Pioneer VSX-2021 - Manual (Page 33)

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05 Basic playback
Listening to the radio
The following steps show you how to tune in to
FM and AM radio broadcasts using the auto-
matic (search) and manual (step) tuning func-
tions. If you already know the frequency of the
station you want, see Tuning directly to a sta-
tion below. Once you are tuned to a station you
can memorize the frequency for recall later-see
Saving station presets on page 33 for more on
how to do this.
1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2 Use BAND to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
3 Tune to a station.
There are three ways to do this:
! Automatic tuning – To search for stations
in the currently selected band, press and
hold TUNE
i/j for about a second. The
receiver will start searching for the next
station, stopping when it has found one.
Repeat to search for other stations.
! Manual tuning – To change the frequency
one step at a time, press TUNE i/j.
! High speed tuning – Press and hold TUNE
i/j for high speed tuning. Release the
button at the frequency you want.
Improving FM sound
If the TUNED or STEREO indicator doesn’t
light when tuning to an FM station because the
signal is weak, press MPX to switch the receiver
into mono reception mode. This should improve
the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the
broadcast.
Using Neural Surround
This feature uses Neural Surround TM technolo-
gies to achieve optimal surround sound from
FM radio.
! While listening to FM radio, press
AUTO/ALC/DIRECT for Neural Surround.
! The Neural Surround mode can be selected
also with STANDARD.
Tuning directly to a station
1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2 Use BAND to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).
4 Use the number buttons to enter the
frequency of the radio station.
For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0,
6, 0, 0.
If you make a mistake halfway through, press
D.ACCESS twice to cancel the frequency and
start over.
Saving station presets
If you often listen to a particular radio station,
it’s convenient to have the receiver store the
frequency for easy recall whenever you want
to listen to that station. This saves the effort of
manually tuning in each time. This receiver can
memorize up to 63 stations, stored in seven
banks, or classes (A to G) of 9 stations each.
1 Tune to a station you want to
memorize.
See Listening to the radio on page 33 for more
on this.
2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).
The display shows PRESET MEMORY, then a
blinking memory class.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the seven
classes, then press PRESET
k/l to select
the station preset you want.
You can also use the number buttons to select a
station preset.
4 Press ENTER.
After pressing ENTER, the preset class and
number stop blinking and the receiver stores
the station.
Listening to station presets
1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2 Press CLASS to select the class in which
the station is stored.
Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A to
G.
3 Press PRESET k/l to select the
station preset you want.
! You can also use the number buttons on the
remote control to recall the station preset.
Naming station presets
For easier identification, you can name your
station presets.
1 Choose the station preset you want to
name.
See Listening to station presets on page 33 for
how to do this.
2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).
The display shows PRESET NAME, then a blink-
ing cursor at the first character position.
3 Input the name you want.
Use i/j to select a character, k/l to set the
position, and ENTER to confirm your selection.
Note
! To erase a station name, simply repeat steps 1
to 3 and input eight spaces instead of a name.
! Once you have named a station preset, you
can press DISP when listening to a station
to switch the display between name and
frequency.
An introduction to RDS
Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by
most FM radio stations to provide listeners with
various kinds of information-the name of the
station and the kind of show they’re broadcast-
ing, for example.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by
type of program. For example, you can search
for a station that’s broadcasting a show with
the program type, JAZZ.
You can search the following program types:
! In addition, there are two other program types,
TEST and NONE. You can’t search for these.
NEWS - News
AFFAIRS - Current Affairs
INFO - General Informa-
tion
SPORT - Sport
EDUCATE - Educational
DRAMA - Radio plays,
etc.
CULTURE - National or
regional culture, theater,
etc.
SCIENCE - Science and
technology
VARIED - Usually talk-
based material, such as
quiz shows or interviews.
POP M - Pop music
ROCK M - Rock music
EASY M - Easy listening
LIGHT M - ‘Light’ classi-
cal music
CLASSICS - ‘Serious’
classical music
OTHER M - Music not
fitting above categories
WEATHER - Weather
reports FINANCE - Stock market
reports, commerce, trad-
ing, etc.
CHILDREN - Programs
for children
SOCIAL - Social affairs
RELIGION - Programs
concerning religion
PHONE IN - Public
expressing their views
by phone
TRAVEL - Holiday-type
travel rather than traffic
announcements
LEISURE - Leisure inter-
ests and hobbies
JAZZ - Jazz
COUNTRY - Country
music
NATION M - Popular
music in a language
other than English
OLDIES - Popular music
from the ’50s and ’60s
FOLK M - Folk music
DOCUMENT - Docu-
mentary