Sony MHC-G99AV, Operating Instructions Manual

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Chapter 3: the Radio
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Chapter 3:
the
Radio
Listening to the Radio
Presetting Radio Stations
Playing Preset Radio
Stations
MW/SW (AM)
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If you do not want to listen to the station
selected, turn the JOG dial again to
restart the scan.
When the desired station is not
tuned in
Automatic tuning may skip stations with a
weak signals. Tune in the station manually.
1 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until
“MANUAL” appears in the display.
2 Keep turning the JOG dial until the
desired station is tuned in.
To improve MW/SW (AM) broadcast
reception
Reorient the supplied AM loop antenna for
MW/SW (AM).
To change the MW (AM) tuning
interval (except for the Middle
Eastern model)
The MW (AM) tuning interval is preset to
9 kHz (some models are preset to 10 kHz)
in the factory. If you need to change the
interval, do as follows:
1
Turn on the power.
2
Change the band to MW (AM).
3 Turn off the power.
4 Turn the power back on while pressing
ENTER/NEXT.
After changing the MW (AM) tuning
interval, reset the preset radio stations. To
reset the interval to the factory setting,
follow the same procedure.
When an FM program is not clear to receive
Press MONO so that “MONO” appears in
the display. There will be no stereo effect,
but the reception will improve. Press
STEREO again to restore the stereo effect.
One Touch Play feature
Press TUNER/BAND when the power is
off. You can listen to the last received
station without pressing any other buttons.
Automatic Source Selection
If you press TUNER/BAND while you are
listening to other sound source, the tuner is
selected and the last received station plays
automatically.
Listening to the
Radio
When you want to play a radio program,
you can have the tuner automatically scan
the radio frequencies and tune in the
stations with clear signals. This feature
saves you time in searching for stations
with clear signals. However, stations with
weak signals may be skipped by automatic
tuning. Manually tune in the ones skipped
by automatic tuning.
1
Press TUNER/BAND (or TUNER/
BAND on the remote) repeatedly until
the band you want appears in the
display.
As you press TUNER/BAND, the band
changes as follows:
Latin-American and Australian models:
Other models:
2
Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until
“AUTO” appears in the display.
3
Turn the JOG dial clockwise to scan a
higher frequency station. To tune in a
lower frequency station, turn the JOG
dial counterclockwise.
The tuner starts scanning radio
frequencies, and stops automatically
when it finds a clear station.
“TUNED” appears in the display.
“STEREO” also appears if the tuned FM
station is broadcasting in stereo.
POWER n ON
1
2
3,4
ENTER/NEXT
STEREO MONO
FM AM
FM SW MW
125 63 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k(Hz)
DOLBY NR OFF
TUNER
CLIP
MANUAL
MHz
VOLUME
125 63 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k(Hz)
DOLBY NR OFF
TUNER
CLIP
TUNED STEREO
AUTO
MHz
VOLUME