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Operation
will seek to the next down or up strong and
clear frequency station. Repeat this action to
seek for other desired stations.
Programming tuner stations
There are six numbered preset buttons on the
panel and RC, under which you can store and
recall stations for each band. Select the needed
station, then press and hold a preset button.
The station will be saved in the memory under
the corresponding number. To recall a stored
station, press the corresponding preset button.
Automatic store/preset scan
Automatic store
Press and hold F/PS button. The radio will
automatically store the 6 strongest available
stations to the 6 preset memories of the 3 FM or
2 MW bands (depending on which is current).
To stop auto store, press this button again.
Preset scan
Press F/PS button, the receiver will scan the
saved stations in the current band.
Mono/Stereo control
(in FM radio mode)
Press SEL button until the display shows
STEREO (MONO). Turn VOLUME regulator on
the panel or press VOL+/- buttons on the RC
to switch between stereo reception or mono
reception. Improvement of reception of distant
stations can be done by selecting mono mode,
which may cut down some reception noise.
Local radio station search
Press SEL button to choose LOCAL (DX).
When the LOCAL function is on, the local
stations (stations with weak radio signal) can
be played. When the DX function is on both
local and distant stations (stations with strong
radio signal) can be played.
RDS function
RDS (Radio Data System) service availability
varies with areas. Please understand if RDS
service is not available in you area, the
following service is not available, either.
AF (Alternative frequencies) function
Press AF button to turn the AF function on
or off.
When radio signal strength is poor, enabling
AF function will allow the unit to automatically
search another station with the same PI
(Program Identification) as current station but
with a stronger signal, so that you do not have
to retune the stations when driving between
different transmitter coverage areas. When
AF symbol is on, it means RDS information is
received; when AF symbol is flashing, it means
RDS information is not received.
PS (Program Service name): the name of
station will be display instead of frequency.
If RDS service is not available in your area,
turn off the AF mode. Default setting is ON.
TA (Traffic Alarm) function
Press TA button to turn TA function on or off.
In TA mode traffic program will be auto
searched, until the program is received.
When traffic announcement is received the
unit will temporarily switch to the tuner mode
(regardless of the current mode) and begin
broadcasting the announcement. After the
traffic announcement is over, it will return to the
previous mode and volume level. To interrupt
traffic announcement press TA button shortly; it
will not switch off the TA mode.
PTY (Program Type)
This radio will allow you to select the type of
program required, and will search for a station
broadcasting that type of program.
Press PTY/CLK button on the panel or PTY
button on the RC to show the music type. Then
press 1 - 6 number buttons to choose different
music programs available.
Press PTY/CLK button on the panel or PTY
button on the RC twice to show the speech
type program. Then press 1 - 6 number
buttons to choose different speech programs.
Each number button will show 3 different
speech programs for you to choose (see table
below).
