Philips MC-21, Service Manual

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English
Radio Reception
Storing Pr
eset Radio Stations
You can store up to 40 preset r
adio stations in
the memor
y.
Automatic Pr
eset Pr
o
gramming
●
Plug and Pla
y setting (ref
er to
“Basic Functions -
Plug and Pla
y”).
OR
1
Press
TUNER
to select
TUNER mode
.
➜
"
TUNERTUNERTUNERTUNERTUNER
" will be displa
yed.
A f
ew seconds
later
, the cur
rent r
adio frequency will appear on
the displa
y.
➜
If a FM station is received in stereo
,
will
appear on the displa
y.
To
begin automatic pr
eset fr
om a desir
ed
pr
eset n
umber
●
Press
í
or
ë
to select the desired preset
n
umber
.
➜
For those r
adio stations that had been stored
in one of the preset will not be restored again to another preset n
umber
.
2
Press and hold
PR
OG
until "
AUTOAUTOAUTOAUTOAUTO
" appear
s on
the displa
y.
➜
PROGRAM
will star
t flashing.
➜
The system will search f
or all RDS stations
and then continue with r
adio stations on FM,
MW and L
W
band respectiv
ely
.
➜
All a
vailab
le r
adio stations with suff
icient signal
strength will be stored automatically
.
➜
The system will stop searching when all the
availab
le r
adio stations are stored or when the
memor
y for 40 preset r
adio stations is used.
➜
The last preset r
adio station or the f
ir
st
availab
le RDS station will then be pla
yed when
completed. To
stop storing the automatic pr
eset
●
Press
PR
OG
or
Ç
on the system.
Note: –
If no pr
eset number is selected,
automatic preset
will begin fr
om preset (1) and all your f
ormer
pr
esets will be o
verr
idden.
Manual Pr
eset Pr
o
gramming
1
Press
TUNER
repeatedl
y to select the desired
wa
veband :
FM,
MW or L
W
.
2
Press
PR
OG
.
➜
PROGRAM
will star
t flashing.
➜
The next a
vailab
le preset n
umber will be
displa
yed f
or selection.
3
Press and hold
à
or
á
until the frequency
indication star
ts to change
, then release
.
➜
The displa
y will sho
w "
SEARCHSEARCHSEARCHSEARCHSEARCH
" until a
radio station with suff
icient signal strength is
found. To
stor
e the radio station to another
pr
eset n
umber
●
Press
í
or
ë
to select the desired preset
n
umber
.
4
Press
PR
OG
again to store the r
adio station.
➜
PROGRAM
will disappear from the displa
y.
●
Repeat
steps 2–4
to store other preset r
adio
stations.
-
-+
-
OPE
N
ST
ANDBY
-ON
ECO POWER
iR
VOL
AUX
/
CDR
PROG
PRESET
T
APE
SEARCH
/
TUNE
TUNER
DEMO STOP
P
AUSE
PREV
NEXT
REC
STOP
3 CDC
PLA
Y
BASS
TREBLE
NEWS
-+
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English
T
uning to a w
eak radio station
●
Press
à
or
á
br
iefly and repeatedl
y until the
optimal reception is found. To
stop storing the man
ual pr
eset
●
Press
Ç
on the system.
Notes: –
If you attempt to stor
e mor
e than 40 preset
radio stations
, "
PROGRAM FULL
" will be
display
ed.
–
Dur
ing pr
og
ramming,
if no k
ey is pr
essed within
20 seconds
, the system will exit the Pr
og
ramme
mode automatically
.
T
uning to Pr
eset Radio Stations
●
Once y
ou’v
e preset the r
adio stations,
press
í
or
ë
to select the desired preset n
umber
.
➜
The preset n
umber
, r
adio frequency
, and
wa
veband will appear on the displa
y.
Erasing a Pr
eset Radio Station
1
Press
í
or
ë
to select the preset r
adio station
to be er
ased.
2
Press and hold
Ç
on the system until
“
PRESETPRESETPRESETPRESETPRESET
DELETEDDELETEDDELETEDDELETEDDELETED
”
appear
s on the displa
y.
➜
The r
adio frequency remain on the displa
y.
➜
The preset number
s of all other preset r
adio
stations in the band with higher number
s are
also decreased b
y one
.
●
Repeat
steps 1–2
to er
ase other preset r
adio
stations. F
or Recor
ding,
please r
efer to
“T
ape
Oper
ation/Recor
ding”.
Radio Reception
RDS
RDS (Radio Data System) is a broadcasting ser
vice that allo
ws FM stations to send additional
infor
mation along with the regular FM r
adio
signal.
This additional inf
or
mation can contain:
ST
A
TION NAME:
The r
adio station name is
displa
yed.
PR
OGRAMME TYPE
: The follo
wing
progr
amme types exist and can be receiv
ed b
y
your tuner
: News,
Affair
s, Inf
o
, Spor
t, Educate
,
Dr
ama,
Culture
, Science
, V
ar
ied,
P
op M,
Rock M,
M.O
.R.
(middle of the road m
usic),
Light M,
Classics,
Other M,
No type
.
RADIO TEXT
(R
T):
text messages appear on
the displa
y.
Receiving RDS Radio Station
●
Tuned to a r
adio station from FM band.
➜
If the r
adio station tr
ansmitting RDS signal,
the RDS logo (
) and the r
adio station
name will appear on the displa
y.
To
check the RDS inf
ormation
●
Press
RDS
on the remote control repeatedl
y to
scroll through the follo
wing inf
or
mation (if
availab
le) :
ST
A
TION NAME
™™™™™
PR
OGRAMME
TYPE
™™™™™
RADIO
TEXT
™™™™™
TUNED FREQ
UENCY
™™™™™
ST
A
TION NAME ....
Notes: –
If the tuned r
adio station does not tr
ansmit RDS
signal or is a non RDS station, "
NO RDS
" will be
display
ed.
–
If the RDS text messag
e is not available at the
RDS station,
"
NO RDS TEXT
" will be display
ed.
RDS Time Some RDS station ma
y be tr
ansmitting a real
clock time at an inter
val of ev
er
y minute
.
Setting the RDS time
1
Press and hold
CLOCK
on the remote control.
➜
"
00:0000:0000:0000:0000:00
" or cur
rent time star
ts flashing.
2
Press
RDS
on the remote control.
➜
"
SEARCH RDS TIMESEARCH RDS TIMESEARCH RDS TIMESEARCH RDS TIMESEARCH RDS TIME
" will be displa
yed.
➜
When RDS time is read, "
RDS TIMERDS TIMERDS TIMERDS TIMERDS TIME
" will
be displa
yed.
The cur
rent time will be displa
ye
d
for 2 seconds and stored automaticall
y.
➜
If the RDS station does not tr
ansmit RDS
time within 90 seconds, "
NO RDS TIMENO RDS TIMENO RDS TIMENO RDS TIMENO RDS TIME
" will
be displa
yed.