Storing a preset, Deleting an unused preset, Rds: radio data system – Arcam T31 User Manual

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STORING A PRESET

To store a preset, tune to the radio station you wish to store. Press
the

STORE

button: this causes ‘PRESET STORE’ to flash in the display.

Now select the preset number you wish to assign to the station using
the preset memory buttons or the

and

buttons on the front

panel. Press the

STORE

button again.

Once the preset is stored, the display reverts to show the station
name (if RDS information is transmitted) or its frequency.

To quit the memory function without storing a preset, leave the tuner
controls untouched for ten seconds. It is also possible to overwrite a
stored station by saving another in its place. There are thirty presets
available for FM use and sixteen for AM use.

Your presets are retained when the T31 is disconnected from the
mains supply.

DELETING AN UNUSED PRESET

Press the

RDS

and

STORE

buttons on the front panel, wait about three

seconds, then select the preset number you want to delete using the

and

buttons, followed by the

RDS

button.

The display briefly shows ‘DELETED’ and ‘

– –’ is shown in place of the

preset number. You can reactivate a deleted preset number by storing
a station in the normal way.

RDS: RADIO DATA SYSTEM

The Arcam T31 supports RDS Programme Service and RDS Radio
Text on FM broadcasts.

When a station carrying RDS information is selected ‘RDS’ lights up in
the display and shortly afterwards the station’s RDS name (e.g. ‘BBC
R3’) is shown.

Press the

RDS

button to view any RDS text information (if a station

is not transmitting text information, the display briefly indicates ‘NO
TEXT’ and reverts to show the station name).

Press

RDS

again to display the station’s frequency.

Pressing

RDS

a third time returns you to a display of the station

name.

If the

RDS

button is pressed while tuned to a non-RDS station, the

display shows ‘NO NAME’ for three seconds before reverting to the
default display.

ENTERING STATION NAMES MANUALLY

Station names can be entered and saved for preset AM stations, and
for FM stations where RDS is not available. Station names can be up
to eight characters long.

First select the band and the preset station you wish to name. Then
press and hold the

RDS

button for more than two seconds. An

‘underscore’ line should appear blinking in the first position of the
frequency display area. Use the

and

buttons beneath the

display to scroll through the available alphabet, numbers and special
characters available until you reach your wanted letter or character.
Press the

TUNING

button to confirm that character. The ‘underscore’

line will then move to the next position. Repeat this process to enter
the required name. If you want to edit a character later, use the

TUNING

button to step along and select it, then use the

and

keys as before to change it. When complete, press

STORE

to enter the

name into the preset memory.