TX-8220-Listening to the AM/FM Radio
(AM: North American Models only)
You can receive AM (North American models) /FM radio stations on this unit with the built-in tuner. Perform the following procedure when the unit is on.
Tuning into a Radio Station
Tuning Automatically
The unit is set to the auto-tuning mode by default. If the signal from a radio station is
weak, perform the procedure for "Tuning manually" in the next 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.
- Repeatedly press TUNER (e) on the remote controller and select "AM" or "FM".
- When you press the cursor Up/Down buttons (c) 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 STEREO" indicator lights.
Tuning Manually
If you tune manually, the reception for FM broadcasts will be monaural rather than stereo, irrespective of the sensitivity of the reception.
- Repeatedly press TUNER (e) on the remote controller and select "AM" or "FM".
- After pressing SETUP (d) on the remote controller, use the cursor Up/Down buttons (c) to select "Mono" in "Tuner Setting" - "Tuning Mode", and then press ENTER to set.
- Press SETUP (d) on the remote controller to return to the tuning display.
- While pressing the cursor Up/Down buttons (c) on the remote controller, select the desired radio station.
- The frequency changes by 1 step each time you press Up/Down buttons. The frequency changes continuously if the button is held down and stops when the button is released.
Tuning into Stations by Frequency
It allows you to directly enter the frequency of the radio station you want to listen to.
- Press TUNER (e) of the remote controller repeatedly to select either "AM" or "FM".
- Press D.TUN (b) on the remote controller twice.
- Using the number buttons (a) 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
D.TUN twice again and re-enter the number.
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 DISPLAY on the main unit in this state, you can use the following functions.
Displaying Text Information (Radio Text)
- While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press DISPLAY on the main unit once. Text information broadcast by the station (Radio Text) is displayed scrolling across the display. "No Text" is displayed when no text information is available.
Search for Stations by Program Type
- While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press DISPLAY on the main unit twice.
- Press the cursors Left/Right buttons 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: 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)
-In addition, there are three other program types, Alarm, Test (Alarm test), and None. Alarm and Test (Alarm test) are used for emergency announcements. None appears when a program type cannot be found.
-The information displayed may sometimes not match the content being broadcast by the station. - 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.
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