TX-8470 Listening To the Radio

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

Perform the following procedure when this unit is on.
Tuning Automatically
1. Press the TUNER button on the remote controller repeatedly to select either "AM" or "FM".
2. Press the TUNING MODE button on the main unit repeatedly to display "TunMode: Auto" on the display.                                                      

3. When you press the cursors / UP/DOWN, 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" ( →p44). 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 the TUNER button on the remote controller repeatedly to select either "AM" or "FM".
2. Press the TUNING MODE button on the main unit repeatedly to display "TunMode: Manual" on the display.

3. While pressing the cursors / UP/DOWN, select the desired radio station.
      • Each time you press the cursors / UP/DOWN, 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 models)
Press the SETUP button, and using the cursors and ENTER, select "1. Audio" - "AM/FM Frequency Step", and then select the frequency step for your area.

***Note that when this setting is changed, all radio presets are deleted.***

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 RT/PTY button on the main unit 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 RT/ PTY button on the main unit 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 RT/ PTY button on the main unit twice.
      • If none of the Program Types are set for the radio station under reception, "None" is displayed.
2. Press the cursor buttons / LEFT/RIGHT 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.

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 / UP/DOWN.
        • If a new DAB station is introduced, or you move to a new area, press the SETUP button on the                    remote controller, then use the cursors and ENTER button to run the "1. Audio" - "DAB Auto Scan".
Changing how stations are sorted
You can sort the available stations alphabetically or by multiplex.
1. Press the TUNING MODE button on the main unit 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 DISPLAY button 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.