Pioneer MVH-AV189, Owner'S Manual

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By keeping pressing and holding or , you can
perform non stop seek tuning. If you press again, non stop
seek tuning is cancelled and the preset channel is switched.
Starting procedure
1 Press .
2 Touch [
Radio ].
The “ Radio ” screen appears.
Searching by PTY information
You can tune into a station using PTY (Programme Type
Identification) information.
1 Touch .
2 Touch or
to select the item.
The following items are available:
News&Info
(default),
Popular
,
Classics
,
Others
.
3 Touch to start searching.
 If you touch [
Cancel
], the searching process is
cancelled.
Storing the strongest broadcast
frequencies
The BSM (best stations memory) function automatically stores
the six strongest broadcast frequencies under the preset tuning
keys “ 1 ” to “ 6 ”.
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Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM may replace those
you have already saved.
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Previously stored broadcast frequencies may remain stored
if the number of frequencies stored has not reached the
limit.
1 Touch .
2 Touch to begin a search.
While the message is displayed, the six strongest broadcast
frequencies will be stored under the preset tuning keys in order
of their signal strength.
 If you touch [
Cancel
], the storage process is
cancelled.
Displaying the “Radio settings”
screen
1 Press .
2 Touch , and then
.
3 Touch [
AV Source Settings
].
4 Touch [ Radio settings ].
Tuning into strong frequencies
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You can use this function when “ Radio ” is selected as the
source.
Local seek tuning allows you to only tune into those radio sta-
tions with sufficiently strong signals.
1 Display the “ Radio settings ” screen.
 Displaying the “Radio settings” screen on page 9
2 Touch [ Local ].
3 Touch the item you want to set.
 Off (default):
Turns the seek tuning setting off.
 Level1 to Level4 :
Sets the level of sensitivity for FM to Level1 to Level4 (for
AM Level1 or Level2 ).
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The FM “ Level4 ” (AM “ Level2 ”) setting allows reception of
only stations with the strongest signals.
Setting the FM or AM tuning
step
You can switch the tuning step for FM or AM band.
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For FM band, the seek tuning step is fixed to 50 kHz.
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The tuning step remains at 50 kHz during manual tuning.
1 Turn the source off.
 Source on the Top menu screen on page 8
2 Display the “ Radio settings ” screen.
 Displaying the “Radio settings” screen on page 9
3 Touch [FM Step] or [AM Step] to switch the
tuning step.
The following items are available for each setting:
FM Step

100kHz (default)
 50kHz
AM Step

9kHz
(default)
 10kHz
Setting the alternative fre-
quency search
When the tuner cannot get a good reception, tunes to another
broadcast station that supports the same programme in the
current network.
1 Display the “ Radio settings ” screen.
 Displaying the “Radio settings” screen on page 9
2 Touch [ Alternative FREQ ] to switch “ On ” or
“ Off ” (default).
Setting the Auto PI search
When you switch to the broadcast station containing RDS data,
searches for the same PI (Programme Identification) code broad-
cast station from all frequency band automatically.
1 Turn the source off.

Source on the Top menu screen on page 8
2 Display the “
Radio settings
” screen.
 Displaying the “Radio settings” screen on page 9
3 Touch [ Auto PI ] to switch “ On ” or “ Off ”
(default).
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Even if you set to “ Off ”, the PI search is automatically per-
formed when the tuner cannot get a good reception.
Limiting stations to regional
programming
You can switch whether the area code is checked during the
auto PI search.
1 Display the “
Radio settings
” screen.
 Displaying the “Radio settings” screen on page 9
2 Touch [ Regional ] to switch “ On ” (default) or
“ Off ”.
Radio
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AM FM1
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MHz
Abcdefghi
Selects the FM1, FM2, FM3
or AM band.
Performs manual tuning.
Performs seek tuning or
non stop seek tuning.
Displays the preset channel list.
Select an item on the list ("1" to "6")
to switch to the preset channel.
Recalls the preset channel
stored to a key from memory.
Stores the current broadcast
frequency to a key.
HOLD
HOLD
Releasing the key in a few seconds, skips
to the nearest station from the current
frequency. If you touch again while the
system is searching, cancels seek tuning
and performs manual tuning.
Keeping holding the key for a long
seconds, performs non stop seek tuning.
Searches for a broadcast by PTY information.

Searching by PTY information on page 9
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By pressing or , you can also switch the preset
channels.
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By pressing and hold or and release, you can
also perform seek tuning.
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