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RADIO
WAVEBAND
• Press BAND to select the desired band :
AUTOMATIC SEARCH
Use search tuning to automatically search for a
station.
• Press
to tune to a station of a lower
frequency or
to a higher frequency.
- To search for another station, press the key
again.
Note: You can select the search sensitivity for
FM. See 'SAM' (page13), Option 'REG/LOC/
DX'.
Manual tuning (if you know the frequency of
the required station)
• To switch to manual tuning :
Long press the search button
or
for more
than 2 seconds will switch the tuning to manual
tuning.
• Then press
to tune to a station of a lower
frequency or
to a higher frequency.
• When keys are released, a time-out start to
count. After 5 seconds time-out, display 'Auto'
for one second and return to automatic search.
PRESELECTED STATIONS
Manually storing stations in a preset
Five stations per band can be stored and recalled
using the preset keys (1 to 5)
• Tune in to the desired station.
• Press the desired preset key (1 to 5) for more
than 2 seconds to store the current tuned
station.
When storing an FM station, the current
Program Station Name and the AF mode
are stored on the preset ( Some stations
use alternating Program Service Name).
Recalling a preset
• Press the desired preset key (1 to 5) to recall
the stored station.
Automatically storing stations (AUTO-
STORE)
You can automatically store 5 strongest FM
stations on the FM AST band or 5 strongest MW
(AM) stations on the MW(AM) AST band. When
you use Auto Store, the new stations replace any
stations previously stored in the FM AST band or
the MW(AM) AST band.
• Press AST to activate autostore.
- The set gives a beep and then mutes.
- When it has finished, you hear a beep followed
by the station stored on preset 1.
- Sometimes it may not be possible to find 5
stations.
RADIO DATA SYSTEM (RDS) ON FM
More and more stations broadcasts RDS
informations in order to offer you many advantages
including:
PROGRAM SERVICE NAME (PS)
Allows the radio to display the name of the station
instead of its frequency.
AUTOMATIC RETUNING (AF):
The set remains tuned to the current station by
continually searching the best alternative
frequency for best reception.
Note: You can switch AF off.
Activate/Deactivate AF
This set continuously search for other alternative
frequencies for the tuned radio station and
automatically selects the best frequency for
reception. Long press
for more than 2
seconds to activate/deactivate AF.
ALARM MESSAGES (PTY ALARM)
This set automatically receives emergency
messages made by the broadcaster.
- During the messages the display shows
'ALARM' and the station-name alternately.
TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (TA)
You can activate the TA modes to give priority so
as to hear traffic announcements related to these
subjects, (even if you play a CD or mute the set).
Activate/Deactivate TA
• Short press BAND to select an FM band.
• P r e s s
to activate/deactivate TA.
Activate/Deactivate NEWS
• Press BAND to select an FM waveband.
• S e e ' SAM '(page 13), select option 'NEWS'
and set the value to 'ON'.
If you activate TA/NEWS mode :
• You will hear the Traffic Announcements/News
Announcements.
• If the tuned station does not enable the
reception of Traffic Announcements, the display
shows 'NO TA'. The radio automatically
searches an appropriate station.
News announcements may be interrupted by
Traffic Announcements (if the TA mode is
switched on)
