Mercedes-Benz 380 SL 1985, Owner'S Manual

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Radio
The radio is programmed to automatically search the entire band at three sensi­
tivity levels.
During its first sweep, only the most powerful stations received will be
selected and locked in. During the next sweep, the less powerful and during the
third sweep, the weak stations will also be locked in.
If the station seeker bar is activated within 8 seconds after the radio is tuned to a
station, then the search operation will be continued at the same sensitivity level.
If 8 seconds are exceeded, the radio will revert to searching only the most powerful
stations.
Direct frequency dialing
In order to select a station with a known frequency, select the wave band, press
the function control button □ and then enter the frequency by pressing the
corresponding push buttons.
Example: FM 98.5 MHz AM 1050 KHz
Press any button marked
EE
through
S3
ED
through
ED
Press the function button
E3
a _ _
Enter frequency by pressing
S3
ED.
S3 EE S3. S3. 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 “MHz” for FM or “KHz” for
AM.
F IR S T S W E E P
SE C O N D SW EEP
T H IR D S W E E P
Note:
All AM stations have allocated frequen­
cies ending with a “0”.
All FM stations have allocated frequen­
cies ending with an odd (uneven) digit
after the decimal point.
Broadcasters sometimes may not give
their exact frequency but the next clo­
sest even number.
US radio frequency ranges:
AM 540 - 1600 KHz
FM 88.1 - 107.9 MHz
Manual tuning (used to fine tune a sta­
tion or for manual scanning)
After selecting the desired AM or FM
wave band, press the function control
button Q .
Press automatic station seeker bar
(up or down) and hold.
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 bar
'
s
activated within 8
seconds after pressing the function
control button □
the manual tuning
will automatically be deactivated.
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