Sony MHC-771 Operating Instructions - Page 13

Chapter 3: the Radio Listening to the Radio Presetting Radio Stations Playing Preset Radio Stations EN Listening to the Radio When you want to play a radio program, you can have the tuner automatically scan the radio frequencies and tune in the stations with clear signals. This feature saves you time in searching for stations with clear signals. However, stations with weak signals may be skipped by automatic tuning. Manually tune in the ones skipped by automatic tuning. POWERnON ENTER/NEXT 1 2 3,4 MONO STEREO 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly until the band you want appears in the display. As you press TUNER/BAND, the band changes as follows: FM AM CLIP TUNER DOLBY NR OFF 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k(Hz) MANUAL MHz VOLUME 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" appears in the display. 3 Turn the JOG dial clockwise to scan a higher frequency station. To tune in a lower frequency station, turn the JOG dial counterclockwise. The tuner starts scanning radio frequencies, and stops automatically when it finds a clear station. "TUNED" appears in the display. "STEREO" also appears if the tuned FM station is broadcasting in stereo. CLIP TUNER DOLBY NR OFF TUNED STEREO 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k(Hz) AUTO MHz VOLUME 4 If you do not want to listen to the station selected, turn the JOG dial again to restart the scan. When the desired station is not tuned in Automatic tuning may skip stations with a weak signals. Tune in the station manually. 1 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "MANUAL" appears in the display. 2 Keep turning the JOG dial until the desired station is tuned in. To improve AM broadcast reception Reorient the supplied AM loop antenna for AM. AM To change the AM tuning interval The AM tuning interval is preset to 10 kHz in the factory. If you need to change the interval, do as follows: 1 Turn on the power. 2 Change the band to AM. 3 Turn off the power. 4 Turn the power back on while pressing ENTER/NEXT. After changing the AM tuning interval, reset the preset radio stations. To reset the interval to the factory setting, follow the same procedure. When an FM program is not clear to receive Press MONO so that "MONO" appears in the display. There will be no stereo effect, but the reception will improve. Press STEREO again to restore the stereo effect. One Touch Play feature Press TUNER/BAND when the power is off. You can listen to the last received station without pressing any other buttons. Automatic Source Selection If you press TUNER/BAND while you are listening to other sound source, the tuner is selected and the last received station plays automatically. 12 Chapter 3: the Radio