Custom Autosound USA-5 User Manual

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Receiver Basic Operation

1. Switch the receiver “ON” by depressing the Power ON/OFF control knob.
2. Depress the AM/FM Band Selector(22) to the desired position.In the AM mode, the

AM1or AM2 lndicator(25)will be visible.In the FM mode, one of FM1, FM2 or FM3

indicator will appear on the LCD Display (5) (25).

3. Depress the CD button (21) to toggle the functions of the radio .When a tape is insert

ed in the cassette mechanism, the sequence displayed will be: Radio—*CDC—*Tape--

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When a tape is not inserted: Radio—*CDC—+Radio.

4. Manually tune the receiver using the Manual Up - Down Tuning Control (10). A slight

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clockwise rotation tunes the radio up-wards and counter clockwise rotation tunes

down-wards. View the currently tuned station on the LCD Display (5) (26).

5. To adjust Bass, Treble, Balance Fader levels, depress volume control (1) until desired

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feature is shown on the display. When desired feature is shown, adjust the level of each

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feature by turning the Power ON/OFF control (1) clockwise or counter clockwise to

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increase or decrease levels.

6. Depress the CD button (21) to the desired mode: CDC, Radio.

Programming The Preset Memory

The USA-5 features 12 and 18 FM station memory presets. Using the numbered buttons
located across the bottom of the display will access these presets.

A-FM Programming
1. Set the AM/FM Band Selector (22) in the FM position (one of the FM bands) and view

the FM Band Indicator on the LCD Display(5).

2. Select the station desired by using the Manual UP- Down Tuning Control (10) or the

seek Auto Tuning Button(20) or the Scan Auto Tuning Button(11).

3. Depress one of the 6 preset buttons for approximately 5 seconds.Then the sound will

fade out momentarily and return again.The station is now programmed at that button

and the Preset Channel will appear on the LCD display (5).

4. Repeat above 2-3 steps to program another station on another button. Repeat above

steps until 6 stations are programmed in FM 1 and 6 in FM 3 for a total of 18 stations.

B-AM Programming
1. Repeat the steps 2-3 above but with the AM/FM Band Selector (22) in the AM band.
2. Repeat above 2-3 steps until you program 6 stations in the AM1 and AM2 bands on

each button.

Digital Display

The USA-5 features a multi-mode liquid crystal digital display (5).lt will perform as fol-
lows under various operating conditions (Page 7).

1. When the USA-5 is switched OFF and/or ignition key is switched OFF.the internal

circuitry will continue to keep the stations that you have preset.

2. When the U5A-5 is switched ON in the radio mode,the display will indicate the

currently tuned station.The time can be recalled by pressing the Time/Frequency

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recall button (20) The radio will revert back to the current station display after approxi

mately 5 seconds.

Receiver Special Functions
1. Automatic Mono/Stereo(Built-ln)& Stereo Indicator

The built-in Automatic Mono/Stereo (FMO -Frequency Modulation Optimizer) is used

to improve stereo FM reception in weak signal areas without manually changing the

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mode.

When the FM station is too weak to receive a clear stereo signal, and noise and interfer-
ence increases, the USA-5 will change its mode to Mono automatically. When the USA-5
is tuned to a strong FM signal,the Stereo Indicator (24) will appear on the LCD.

2. USA/EURO FREQUENCY SELECTOR
This feature is used to select how the radio receives signals for either in the USA or a
European style of broadcast.
(1) Disconnect the main power and the memory power.
(2) Move the channel space switch to “USA” position.This changes the channel space to

200KHz for FM and 10KHz for AM. Move channel space switch to “EUR” position to

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change the channel space to 50KHz for FM and 9KHz for AM.