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Chapter 7:
Listening to the FM radio
Tuning to an FM radio station
Note
• Make sure that you have connected and fully extended the
FM antenna.
1 Press TUNER on the remote control or INPUT
repeatedly on the main unit to switch the source
to tuner.
2 Press and hold / until the frequency
starts to change.
• To tune to a station at a specific frequency, press
/ repeatedly until the desired frequency is
displayed.
Tip
• In the FM mode, you can press TUNER repeatedly to switch
the sound setting between [FM ST] (stereo) and
[FM MONO] (monophonic).
Programming radio stations
Note
• You can program up to 20 preset radio stations.
• To overwrite a programmed radio station, store another one
with its sequence number.
1 Tune to a radio station.
2 Press PROGRAM to activate programming.
[PRESET XX] (XX indicates the sequence number) blinks.
3 Press /to allocate a sequence number
from 1 to 20 to this radio station, and then press
PROGRAM to confirm.
The preset sequence number and the frequency of this radio
station are displayed.
4 Repeat steps 1-3 to program more stations.
Tuning to a preset radio station
• Press / to select the sequence number of that preset
radio station.
• Enter its sequence number with numeric keypad.
Display RDS information
(European model only)
RDS (Radio Data System) is a service that allows FM stations
to show additional information. If you tune to an RDS radio
station, [RDS] and the station name are displayed.
1 Tune to an RDS radio station.
2 Press RDS repeatedly to scroll through the
available information:
• Station name
• Program type such as [NEWS] (news), [SPORT] (sport),
[POP M] (pop music)...
• Text messages
• Frequency
Searching for RDS programs
(European model only)
You can search for a program type.
1 Press PTY/ASPM.
[SEARCH] appears in the display.
2 Press / to select the program type
you want to hear.
3 Press PTY/ASPM to search for the program
type.
The system starts searching in the station presets.
If [NO FOUND] is displayed, it means the tuner couldn’t find
that program type at the time of the search.
ASPM (Auto Station Program
Memory) (European model only)
You can program up to 20 preset RDS stations.
 Press and hold PTY/ASPM.
All the available RDS stations are programmed. (up to 20
stations)
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