poly-planar MRD85i, Owner'S Manual

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AUTOMATIC MEMORY STORING & PRESET SCAN (AS/PS)
The PRESET buttons can be used to store 6 stations in each band (FM 1,
FM 2, FM 3 and AM1, AM2) for convenient access to your favorite stations.

Automatic Storing
Press AS/PS button , the radio searches and checks the signal strength
until one cycle search is finished then the strongest stations are stored into
the corresponding preset number button automatically.

Manual Storing
1. Select the desired band.
2. Select the station you want to store in memory, then press and hold one
of the
preset buttons for 3 seconds until the corresponding preset button
number appears.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to program additional stations.
SCAN FUNCTION
Press SCAN button to scan a station. The unit will keep on scanning
every 7 seconds until you press the SCAN button again to stop scan
function.
RDS FUNCTION (if available in your area)
RDS (Radio Data System) - automatically switches to the strongest signal
for the station you are listening so you don't have to retune your radio
manually as you drive around.
If one of the three setting (AF
、
TA
、
PTY) is turned on you can check RDS
station information by pressing MENU button then rotate Function/Select
knob to view channel name, frequency or PTY information. If AF/TA/PTY
settings are not turned on, you cannot see this information.
Below are some of the acronyms you will see on the display and what they
stand for:
AF (Alternative Frequency) - shows that RDS is tuning to the strongest
signal for the station you have selected. It retunes to a different frequency
when you move into another area.
AF operations : press MENU button until the AF settings is on display.
Rotate Function/Select knob
to turn on/off AF function. The ―AF‖
characters will be displayed on LCD if AF is on. When there is RDS signal
currently playing and the signal is below a certain level, the radio will switch
to the alternative stations which can receive good signal.