Radio operations – Clarion DMX5555Z User Manual

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DMX5555z

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Radio Operations

Turning on/off the loudness

The loudness effect emphasizes the bass and
treble to create a natural sound tone. When you
are listening to music at a low volume, it is rec-
ommended to use the loudness effect.

1. Press and hold LOUD button

(

for 1 second

or longer to turn on the loudness effect. When
the loudness effect is turned on, “LD” lights in
the display.

2. Press and hold LOUD button

(

for 1 second

or longer to turn off the loudness effect. “LD”
goes off in the display.

Basic Operations

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Once selected, the preferred display becomes
the display default. When a function adjustment
such as volume is made, the screen will
momentarily switch to that function’s display,
then revert back to the preferred display sev-
eral seconds after the adjustment.

∗

When you have entered a title in a CD, it ap-
pears in the sub display.

If you have not en-

tered a title, “USER TTL” appears in the title
display instead. For information on how to enter
a title, refer to the subsection “Entering titles”
in the “Other Handy Functions”.

∗

You can adjust the way of scrolling a title. For
the details on it, refer to the subsection
“Adjusting the way of scrolling” in the “Other
Handy Functions”.

Setting the Z-enhancer

This unit comes with 3 types of sound tone effects
stored in memory. Select the one you prefer.

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The factory default setting is “OFF”.

Each time you press Z-EHCR button

, the tone

effect changes in the following order:

“Z-EHCR 1”

➜

“Z-EHCR 2”

➜

“Z-EHCR 3”

➜

“OFF”

➜

“Z-EHCR 1”...

• Z-EHCR 1 : bass emphasized

• Z-EHCR 2 : treble emphasized

• Z-EHCR 3 : bass and treble emphasized

• OFF

: no sound effect

Adjusting the tone

Press A-M button

(

and select the item to ad-

just. Each time you press A-M button

(

, the item

changes in the following order:

●

When the Z-enhancer is off

“BASS”

➜

“TREB”

➜

“BAL”

➜

“FAD”

➜

Function mode...

●

When Z-enhancer 1, 2 or 3 is set

“Z-EHCR”

➜

“BAL”

➜

“FAD”

➜

Function

mode...

Adjusting the bass

1. Press A-M button

(

and select “BASS”.

2. Press Up button

to emphasize the bass,

or press Down button

to attenuate the bass.

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The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment
range:

−

6 to +6)

3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M

button

(

several times until the function mode

is reached.

Adjusting the treble

1. Press A-M button

(

and select “TREB”.

2. Press Up button

to emphasize the treble,

or press Down button

to attenuate the

treble.

∗

The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment
range:

−

6 to +6)

3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M

button

(

several times until the function mode

is reached.

Adjusting the balance

1. Press A-M button

(

and select “BAL”.

2. Press Up button

to emphasize the sound

from the right speaker, or press Down button

to emphasizes the sound from the left

speaker.

∗

The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment

range: L13 to R13)

3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M

button

(

several times until the function mode

is reached.

Adjusting the fader

1. Press A-M button

(

and select “FAD”.

2. Press Up button

to emphasize the sound

from the front speakers, or press Down but-
ton

to emphasize the sound from the rear

speakers.

∗

The factory default setting is “0”. (Adjustment
range: F12 to R12)

3. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M

button

(

several times until the function mode

is reached.

Adjusting the Z-enhancer

1. Press Z-EHCR button

and select the Z-

enhancer mode (1 to 3) to adjust.

2. Press A-M button

(

and select “Z-EHCR”.

3. Press Up button

or Down button

to ad-

just Z-enhancer.

∗

When Z-enhancer 1 is selected, you can adjust

the bass in the range of

∗

When Z-enhancer 2 is selected, you can adjust

the treble in the range of

∗

When Z-enhancer 3 is selected, you can adjust

the bass and treble in the range of

4. When the adjustment is complete, press A-M

button

(

several times until the function mode

is reached.

FM reception

For enhanced FM perfor mance the

tuner includes signal actuated

stereo control and Multipath noise reduction cir-
cuits.

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.

●

Setting the reception area

1. Press FUNC button

and select the radio

mode (FM or AM).

2. While pressing RDM button

, each time you

press and hold the number “1” 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 FUNC button

and select the radio

mode.

2. Press BAND button

and select the radio

band. Each time the button is pressed, the
radio reception band changes in the following
order:

FM1

➜

FM2

➜

FM3

➜

FM1...

3. Press Right button

or Left button

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 BAND button

and select the desired

band (FM or AM).

∗

If “MANU” is lit in the display, press and hold
BAND button

for 1 second or longer. “MANU”

in the display goes off and seek tuning is now
available.

2. Press Right button

or Left button

to au-

tomatically seek to the next station.
When Right button

is pressed, the station

is sought in the direction of higher frequencies;
if Left button

is pressed, the station is

sought in the direction of lower frequencies.