a scan mode that seeks the next
higher or lower frequency station with acceptable
signal strength. An
AUTO S T TUNED
indica-
tion will momentarily appear when the station
stops at a stereo FM station, and an
AUTO
TUNED
indication will momentarily appear
when an AM or monaural FM station is tuned.
Press the Tuning buttons again to scan to the
next receivable station.
When the button is pressed so that
MANUAL
appears in the
Main Information Display
˜
each tap of the Selector will increased or
decrease the frequency by one increment. When
the tuner receives a strong enough signal for
adequate reception,
MANAUL TUNED
will
appear in the
Main Information Display
˜
.
4. Stations may also be tuned directly by pressing
the
Direct
button
J
, and then pressing the
Numeric Keys
H
that correspond to the sta-
tion’s frequency. Note that for entering numbers
higher than 100 you need to enter only the "1"
rather than "10", the first "0" will be added
automatically. The desired station will automati-
cally 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 holding the
Band Selector
!
on the front panel so that
MANUAL/MONO
appears momentarily in the
Main Information Display
˜
and then goes
out.
Preset Tuning
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
stored in the AVR’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 two underscore lines will appear 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 pre-
set stations one by one, press the
Preset
Stations Selector
buttons
#
"
on the front
panel or remote.
