Tuning into a Radio Station

Please Note

AM Radio is on North American models only

Automatic Tuning

1. Repeatedly press TUNER (a) on the remote controller and select "AM" or "FM".
2. Press TUNING MODE on the main unit so that "TunMode:Auto" appears on the display.
   
3. When you press the cursor D/C buttons (b) on the remote controller, automatic tuning starts, and searching stops when a station is found. When tuned into a radio station, the "TUNED" indicator on the display lights. When tuned into a stereo FM radio station, the "FM ST" indicator lights.

If FM broadcasts reception is poor:

Perform the procedure for "Manual Tuning" in the following section. Note that if you tune manually, the reception for FM broadcasts will be monaural rather than stereo, irrespective of the sensitivity of the reception.

Manual Tuning

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

1. Repeatedly press TUNER (a) on the remote controller and select "AM" or "FM".
2. Press TUNING MODE on the main unit so that "TunMode:Manual" appears on the display.
   
3. While pressing the cursor D/C buttons (b) on the remote controller, select the desired radio station.

• The frequency changes by 1 step each time you press D/C. The frequency changes continuously if the button is held down and stops when the button is released.

Frequency step setting (North American models):  Press SETUP on the remote controller, then use the cursor buttons and ENTER on the remote controller to select "7. Miscellaneous" - "Tuner" - "AM / FM Frequency Step", and select the frequency step for your region. Note that when this
setting is changed, all radio presets are deleted.

Tuning into stations by frequency

It allows you to directly enter the frequency of the radio station you want to listen to.

1. Press the TUNER button (a) of the remote controller repeatedly to select either "AM" or "FM".
2. Press D.TUN button (c) on the remote controller.
3. Using the number buttons (d) on the remote controller, enter the frequency of the radio station within 8 seconds.

• To enter 87.5 (FM), for example, press 8, 7, 5 or 8, 7, 5, 0. If the entered number is incorrect, press the D.TUN button again and re-enter the number.

Registering a Station

You can register up to 40 of your favorite radio stations.

Registering 

After tuning into the radio station you want to register, perform the following procedure.

1. Press MEMORY on the main unit so that the preset number on the display flashes
   
2. While the preset number is flashing (about 8 seconds), repeatedly press the cursor </> buttons (b) on the remote controller to select a number between 1 and 40.
3. Press MEMORY again on the main unit 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 (a) on the remote controller
2. Press the cursor </> buttons (b) on the remote controller to select a preset number

Deleting a Preset Radio Station

1. Press TUNER (a) on the remote controller.
2. Press the cursor B/A buttons (b) on the remote controller to select the preset number to delete.
3. While pressing MEMORY on the main unit, press TUNING MODE to delete the preset number.
   When deleted, the number on the display goes off.

Registering Stations in the BGM Buttons

You can register up to 4 of your favorite radio stations to the BGM buttons on the main unit. By registering to BGM buttons, you can start reception with one press of a button.

After tuning into the radio station you want to register, perform the following procedure.

1. Press and hold one of the BGM buttons 1 to 4 on the main unit.
   
   "Preset Written" is displayed on the display and the station being received is registered. If there is already a radio station registered, it is replaced.
   
   Note that the stations registered in BGM buttons 1 to 4 are registered in preset numbers 37 to 40 respectively.

• Press the BGM buttons 1 to 4 to listen to the stations you have preset. If you press these buttons when the unit is in standby mode, it comes on and starts receiving the station.

Using RDS (European Models)

RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data in FM radio signals. In regions using RDS, the radio station name is displayed when you tune into a radio station broadcasting program
information. Further, when you press RT/PTY on the main unit in this state, you can use the following functions.

Displaying Text Information (Radio Text)

1. While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press RT/PTY on the main unit once.  Text information broadcast by the station (Radio Text) is displayed scrolling across
   the display. "No Text Data" is displayed when no text information is available.

Search for stations by Program Type

1. While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press RT/PTY on the main unit twice.
2. Press the cursors B/A on the remote controller to select the Program Type you want to find, then press ENTER 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 programs) / 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) 0 The information displayed may sometimes not match the content being broadcast by the station.
   
   
3. When a station is found, the station flashes on the display. Press ENTER while this is happening to start receiving that station. If you don't press ENTER, the unit continues 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. However, this is not a malfunction. Also, if the signal from a station is weak, information may not be displayed.