Alpine ICS-X7HD Owner's Manual (english) - Page 18

Presetting Stations Manually 1 Tune in a desired radio station you wish to store in the preset memory by manual or automatic seek tuning. 2 Touch and hold any one of the preset buttons for at least 2 seconds. The selected station is stored. • To toggle between preset buttons 1-3 and preset buttons 4-6, touch [ ] or [ ] on either side of the preset buttons. 3 Repeat the procedure to store up to 5 other stations onto the same band. To use this procedure for other bands, simply select the desired band and repeat the procedure. A total of 18 stations can be stored in the preset memory (6 stations for each band; FM1, FM2 or AM). • If a preset memory has already been set in the same preset number, it will be cleared and the new station will be memorized. Presetting Stations Automatically The tuner can automatically seek and store 6 strong stations in the selected band in order of signal strength. After selecting the desired band, touch [A.Memo]. The tuner automatically seeks and stores 6 strong stations into the preset buttons in order of signal strength. When automatic storing has completed, the station stored in the preset 1 is selected. • If no stations are stored, the tuner will return to the original station you were listening to before the automatic storing procedure began. • You can cancel this process by touching [A.Memo] while the tuner is automatically seeking stations. Cancelling will return the tuner preset to the previous setting. Tuning to Preset Stations You can tune in the preset stations in memory on either band using its preset number. 1 Touch [Band] repeatedly until the desired band is displayed. 2 Touch any one of the preset buttons that has a station stored to it. Or, when "PRESET" appears in the guide after pressing Media Control button 2 repeatedly, touch [ ], [ ], or press Media Control button 1 ( ) or Media Control button 3 ( ). The preset station is received. • To toggle between preset buttons 1-3 and preset buttons 4-6, touch [ ] or [ ] on either side of the preset buttons. • You can check the selected Preset No. via the Preset No. Indicator. Forced Analog Mode Activate the Compulsory Analog Radio mode to receive only analog radio signals. Touch [Analog]. The [Analog] button is highlighted. To cancel Compulsory Analog Radio mode, touch [Analog] again. • If digital broadcast is received, this operation switches reception to analog mode. • During Forced Analog mode, only analog broadcasts will be received even when digital broadcasts become available. Receiving a Multicast (HD Radio Mode only) Multicasting is the ability to broadcast multiple program streams over a single FM frequency. This increases the amount and diversity of content choices. A maximum of eight multicast station channels can be selected on this unit. • Indicator appears when signal reception is possible. • The station number of the current broadcast station appears on the screen. Selecting from the program list 1 Touch [MulticastList]. A list of the types of programs currently being broadcast are displayed. 2 Touch the desired SPS (Supplemental Program Service) broadcast track. Reception of signals from the selected SPS broadcast station starts, and is indicated on the screen. Changing the Multicast channels directly Touch [ Multicast] or [Multicast ] The Multicast channel of the received radio station is changed. • If reception is lost during SPS broadcasting due to weak or no signal, the screen will display "HDx Signal loss." If SPS broadcast reception is lost for over 100 seconds, reception will switch over to MPS (Main Program Service) broadcast (the reception mode will automatically return to SPS when SPS broadcasts become available again). 18-EN