2002 Mercury Cougar Owner's Manual - Page 24

Entertainment Systems Radio station memory preset The radio is equipped with six station memory preset controls. These controls can be used to select up to six preset AM stations, twelve FM stations (six in FM1 and six in FM2) and six on the remaining AutoStore band. Setting memory preset stations 1. Select the frequency band with the AM/FM select control. 2. Select a station. Refer to Tune adjust or Seek function for more information on selecting a station. 3. Press and hold a memory preset control until the sound returns, indicating the station is held in memory on the control you selected. AutoStore selector AutoStore allows you to set strong radio stations on the FM band without losing your original manually set preset stations. This feature is helpful on trips when you travel between cities with different radio stations. Starting AutoStore memory preset 1. Press and hold the AM/FM CD AM/FM control to activate AutoStore. AST will flash in the display while the system is searching for the strongest stations. 2. When the first six strong stations are filled, the station stored in memory preset control 1 will start playing. If there are less than six strong stations available on the frequency band, the remaining memory preset controls will all store the last strong station available. CD select CD mode may be entered by pressing the CD control. The first track of the disc will begin playing. After that, CD play will begin where it stopped last. CD AM/FM CD playback CD playback starts and radio reception is interrupted, when a CD is inserted into the entry slot. PLAY CD appears in the display. 24 CD AM/FM