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Basic playback

Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and
AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and
manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the
frequency of the station you want, see

Tuning directly to a

station

below. Once you are tuned to a station you can

memorize the frequency for recall later—see

Saving

station presets

below for more on how to do this.

SC-27:

SC-25:

SC-27 only:

Set the remote control operation

selector switch to SOURCE.

Press TUNER to select the tuner.

Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if

necessary.

Each press switches the band between FM and AM.

Tune to a station.

There are three ways to do this:

Automatic tuning

– To search for stations in the

currently selected band, press and hold

TUNE

/

for about a second. The receiver will start searching
for the next station, stopping when it has found one.
Repeat to search for other stations.

Manual tuning

– To change the frequency one step

at a time, press

TUNE

/

High speed tuning

– Press and hold

TUNE

/

for

high speed tuning. Release the button at the
frequency you want.

Improving FM sound

If the

TUNED

STEREO

indicator doesn’t light when

tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, press

MPX

to switch the receiver into mono reception mode.

This should improve the sound quality and allow you to
enjoy the broadcast.

Using the noise cut mode

The two noise cut modes can be used when receiving AM
broadcasts. Press

MPX

to select the noise cut mode (1 to

2).

Using Neural THX

This feature uses Neural Surround™, THX

technologies

to achieve optimal surround sound from FM radio.

• While listening to FM radio, press

AUTO/ALC/

DIRECT

for Neural THX listening.

See

About Neural – THX Surround

on page 147 for more

on this.

The

Neural THX

mode can be selected also with

STANDARD

(page 62).

Tuning directly to a station

Sometimes, you’ll already know the frequency of the
station you want to listen to. In this case, you can simply
enter the frequency directly using the number buttons on
the remote control.

SC-27 only:

Set the remote control operation

selector switch to SOURCE.

Press TUNER to select the tuner.

Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if

necessary.

Each press switches the band between FM and AM.

Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).

Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of

the radio station.

For example, to tune to

106.00

(FM), press

If you make a mistake halfway through, press

D.ACCESS

twice to cancel the frequency and start over.

Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station, it’s
convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for
easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station.
This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time. This
receiver can memorize up to 63 stations, stored in seven
banks, or classes (A to G) of 9 stations each. When saving
an FM frequency, the

MPX

setting (see page 56) is also

stored.

Tune to a station you want to memorize.

See

Listening to the radio

above for more on this.

Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).

The display shows

PRESET MEMORY

, then a blinking

memory class.