Pioneer SX-SW560 Owner's Manual - Page 25

Listening to the radio 07 English Chapter 7 Listening to the radio Important • Many of the buttons used extensively in this chapter are used in conjuction with the SHIFT button. The cursor buttons ( / / / ), ENTER, TUNE +/-, SETUP and number buttons should all be used with SHIFT in the following explanations. Listening to the radio The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and lets you memorize your favorite stations so you don't have to manually tune in every time you want to listen. DVD DTV PC/GAME AUX TUNER SR SURROUND ENTER TOP MENU ADVANCED CLEAR TUNE MENU SOUND SETUP ST ENTER ST TEST TONE / TUNE RETURN MCACC / SOUND AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE RETRIEVER PLAY MODE ZOOM DISPLAY SLEEP TV INPUT CHANNEL VOLUME SHIFT TV CONTROL 1 Press TUNER to switch to the tuner, then press repeatedly to select the FM or AM band. The display shows the band and frequency. 2 Tune to a frequency. There are three tuning modes-manual, auto, and highspeed: • Manual tuning: Press SHIFT+TUNE +/- repeatedly to change the displayed frequency. • Auto tuning: Press and hold SHIFT+TUNE +/- until the frequency display starts to move, then release. The tuner will stop on the next station it finds. Repeat to keep searching. • High-speed tuning: Press and hold SHIFT+TUNE +/ - until the frequency display starts to move rapidly. Keep the button held down until you reach the frequency you want. If necessary, fine tune the frequency using the manual tuning method. Improving poor FM reception If you're listening to an FM station in stereo but the reception is weak, you can improve the sound quality by switching to mono. 1 Tune to an FM radio station then press SHIFT+SETUP. 2 Use the SHIFT+ / (cursor left/right) buttons to choose FM MODE then press SHIFT+ENTER. 3 Use the SHIFT+ / (cursor up/down) buttons to select FM MONO then press SHIFT+ENTER. The mono indicator ( ) lights when the tuner is in mono reception mode. Select FM AUTO above to switch back to auto-stereo mode (the stereo indicator ( ) lights when receiving a stereo broadcast). Improving poor AM sound The simplest way to improve the sound quality of AM radio is to make sure that the TV in the room is switched off. Also try changing the position and direction of the AM loop antenna. Changing the noise cut mode If you find that the sound quality is bad even after trying the above, you may be able to improve it using a different noise cut mode. Just choose the one that sounds best. 1 Tune to an AM radio station then press SHIFT+SETUP. 2 Use the SHIFT+ / (cursor left/right) buttons to choose NOISECUT then press SHIFT+ENTER. 3 Use the SHIFT+ / (cursor up/down) buttons to select a Noise cut mode (1, 2 or 3) then press SHIFT+ENTER. Memorizing stations You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always have easy access to your favorite stations without having to tune in manually each time. 1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station. For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo reception as necessary. This setting is saved along with the preset. 2 Press SHIFT+SETUP. 3 Use the SHIFT+ / (cursor left/right) buttons to choose ST.MEM. then press SHIFT+ENTER. 4 Use the SHIFT+ / (cursor up/down) buttons to select the station preset you want then press SHIFT+ENTER. 25 En