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Radio Reception
Tuning to radio stations
1 Press SOURCE on the set repeatedly or
TUNER on the remote to select FM tuner
source.
2 Press and hold TUNING 22/33 (2/3 on
the remote control) and release the button.
➜ The radio automatically tunes to a station
with sufficient reception.
3 Repeat step 2 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
● To tune to a weak station, press TUNING 22/
33 (2/3 on the remote control) briefly and
repeatedly until you have found optimal
reception.
Programming radio stations
You can store up to a total of 20 FM radio
stations in the memory.
Automatic programming
Press PROGRAM for more than three seconds
to activate programming.
➜ All available stations are programmed.
➜ AUTO is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband.
Manual programming
1 Tune to your desired station (refer to “Tuning to
radio stations”).
2 Press PROGRAM to activate programming.
➜ PROG flashes on the display.
3 Press PRESETí/ë to allocate a number
from 1 to 20 to this station.
4 Press PROGRAM again to confirm the setting.
➜ PROG disappears.
5 Repeat the above four steps to store other
stations.
● You can override a preset station by storing
another frequency in its place.
Tuning to preset radio stations
● Press PRESETí/ë until the desired preset
station is displayed.
RDS
Radio Data System is a service that allows
FM stations to show additional information. If
you are receiving a RDS station, and the
station name are displayed.
Scrolling through different RDS
information
● Press RDS on the remote control briefly and
repeatedly to scroll through the following
information (if available):
– Station name
– RDS clock
– Programme type such as NEWS, SPORT,
POP M ...
– Frequency
Setting the RDS clock
Some RDS radio station may be transmitting a
real clock time at an interval of every minute. It
is possible to set the clock by using a time signal
which is broadcast together with the RDS signal.
1 Tune to a RDS station from FM band (refer to
“Tuning to radio stations”).
2 Press RDS on the remote control.
➜ "RDS 00: OO" appears..
➜ If the RDS station does not transmit RDS
time, "RDS CLOCK" appears.
Note:
– Some RDS radio station may be transmitting a
real time clock at a minute interval. The accuracy
of the transmitted time depends on the
transmitting RDS radio station.
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