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Troubleshooting
Symptom
No power.
AM stations cannot be
received.
Buzzing noise on AM
(particularly conspicuous
at night or with weak sta-
tions).
High-pitched noise or
buzzing noise on AM.
Crackling noise on AM,
FM.
Tuning indicators and ste-
reo indicator light but
sound is distorted and
separation is bad.
Tuning indicators and
stereo indicator flicker
and hiss is heard on FM.
No station or undesired
station is recalled when a
Preset button is pressed.
The RDS function does
not work.
ACCUCLOCK function
does not work.
Remedy
• Connect power cord.
• Connect the supplied AM loop
antenna to the AM antenna
terminals.
• Move the AM loop antenna to
different position.
• Set up an outdoor AM antenna.
• Place the AM loop antenna as far
as possible from the TV.
• Move unit away from TV set.
• Move the antenna as far away as
possible from the fluorescent lamp.
• Install an outdoor FM antenna as
far away as possible from the road.
• Change to FM indoor antenna.
• Use antenna that has better
directivity and select a point with
the least distortion.
• Install an outdoor FM antenna.
• Change the position or direction of
the outdoor antenna.
• Switch to mono reception. (Even
stereo broadcasts will be heard in
mono.)
• The memory contents are lost if the
power is not turned on and off a
few times each month. Store all
stations in the memory again and
remember to turn the power on and
off a few times each month.
• Receive an RDS station.
• Install an outdoor FM antenna.
• Change the position or direction of
the outdoor antenna.
• Move the antenna as far away as
possible from fluorescent lamps.
• Install an outdoor FM antenna.
• See the remedies for the RDS
function problem above.
• Set and adjust according to
instructions above.
Cause
• Power cord is disconnected.
• AM loop antenna is not attached.
• Noise from electrical apparatus such
as fluorescent lamp.
• Noise from TV set.
• Noise caused by turning a fluorescent
lamp on and off.
• Noise from automobile ignition.
• Station is too strong.
• Multiple reflection of the radio waves
b e c a u s e o f t a l l b u i l d i n g s o r
mountains.
• Station is too weak.
• Stereo FM broadcasts cover only
about half the distance of an ordinary
broadcast.
• The power cord has been unplugged
for a long time.
• The station is not an RDS station.
• The reception station signal is too
weak.
• Too much interference.
• The station is not an RDS station, or
received signal is too weak.
• RDS broadcasts cannot be received.
• Excessive electrical interference may temporarily render this system’s sensitive microcomputer
inoperable. If this happens, unplug the system for at least five seconds.
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