Pioneer SC-9540, Operating Instructions Manual

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Basic playback
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Listening to the radio
The following ste p s show you how to tune in to FM and
AM r adio b r oadcasts using the automatic (sea r ch) and
manual (ste p ) tuning functions. If you al r eady know the
f r equency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a
station
below. Once you a r e tuned to a station you can
memo r ize the f r equency fo r r ecall late r —see
Saving
station presets
below fo r mo r e on how to do this.
1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2 Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if
necessary.
Each pr ess switches the band between FM and AM.
3 Tune to a station.
The r e a r e th r ee ways to do this:
Automatic tuning
– To sea r ch fo r stations in the
cu rr ently selected band, pr ess and hold
TUNE
/
fo r about a second. The r eceive r will sta r t sea r ching
fo r the next station, sto pp ing when it has found one.
Re p eat to sea r ch fo r othe r stations.
Manual tuning
– To change the f r equency one ste p
at a time, pr ess TUNE
/
.
High speed tuning – P r ess and hold TUNE
/
fo r
high s p eed tuning. Release the button at the
f r equency you want.
Improving FM sound
If the TUNED o r STEREO indicato r doesn’t light when
tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, pr ess
MPX to switch the r eceive r into mono r ece p tion mode.
This should im pr ove the sound quality and allow you to
enjoy the b r oadcast.
Using the noise cut mode
The two noise cut modes can be used when r eceiving AM
b r oadcasts. P r ess MPX to select the noise cut mode (1 to
2).
Using Neural THX
This featu r e uses Neu r al Su rr ound™, THX
®
technologies
to achieve o p timal su rr ound sound f r om FM r adio.
• While listening to FM r adio, pr ess
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT fo r Neu r al THX listening.
See About Neural – THX Surround on p age 131 fo r mo r e
on this.
The
Neural THX
mode can be selected also with
STANDARD ( p age 57).
Tuning directly to a station
Sometimes, you’ll al r eady know the f r equency of the
station you want to listen to. In this case, you can sim p ly
ente r the f r equency di r ectly using the numbe r buttons on
the r emote cont r ol.
1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2 Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if
necessary.
Each pr ess switches the band between FM and AM.
3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).
4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of
the radio station.
Fo r exam p le, to tune to 106.00 (FM), pr ess 1 , 0 , 6 , 0 , 0 .
If you make a mistake halfway th r ough, pr ess D.ACCESS
twice to cancel the f r equency and sta r t ove r .
Saving station presets
If you often listen to a p a r ticula r r adio station, it’s
convenient to have the r eceive r sto r e the f r equency fo r
easy r ecall wheneve r you want to listen to that station.
This saves the effo r t of manually tuning in each time. This
r eceive r can memo r ize u p to 63 stations, sto r ed in seven
banks, o r classes (A to G) of 9 stations each. When saving
an FM f r equency, the MPX setting (see p age 52) is also
sto r ed.
1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See
Listening to the radio
above fo r mo r e on this.
2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).
The dis p lay shows PRESET MEMORY , then a blinking
memo r y class.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the seven classes, then
press PRESET
/
to select the station preset you
want.
You can also use the numbe r buttons to select a station
pr eset.
4 Press ENTER.
Afte r pr essing
ENTER
, the pr eset class and numbe r sto p
blinking and the r eceive r sto r es the station.
Naming station presets
Fo r easie r identification, you can name you r station
pr esets.
1 Choose the station preset you want to name.
See
Listening to station presets
below fo r how to do this.
2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).
The dis p lay shows
PRESET NAME
, then a blinking cu r so r
at the fi r st cha r acte r p osition.
TUNER XM SIRIUS iPod USB
INPUT
1 2 3
HDMI OUT
SLEEP MCACC
INPUT
SELECT
SIGNAL SEL
4 5 6
DIMMER A.ATT SBch
7 8 9
CLASS
MASTER
VOLUME
CH LEVEL D.ACCESS
/CLR
0
ENTER
TUNER
D.ACCESS
/CLR
CLASS
ENTER
T.EDIT
GUIDE TOP MENU
BAND
RETURN
iPod CTRL
HOME
MENU
LIST TOOLS
CATEGORY
AUDIO
PARAMETER
ENTER
TUNE
PRESET PRESET
TUNE
VIDEO
PARAMETER
T.EDIT
BAND
TUNE
PRESET PRESET
TUNE
ENTER
DIRECT
PHASE CTRL STATUS
REMOTE
SETUP
HDD
PGM
DVD
STANDARD STEREO
ADV SURR
ANT
THX
AUDIO
MULTI OPE
INFO
DISP
MPX PQLS MEMORY
CH
RECEIVER
TV CTRL
DISP
MPX
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