Marantz SR-880mkII User Guid - Page 6

BASIC OPERATION LISTENING TO THE TUNER 1. Press the POWER switch f ) to turn on the power. 2. Press the AM/FM button IC) to select the desired band. 3. Press the TUNING • UP and V DOWN buttons 0 to tune in the desired station. Pressing once for less than a half second changes the frequency by one step. Pressing longer sequentially scans frequencies in the indicated direction, Releasing the button in this state activates the auto tuning function which automatically scans the frequencies until it reaches a station, at which point the TUNED and signal level indicators light and auto tuning stops. 4. If FM is selected, press the FM MODE button 0 to select the desired audio mode, stereo or mono. 5. Adjust the volume with the VOLUME control 0. If necessary, adjust the tone controls (BASS/TREBLE) C), MODE button operation (Tuner Control) When "AUTO" is on in the display, FM stations which broadcast in stereo will be received in stereo and the "STEREO" indicator lights. when "AUTO" is off, all the FM stations will be received in monaural regardless of whether or not they are broadcasting in stereo. PRESETTING STATION With this unit you can preset up to 50 FM/AM stations in any order. For each station, you can memorize the frequency and reception mode if desired. Stations can be preset either manually (by you) or automatically (by the tuner). AUTO PRESETTING This function scans the frequencies in the selected band and automatically presets all stations which can be received. 1. Select the FM band. 2. Tune in the lowest receivable frequency. 3. While pressing the MEMO button 0, press the TUNING AUP button ®. Auto memory starts at this point. 4. "MEMO" will blink on the display. 5. When a receivable station is picked up, scanning stops and station is played for five seconds. During this period, the following operations are possible: 1) The band can be changed using the FM or AM buttons ( . 2)The mode can be changed using the MODE button 0. 6. If no button is pressed during this period, the current frequency is preset in location CH-2, If you wish to skip current station, press the TUNING AUP button 0 during this period, the current frequency is skipped and auto presetting continues. 7. Operation stops automatically when all 50 preset memory positions are filled or when auto scanning attains the highest end of all bands. To stop the auto preset function in mid-operation, press the CLEAR button 0 or one of the input selectors. MANUAL PRESETTING As the SR880mk11 is not equipped with the numeric buttons on the main unit, use the remote control unit for manual preset operation. Refer to " g Ten keypad" on page 13, 1. Refer to the "Basic operation" section above to tune in a desired station. 2. Press the MEMO button 0. "MEMO" starts blinking in the display. While "MEMO" is still blinking (approx. 5 seconds), enter a number from 1 to 50 using the number keys. 3. When a number has been properly input, "MEMO" stops blinking and goes out. The station is now stored in the specified preset memory location. * When entering a single digit number (2, for example), either input "02" or just input "2" and wait for a few seconds. * If a number other than 1-50 is entered by mistake, that number flashes in the display to indicate that it is invalid and the display re-turns-tolhe original frequency-display. RECALLING A PRESET STATION 1. Direct selection method using the number buttons. Select the desired preset station by entering one or two digits using the number buttons. (Use the remote handset.) 2. Sequential selection method using the PRESET AUP P/DOWN buttons 0. Each press of the LOP or VDOWN button moves to the next or previous preset station. You can "fast forward" or "fast reverse" through the preset stations by holding down the AMP or VDOWN buttons. The operation continues until the button is released. * If the PRESET LOP or VDOWN button is pressed while the channel number is not displayed, the preset channel with the smallest preset number will be recalled. PRESET SCAN TUNING 1. Press the P.SCAN (preset scan) button 0. "P-SCAN" blinks on the display. (The preset station with the smallest preset number is recalled first. If no stations have been preset, CH"00" blinks in the display and the unit returns to the previous mode.) 2. Preset stations are recalled in sequence (CH-1 CH-2, etc.) for 5 seconds each. Preset numbers that do not contain stations are skipped. 3. You can fast forward the preset stations by pressing thePRESET LOP button 0 continuously. When the desired preset station is received, cancel the preset scan operation by pressing the PRESET VDOWN or P.SCAN button. CLEARING PRESET STATIONS You can remove preset stations from memory using the following procedure. 1. Recall the preset number to be cleared with the method described in "Recalling a preset station". 2. Press the MEMO button 0 "MEMO" blinks in the display for 5 seconds. While "MEMO" is still blinking, press the CLEAR button 0 "CLEAR" appears on the display to indicate that the specified preset number has been cleared. * If desired you can clear all of the memory contents with a single operation, as follows: Press the MEMO button 0, CLEAR button 0 and TUNING LOP button 0 simultaneorsly. CAUTION: Remember that the memory clear operation clears all memory including the volume level and surround mode memory and turns the power OFF.