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Use of the FM radio
Press the
FM
button on the remote control or the
4.5 mm
27.0 mm
5.
8 m
m
4.
3 m
m
button on the main device until “FM”
appears on the display.
Setting a FM station
• Press the TUN+ button on the remote control to increase the reception frequency.
• Press the
TUN-
button on the remote control to lower the reception frequency.
• If you hold down the TUN+ or TUN- buttons, an automatic station scan starts which stops at the
first station which is found.
• Press the Auto button to start a station scan with automatic storage of the stations which are found.
A maximum of 30 stations will be stored in the order they were found.
• Press the or
buttons on the remote control or on the main device to scroll through the
memory list. Memory spaces which are unassigned will be indicated with “EMPTY“ .
Use of Radio Data System (RDS)
RDS is a transmission system whereby FM station transmit other useful information along with the
actual transmitter signal. This can be extracted from the normal transmitter signal and used for a range
of additional functions.
If an RDS signal is received, then” RDS ” appears in the display below the frequency display and
after a while the station name and other information is displayed instead of the frequency.
RDS functions
The following information can be retrieved by repeatedly pressing the
RDS
button:
• Radiotext – If the station is not broadcasting any radio text, then “ NO TEXT ” appears.
• PTY (Program Type) – If the station is not broadcasting any PTY signal, then “ NO PTY ” appears.
• Frequency and memory space of the station received
• Stereo / Mono display
• Time – If the station is not broadcasting any time signal, then “
00_00_00 ” appears.
• Date – If the station is not broadcasting any date signal, then “ 00-00-00 ” appears.
If there is insufficient reception signal, signal reception can be disturbed or impossible despite
showing “ RDS ” display.
Saving stations in station memory
There are 30 memory spaces available to make it easier to find FM stations.
To assign the memory, proceed as follows:
• Select a station to be saved
• Press the
PRG
button until a station memory space flashes in the display. An empty memory space
is indicated by “EMPTY” , an assigned space is shown with its frequency. You can also re-assign a
memory space which is already in use.
• Press the or buttons to select a memory space.
• Confirm or save using the
PROG
button. The memory space will no longer be flashing.
• The stations can now be selected with the or buttons.