Philips MC-M250 - Manual (Page 14)

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Radio Reception
BAND
DISPLAY
MP3•ALBUM VOLUME
PRESET TRACK•SEARCH •TUNE PROGRAM
SOURCE TIMER SET CLOCK
REC
iR
S T A N D B Y -O N
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Tuning to radio stations
1 Select TUNER source.
➜ “TUNER TUNER TUNER TUNER TUNER ” is displayed briefly.
2 Press BAND to select the desired waveband :
FM or MW.
3 Press down on
S or T (à or á) and
release button.
➜ The display will show "SEARCH
SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH " until a radio
station with sufficient signal strength is found.
➜ If a FM station is received in stereo, is
shown.
4 Repeat step 3 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
● To tune to a weak station, press S or T
(à or á) briefly and repeatedly until you have
found optimal reception.
Programming radio stations
You can store up to a total of 40 radio stations
in the memory.
Automatic programming
Automatic programming will start with a chosen
preset number. From this preset number
upwards, former programmed radio stations will
be overridden. The system will only programme
stations which are not in the memory already.
1 Press 4 or 3 to select the preset number where
programming should start.
Note:
– If no preset number is selected, default is preset
(1) and all your presets will be overridden.
2 Press PROGRAM for more than two seconds
to activate programming.
➜ “AUTO
AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO ” is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband reception
strength: FM followed by MW. The last preset
automatically stored will then be played.
Manual programming
1 Tune to your desired station (refer to “Tuning to
radio stations”).
2 Press PROGRAM to activate programming.
➜ prog flashes in the display.
3 Press
4 or 3 to allocate a number from 1 to 40
to this station.
4 Press PROGRAM again to confirm the setting.
➜ prog disappears, the preset number and the
frequency of the preset station are shown.
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 4 or 3 until the desired preset station is
displayed.
Changing tuning grid (some versions only)
In North and South America the frequency step
between adjacent channels in the AM and FM
band are 10 KHz and 100 KHz respectively. In
the rest of the world this step is 9 KHz and 50
KHz. Usually the frequency step has been preset
in the factory for your area if not:
1 Select TUNER source.
2 Press 9 on the system for at least five seconds.
➜ The display shows either “GRID 9 GRID 9 GRID 9 GRID 9 GRID 9 ” or
“GRID 10 GRID 10 GRID 10 GRID 10 GRID 10 ”.
Note:
– All preset stations will be lost and need to be
reprogrammed.
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