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Operating the radio
The
MP 2500 R
features an
FM Tuner
(VHF radio) with HD
Radio™ technology*, a
DAB / DAB+
reception section
(digital radio) and also includes the facility to stream
Internet radio
. The following section describes in detail how to
operate the individual radio sources.
HD Radio technology enables radio stations to transmit analogue and digital programmes on the same frequency
simultaneously.
The integral DAB+ receiving section is backwards-compatible with DAB, to ensure that you have access to a wide range
of stations.
* HD
Radio™ technology only available in US-version.
FM
– Radio
Selecting FM radio
Briefly tap the
button on the front panel of the
MP 2500 R
or the
button on the
SRC1
remote control handset, repeatedly if necessary,
until the source “
FM Radio
”
is displayed on the screen.
Display
a) Displays the type of reception currently in use.
b) Hear the music type or style is displayed, e.g. Pop Music.
This information is only displayed if the transmitting station broadcasts it as
part of the
RDS
system. If you are listening to a station which does not
support the
RDS
system, or only supports it in part, these information fields
remain empty.
c) The frequency and / or the station name is displayed in enlarged form. If a
station name is displayed, its frequency is shown in area 'e'.
d) These lines display information which is broadcast by the station (e.g.
Radiotext).
e) Display of Stereo '
' / Mono '
f) The
field strength
and therefore the reception quality to be expected
from the set transmitting station can be assessed from the field strength.
Manual station search
Holding one of the
/
buttons pressed in initiates a station
search for FM tuner in the upward or downward direction. The station search
stops automatically at the next station. A frequency can be selected directly by
pressing the
/
buttons repeatedly. Briefly pressing the
/
buttons on the
SRC1
, repeatedly if necessary, enables you to
select a particular frequency.
As soon as the station is audible, you can add it to your Favourites list by
pressing the
button.
