You can receive AM (North American, Australian and Asian models)/FM/DAB (European models) radio stations on this unit with the built-in tuner.

Listening To the AM/FM Radio

Tuning into a Radio Station

Perform the following procedure when this unit is on.

Tuning Automatically

1. Press TUNER repeatedly to select either "AM" or "FM".
2. Press MODE repeatedly to display "TunMode: Auto" on the display.
   
3. When you press the cursors, automatic tuning starts, and searching stops when a station is found. When tuned in to a radio station, the "TUNED"
   indicator on the display lights up. When tuned in to an FM radio station, the "FM ST" indicator lights up.

When FM broadcasts reception is poor: Perform the procedure for "Tuning Manually". Note that if you tune manually, the reception for FM broadcasts will be monaural rather than stereo, irrespective of the sensitivity of the reception.

Tuning Manually

Note that if you tune manually, the reception for FM broadcasts will be monaural rather than stereo, irrespective of the sensitivity of the reception.

1. Press TUNER repeatedly to select either "AM" or "FM".
2. Press MODE repeatedly to display "TunMode: Manual" on the display.
   
3. While pressing the cursors ^/v , select the desired radio station.

• Each time you press the cursors ^/v , the frequency changes by 1 step.  If the button is held down, the frequency changes continuously, and if the
  button is released, the frequency stops changing.

Frequency step setting (North American, Australian and Asian models)

Press , and using the cursors and ENTER, select "7. Miscellaneous" - "Tuner" - "AM/FM Frequency Step" or "AM Frequency Step", and then select the
frequency step for your area. Note that when this setting is changed, all radio presets are deleted.

Using RDS (European, Australian and Asian models)

RDS stands for Radio Data System, and is a method of transmitting data in FM radio signals. In regions where RDS can be used, when you tune in to a radio
station broadcasting program information, the radio station name is displayed on the display. When you press the "i" button on the remote controller in this state, you can use the following functions.

Display Text Information (Radio Text)

1. While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press the button on the remote controller once.  The Radio Text (RT), which is text information delivered by the station, is displayed scrolling across the display. "No Text Data" is displayed when no text information is delivered.

Search for Stations by Program Type

1. While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press the button on the remote controller twice.
   
   -If none of the Program Types are set for the radio station under reception, "None" is displayed.
2. Press the cursor buttons  on the remote controller to select the Program Type you want to search for, and then press the ENTER button to start the
   search.
   
   -The Program Types displayed are as follows: None / News (News reports)/ Affairs (Current affairs) / Info (Information) / Sport / Educate (Education) / Drama / Culture / Science (Science and technology) / Varied / Pop M (Pop music) / Rock M (Rock music) / Easy M (Middle of the road music) / Light M (Light classics) / Classics (Serious classics) / Other M (Other music) / Weather / Finance / Children (Children's programmes) / Social (Social affairs) / Religion / Phone In / Travel / Leisure / Jazz (Jazz music) / Country (Country music) / Nation M (National music) / Oldies (Oldies music) / Folk M (Folk music) / Document (Documentary)
   
   -The information displayed may not match the content delivered by the station.
   
   
3. When a station is found, the station blinks on the display. Pressing the ENTER button in this state will receive that station. If you don't press the ENTER button, the unit starts to search for another station.
   
   -If no stations are found, the message "Not Found" is displayed.

• Unusual characters may be displayed when the unit receives unsupported characters. This is not a malfunction. Also, if the signal from a station is weak, information may not be displayed.

Listening To DAB Digital Radio (European models only)

Tuning into a Radio Station

Perform the following procedure when this unit is on.

1. Press TUNER repeatedly to select "DAB".
   
   -The very first time you select DAB, the Auto Tuning function automatically scans the DAB Band 3 for the multiplexes (i.e., stations) available in your area. Once the scanning process is complete, the first station that was detected is selected.
   
   
2. Select the desired radio station with ^/v .
   
   -If a new DAB station is introduced, or you move to a new area, press , then use the cursors and ENTER button to run the "DAB Auto Scan" in "7.  Miscellaneous" - "Tuner".
   
   

Changing the order stations are displayed

You can sort the available stations alphabetically or by multiplex.

1. Press MODE repeatedly to set the method for sorting the display order from the following.
   
   Alphabet (default setting): Sort stations alphabetically.
   Multiplex: Sort stations by multiplex.

Displaying DAB Radio Information

1. Press repeatedly to display more information about the selected DAB station.
   
   DLS (Dynamic Label Segment): When tuned to a station that's broadcasting DLS text data, the text will scroll across the display.
   Program Type: Displays the type of program.
   Bit Rate and Audio Mode: Displays the station's bit rate and audio mode (Stereo, Mono).
   Quality: Displays the signal quality.
   0 - 59: Poor reception
   60 - 79: Good reception
   80 - 100: Excellent reception
   Multiplex Name: Displays the name of the current multiplex.
   Multiplex Number and Frequency: Displays the number and frequency of the current multiplex.

Presetting a Radio Station

Registration Procedure

You can preset up to 40* of your favorite radio stations.

*North American, Australian and Asian models: AM and FM stations European models: FM and DAB stations After tuning in to the radio station you want to register, perform the following procedure.

1. Press MEMORY so that the preset number on the display blinks.
   
   
   
2. While the preset number is blinking (approx. 8 seconds), repeatedly press the cursors </> to select a number between 1 and 40.
3. Press MEMORY again to register the station.  When the station is registered, the preset number stops flashing. Repeat this procedure for all of your favorite radio stations.

Selecting a Preset Radio Station

1. Press TUNER.
2. Press the cursors to select a preset number.

Deleting a Preset Radio Station

1. Press TUNER.
2. Press the cursors to select the preset number to delete.
3. After pressing MEMORY, press CLEAR while the preset number is blinking, and delete the preset number. When deleted, the number on the display disappears.