Radio reception – Philips MC145-37 User Manual
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Radio Reception
Tuning to radio stations
1
Select TUNER source.
➜
is displayed.
2
Press STOP/BAND (on the set) or TUNER
(on the remote control) once or more to select
your waveband.
3
Press on TUNING
¡1 or 2™ and release
button.
➜ The radio automatically tunes to a station
with sufficient reception. Display indication during
automatic tuning
Srch.
4
Repeat step 3 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
● To tune to a weak station, press TUNING ¡1
or
2™ briefly and repeatedly until you have
found optimal reception.
Helpful hints:
To improve radio reception:
– For FM, extend coil antenna at the back of the
unit fully for optimum reception.
– For AM, the set uses a built-in antenna. Direct
this antenna for best reception by turning the
whole set.
Programming radio stations
You can store up to a total of 20 (10 FW and
10 AM) radio stations in the memory.
Automatic programming
Automatic programming will start with a chosen
preset number 1. From this preset number
upwards, former programmed radio stations will
be overridden.
1
Press STOP/BAND (on the set) or TUNER
(on the remote control) once or more to select
your waveband.
2
Press PRESET
G / H (
3
/
4
on remote
control) 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.
3
Press PROG for more than 2 seconds to
activate programming.
➜ AUto is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband reception
strength.
Manual programming
1
Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to radio
stations).
2
Press PROG to activate programming.
➜ PROG flashes in the display.
3
Press PRESET
G / H (
3
/
4
on remote
control) to select a number from 1 to 10 for
FM (or 1 to 10 for AM) to this station.
4
Press PROG again to confirm the setting.
➜ PROG, the preset number and the
frequency of the preset station is 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 PRESET G / H (
3
/
4
on the remote
control) until the desired preset station is
displayed.
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