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“SEARCH” goes out as soon as the system
has found an alternative frequency or after
the frequency band has been scanned com-
pletely.
Should the reception quality of the selected
program become too bad,
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tune into another program.
REG - Regional
The AF function can also be used to activate
and deactivate the regional function. At some
time of the day, larger radio stations split up
their main program into regional program
versions offering local information.
If you want the radio to lock onto a regional
program,
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hold down the AF button for about 2
seconds.
The display will show “REG ON”.
If you leave the service area of the regional
program or if you wish to use the entire RDS
service, switch to “REG OFF”.
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Hold down the AF button for about 2
seconds until “REG OFF” is displayed.
If “REG ON” is activated, the display will
show “REG ON” each time the radio is
switched on.
Selecting a station
FM radio stations in the range between
87.5 and 108 MHz can be received.
Automatic seek tuning /
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Press / . The radio will automatically
tune to the following station.
If you press the upper or lower part of the
rocker switch ( / ), seek tuning speeds up
in forward and backward direction.
Seek tuning
up
down in
short steps
down
up in
short steps
Manual seek tuning << >>
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Press << or >> to change the frequency
in small steps in either direction.
Hold down the right or left part of the rocker
switch to speed up this process.
Radio operation with RDS
An ever increasing number of FM radio sta-
tions broadcast addition information in paral-
lel to their normal program via the Radio Data
System to make reception even more con-
venient.
As soon as radio programs can be identified,
the station name and possibly the regional
identifier are in the display, e.g. NDR1 NDS
(local radio program in Lower Saxony, Ger-
many).
With RDS, the preset buttons turn into pro-
gram buttons. Now you know exactly to which
program your set is tuned in and thus you can
choose precisely the desired program.
RDS offers further advantages:
AF - Alternative Frequency
The AF function assures that the strongest
frequency of the selected program is tuned in
automatically.
This function is on, if the display shows “AF”.
To switch AF on/off,
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press AF briefly.
During seek tuning to the strongest frequen-
cy, the radio operation is muted for a mo-
ment. If “SEARCH” appears in the display
when turning the set on or when calling up a
stored frequency, the set is automatically
searching for an alternative frequency.
