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Basic Operations
Listening to non-preset radio
stations
• Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until
“AUTO” and “PRESET” disappear from the
display in step 2, then press or – to
tune in the desired station (
Manual Tuning
).
• Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until
“AUTO” appears in step 2, then press TUNING
+ or –. The frequency indication changes and
the scanning stops when the system tunes in a
station (
Automatic Tuning
).
To cancel Automatic Tuning
Press TUNING MODE.
Tips
• Pressing TUNER/BAND when the system is off
automatically turns on the system and tunes in the
last received station (
One Touch Play
).
• You can switch from another source to the tuner
just by pressing TUNER/BAND (
Automatic
Source Selection
).
• To improve broadcast reception, adjust the supplied
antennas, or connect a commercially available
external antenna (see page 70).
• When an FM stereo program has static noise, press
STEREO/MONO until “MONO” scrolls in the
display. There will be no stereo effect, but the
reception will improve. Press the button again to
restore the stereo effect.
Recording from the
radio
— Manual Recording
You can make an analog recording of a radio
program on an MD or a tape.
Recording on an MD
If you use a partially recorded MD, recording
starts after the recorded tracks. To erase the
recorded contents, see “Erasing recordings” on
page 47.
To turn on the system, press
?
/
1
(power).
?
/
1
(power)
2
3
4
MD
Z
MD
x
5
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