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Listening to Radio Broadcasts
You can listen to FM stations. Stations can be tuned in manually, automatically, or from preset
memory storage.
Caution:
Before listening to the radio, please check that the FM antenna is correctly connected and
adjusted for length and direction or that the unit is connected to an external FM antenna.
Tuning in a Station
1. Repeatedly press the function button (
FUNCTION
) on the front of the product or press the tuner
function button (
) on the remote control to select tuner function.
2. Select a station using one of the following methods.
Manual Tuning
Repeatedly press the tuning backward/forward button (
-
) on the front of the product
or press the search backward/forward button (
D
D
D
D
D
/
C
C
C
C
C
) on the remote control to change the
frequency until you find the station you want.
Auto Tuning
If you press and hold the tuning backward/forward button (
-
) on the front of the
product or press the search backward/forward button (
D
D
D
D
D
/
C
C
C
C
C
) on the remote control for one
second or more, the frequency changes down, or up, automatically until a station is found.
Preset Tuning (Possible only after presetting stations)
Repeatedly press the channel select backward/forward button (
-
) on the front of the
product or press the channel select backward/forward button (
H
H
H
H
H
/
G
G
G
G
G
) on the remote control
to select the desired preset number. Its band and frequency are displayed on the VFD.
Presetting Stations
You can preset up to 16 FM stations.
Tune in the desired station:
1. Press the memory button (
PROG
) on the remote control, the “MEM” will flash on the display and
the preset number will be displayed.
2. Press the channel select backward/forward button (
-
) on the front of the product or
press the channel select backward/forward button (
H
H
H
H
H
/
G
G
G
G
G
) on the remote control to select the
preset number.
- PRESET
/
H
H
H
H
H
Decreases the preset number by 1
/
G
G
G
G
G
Increases the preset number by 1
Note:
If you select more than 16, the preset number will be changed to “1” automatically.
3. Press the memory button (
PROG
) on the remote control to store the station. After 1 second, the
display returns to the broadcast frequency display.
4. Repeat above steps 1 to 3 for each station you want to store in memory with a preset number.
Note:
If the system is unplugged or if a power failure occurs, the preset stations will not be erased.
To change the FM Reception Mode
When you are tuned into a FM stereo broadcast, “FM ST.” will be displayed and you can hear stereo
effects.
If a FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive or noisy, you can select MONO by pressing the mode
button (
MODE
) and the “FM ST” will not displayed. Reception will be improved, but you will lose any
stereo effect.
To restore the stereo effect, press the mode button (
MODE
) and the “FM ST” will be displayed.
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