Basic operation – Radio Shack PT-990A User Manual

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BASIC OPERATION

Radio Operations

Automatic Tuning
1. Press the Main Power On/Off switch on the rear panel

first, then press the Power On/Off button on the front
panel to turn this unit on.

2. Press the Tuner button on the front panel or on the

remote control, then press the Band button on the
remote to select FM or AM.

3. Press the

“AUTO/MANUAL” button on remote control to

activate automatic selection. (Default mode is Manual
selection) (Note: Auto appears on the display.)

4. Press TUNING + and TUNING - to select the station you

want to listen to. When a station is tuned in, the tuning
process will stop automatically. (Automatic selection)

5. Press TUNING + or TUNING - again to select another

channel.

Manual Tuning
It is for selecting stations, which cannot be tuned
automatically (manual selection)
To tune a channel manually:
Skip step 3 in the above procedures. Each time the
TUNING+ or TUNING- button is pressed momentarily (0.5
second or less), the frequency changes by a fixed step: FM:
50 kHz steps; MW: 10 kHz steps.
Two FM modes available:
Press ST/MONO button on remote control to select Stereo
mode or Mono mode.

Stereo
FM stereo broadcasts are received in stereo and the

“

”

indicator lights on the display.
Mono
To compensate for weak FM stereo reception, select this
mode. Reception will now be forced monaural, reducing
unwanted noise.
If DISPLAY button is pressed, the details of incoming source
will be displayed.
Preset Tuning
This facility is used to store FM, AM broadcasting from
channel 1 to15 respectively.
How to select preset stations
Press the

“STATION buttons” (numbers)on remote control to

select a preset channel during the tuner mode.
Manual Memory Presetting
1. Press the Tuner button on the front panel or on the remote
control, then press the Band button on the remote to select
FM or AM.
2. Press the TUNING + or TUNING - buttons to select a
frequency channel you want to preset.
3. Press the MEMORY button briefly.
4. While the

“MEM” indicator is lit, press TUNING+ or

TUNING - button to select a preset station. The station
number will be displayed on the screen.
5. Press the MEMORY button to confirm.
To store more stations, repeat steps 3 to 6.