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Short pressing the
button, the radio
searches for each preset station that saved
in the memories of the current band. If the
field strength level is more than the
threshold level, the radio will hold at this
preset station for 5 seconds with sound
output, then go to next station, finally the
radio will play at the preset station where
scanning started. Press the
again to
stop preset scanning.
Press the
button for more than 2
seconds to start auto store. The radio will
scan from the current frequency, and auto-
matically store the 6 strongest stations into
the preset memories. When auto store is
complete, the radio will start preset scan to
the stored 6 station
Press the
button short toggles AF
mode on or off. There are 3 state the “AF”
icon on the LCD display:
AF switching mode off.
AF switching mode on,and
has RDS information.
AF switching mode on, but
RDS information is not received yet.
When AF switching mode is selected, the
radio checks the signal strength of the AF
all the time. The interval of checking time of
each AFs depends on the signal strength of
current station, from a few minute for strong
station to few seconds for weak station.
Every time that new AF is stronger than
current station, it switches over to that
frequency for very short time. Because the
mute time of AF switching or checking time
is very short, it is almost inaudible in case of
normal program. During FM mode, when AF
is on, manual store, Auto store/preset scan
function can only receive and save RDS
program.
Press the
button for longer 2
seconds to toggle on or off region mode .
Some broadcasting stations change their
program from normal broadcasting to
regional broadcasting for a certain time
period.
AMS
AMS
- Auto store:
AMS
.
AF/REG
Icon “AF” off:
Icon “AF” on:
Icon “AF” blink:
AF/REG
Setting Alternative Frequencies
Regional Program Operation
RDS (Radio Data System) operations
When regional mode on, the radio accepts
RDS stations with regional variants,
; When regional mode off, the
radio ignores regional variants,
.
HINT:
the
current listening program remains
unchanged
it allows the
reception moved to the regional station
Using PTY to select a program
The PTY function allows you to search for a
particular program type.
To select a program type, press the
button. “POP M” (pop music) or “NEWS” will
appear on the LCD display. You can then
select a program type by using the preset
buttons
to .
The program types are divided into two
groups: the music PTY group and the
speech PTY group:
When you choose MUSIC PTY GROUP, the
preset number buttons 1-6 correspond to
the following programs:
When you select a program type, the radio
will search for a station broadcasting this
type of program. The radio will stop
searching if it finds the relevant program
type. If the radio does not find a station
broadcasting the type of program selected,
the character “PTY NONE” will be shown on
the LCD display and the previous station is
broadcast.
PTY
1
6
Preset
Music PTY Group
number
SPEECH PTY GROUP
Preset
Speech PTY Group
number
1
POP M, ROCK M
2
EASY M, LIGHT M
3
CLASSICS, OTHER M
4
JAZZ, COUNTRY
5
NATION M (national music),
OLDIES
6
FOLK M
When you select the
,
the preset numbered buttons is shared as
follows:
1
NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO
2
SPORT, EDUCATE, DRAMA
3
CULTURE, SCIENCE, VARIED
4
WEATHER, FINANCE,
CHILDREN
5
SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN
6
TRAVEL,LEISURE, DOCUMENT