Radio operations – Clarion VRX610 User Manual

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VRX610

2. Press the right or left side of SEARCH button

to automatically seek a station.

When the right side of SEARCH button

pressed, the station is sought in the direction
of higher frequencies; if the left side of
SEARCH button

is pressed, the station is

sought in the direction of lower frequencies.

Manual tuning

There are 2 ways available: Quick tuning and step
tuning.

When you are in the step tuning mode, the fre-
quency changes one step at a time. In quick tun-
ing mode, you can quickly tune the desired fre-
quency.

1. Press the BAND button

and select the de-

sired band. (FM or AM)

∗

If “MANU” is not lit in the display (or when the
panel is closed, if the indicator “SRCH” is lit),
press and hold the BAND button

for 1 sec-

ond or longer. “MANU” appears in the display
(or when the panel is closed, the indicator
“SRCH” goes off) and manual tuning is now
available.

2. Tune into a station.

●

Quick tuning:

Press and hold the right or left side of the
SEARCH button

for 1 second or longer to

tune in a station.

●

Step tuning:

Press the right or left side of the SEARCH but-
ton

to manually tune in a station.

Recalling a preset station

A total of 24 preset positions (6-FM1, 6-FM2, 6-
FM3, 6-AM) exists to store individual radio sta-
tions in memory. Pressing the corresponding
PRESET buttons

recalls the stored radio fre-

quency automatically.

1. Press the BAND buttons

and select the

desired band. (FM or AM)

2. Press the corresponding PRESET buttons

to recall the stored station.

∗

Press and hold one of the PRESET buttons

for 2 seconds or longer to store that station
into preset memory.

Manual memory

1. Press the BAND button

and select the de-

sired band. (FM or AM)

2. Select the desired station with seek tuning,

manual tuning, or preset tuning.

3. Press and hold one of the PRESET buttons

for 2 seconds or longer to store the cur-

rent station into preset memory.

Auto store

Auto store is a function for storing up to 6 sta-
tions that are automatically tuned in sequentially.
If 6 receivable stations cannot be received, a pre-
viously stored station remains unoverwritten at
the memory position.

1. Press the BAND button

and select the de-

sired band. (FM or AM)

2. Press and hold the PS/AS button

for 2 sec-

onds or longer. The stations with good recep-
tion are stored automatically to the preset
channels.

Preset scan

Preset scan receives the stations stored in pre-
set memory in order. This function is useful when
searching for desired station in memory.

1. Press the PS/AS button

2. When the desired station is tuned in, press

the PS/AS button

again to continue receiv-

ing that station.

Note:
• Be careful not to press and hold PS/AS button

for 2 seconds or longer, otherwise the auto store
function engages and the unit starts storing sta-
tions.

Radio Operations

FM reception

For enhanced FM performance the

tuner includes signal actuated stereo control, En-
hanced Multi AGC, Impulse noise reduction curcuits
and Multipath noise reduction circuits.

Changing the reception area

This unit is initially set to USA frequency intervals
of 10kHz for AM and 200kHz for FM. When using it
outside the USA, the frequency reception range
can be switched to the intervals below.

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Setting the reception area

While pressing DISP button

, each time you

press and hold the number “6” of the PRESET
buttons

for 2 seconds or longer, the recep-

tion area switches from inside the USA to out-
side the USA or from outside the USA to in-
side the USA.

∗

Any station preset memories are lost when the

reception area is changed.

Listening to the radio

1. Press the FUNC button

and select the RA-

DIO mode.

2. Press the BAND button

and select the ra-

dio band. Each time the button is pressed,
the radio reception band changes in the fol-
lowing order:

FM1

➜

FM2

➜

FM3

➜

FM1...

3. Press the right or left side of the SEARCH but-

ton

to tune in the desired station.

Tuning

There are 3 types of tuning mode available, seek
tuning, manual tuning and preset tuning.

Seek tuning

1. Press the BAND button

and select the de-

sired band. (FM or AM)

∗

If “MANU” is lit in the display (or when the panel

is closed, if the indicator “SRCH” is not lit) press
and hold the BAND button

for 1 second or

longer. “MANU” in the display goes off (or when
the panel is open the indicator “SRCH”
lights)and seek tuning is now available.

Instant station recall (ISR)

Instant station recall is a special radio preset that
instantly accesses a favorite radio station at a
touch of a button. The ISR function even oper-
ates with the unit in other modes.

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ISR memory

1. Select the station that you wish to store in ISR

memory.

2. Press and hold ISR button

for 2 seconds

or longer.

●

Recalling a station with ISR

In any mode, press ISR button

to turn on the

radio function and tune the selected radio sta-
tion. “ISR” appears in the display. Press ISR but-
ton

again to return to the previous mode.