-4-
and enter new ones. This feature is most useful when traveling
in a new area where you are not familiar with the local stations.
bl
MANUAL UP/DOWN TUNING (+/–)
AUTOMATIC SEEK TUNING
Each time the
+
side of the button is tapped, the radio will tune
one frequency step higher. Similarly, each tap of the
–
side of
the button will tune one frequency step lower. To manually tune
in a station, tap the button of the appropriate direction until the
desired frequency is reached.
Pressing either side of the button for longer than 0.5 seconds
and then releasing will activate the Automatic Seek Tuning
function. The radio will seek the next available station and stop
at that frequency. The Seek function can be stopped by pressing
the button again or activating any other tuning function.
Pressing and holding either side of the button for longer than 0.5
seconds will cause the radio to continue tuning rapidly in the
selected direction until the button is released at which point it will
seek to the next available station.
b
m
AUTOMATIC SCAN TUNING (SC)
PRE-SET SCAN TUNING (PS)
During radio operation, press this button to scan the stations on
the band in use, stopping at each one for 8 seconds before
continuing to the next station (the frequency on the display panel
will flash during Scan mode operation). When a desired station
is reached, press the button again to stop the Scan function and
remain on the selected frequency. Scan mode will also be
canceled by activating any other tuning function.
Pressing and holding the button for 2 seconds will activate the
Pre-Set Scan Tuning function which will scan the 6 stations pre-set
into the memories of the AM band or the 12 stations pre-set into
the FMI and FMII bands. The unit will stop at each pre-set station
for 8 seconds before continuing to the next pre-set station (the
pre-set number on the display panel will flash during Pre-Set
Scan operation). Press the button again momentarily to stop
Pre-Set Scan operation and remain on the selected frequency.
bn
LOCAL/DISTANT SELECTOR (LO/DX)
This feature is used to select the strength of the signals at which
the radio will stop during Automatic Seek and Scan Tuning.
Momentarily pressing the button will select the Local setting (
LOC
will appear on the display panel) and only strong (local) stations
will be received. Momentarily pressing the button again will
select the Distant setting (
LOC
will disappear from the display
panel) and the radio will stop at a wider range of signals, including
weaker (more distant) stations.
NOTE:
Pressing this button for longer than 2 seconds will activate
or deactivate the Loudness Contour feature as described
in Section
8
.
bo
STATION PRE-SET MEMORIES
To set any of the 6 pre-set memories in each band, use the
following procedure:
1. Turn the radio on and select the desired band.
2. Select the first station to be pre-set using the Manual Up/Down
or Automatic Seek Tuning Controls
bl
.
3. Press the pre-set button to be set and continue to hold it in.
After approximately 2 seconds, the display will flash and the
volume will be momentarily muted indicating that the station
is now set into that pre-set memory position. The station can
now be recalled at any time by pressing that button.
4. Repeat the above procedure for the remaining 5 pre-sets on
that band and for the other 2 bands on the unit.
