Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3, Owner'S Manual

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Direct frequency dialing
In order to select a station with a known frequency, select the wave band, press
the function button □ and then enter the frequency by pressing the correspond­
ing push buttons.
Example: FM 98.5 MHz AM 1050 KHz
Press any button marked
E Q fhrough
3 3
H jJ through F H
Press the function button
□ □
Enter frequency by pressing
ED.
r n . E n
EE.
ED EG > ED
When dialing a frequency directly, the number of the push buttons is not displayed
on the panel. The wave band is indicated by showing “ M Hz” for FM or “ KHz” for
AM.
Note:
All AM stations have allocated frequencies ending with a “ 0".
All FM stations have allocated frequencies ending with an odd (uneven) digit after
the decimal point.
Broadcasters sometim es may not give their exact frequency but the next closest
even number.
US radio frequency ranges: AM 540 -1 6 0 0 KHz
FM 8 8 .1 -1 0 7 .9 MHz
Manual tuning (used to fine tune a
station or for manual scanning).
After selecting the desired AM or FM
wave band, press the function control
button □
Press automatic station seeker bar
I fup or down) and hold
down. The frequency will increase or
decrease respectively in increments of
0.1 MHz for FM or 1,0 KHz for AM.
Release the button when the desired
station is tuned in.
Unless the automatic station seeker
b a r i s activated within
8
se­
conds after pressing the function con­
trol button □ the manual tuning will
autom atically be deactivated.
Safety Note
To avoid distraction of attention from
the vehicle’s operation and the road, it
is recommended NOT to perform any
manual dialing operations by the driver
while the vehicle is in motion. Use the
automatic station search operation or
preset stations instead.
Push button tuning
Six FM stations and four AM stations
can be stored in memory and recalled
by pressing the appropriate buttons
marked ( Q through E G for FM or
EZ3
through Q 3 for AM stations.
To store stations in memory
Any FM station frequency displayed on
the panel can be stored on any button
marked Q
3
through
3 3
by depressing
the button desired and holding it until
the display has changed from the “ old”
setting to a “ blank” and then to the new
frequency to be stored.