Pioneer VSX-21TXH Owner's Manual - Page 51

Basic playback 05 Listening to the radio The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a station below. Once you are tuned to a station you can memorize the frequency for recall later-see Saving station presets below for more on how to do this. iPod USB TUNER XM SIRIUS INPUT SELECT 12 HDMI OUT 3 SIGNAL SEL MCACC 45 SLEEP 6 SBch A.ATT DIMMER 789 D.ACCESS CH LEVEL 0 CLASS ENTER AUDIO PARAMETER LIST VIDEO PARAMETER TUNE TOOLS TOP MENU BAND T.EDIT GUIDE PRESET ENTER PRESET CATEGORY HOME MENU TUNE iPod CTRL RETURN 1 Press TUNER to select the tuner. AUTO/ALC/ MENU DIRECT STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR HDD DVD THX PHASE CTRL STATUS ANT MPX PQLS MEMORY AUDIO INFO CH DISP TV CTRL RECEIVER REMOTE 2 Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary. Each press switches the band between FM and AM. 3 Tune to a station. There are three ways to do this: Automatic tuning - To search for stations in the currently selected band, press and hold TUNE / for about a second. The receiver will start searching for the next station, stopping when it has found one. Repeat to search for other stations. Manual tuning - To change the frequency one step at a time, press TUNE /. High speed tuning - Press and hold TUNE / for high speed tuning. Release the button at the frequency you want. Improving FM sound If the TUNED or STEREO indicator doesn't light when tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, press MPX to switch the receiver into mono reception mode. This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the broadcast. Using Neural THX This feature uses Neural Surround™, THX® technologies to achieve optimal surround sound from FM radio. • While listening to FM radio, press AUTO/ALC/ DIRECT for Neural THX listening. See About Neural - THX Surround on page 110 for more on this. The Neural THX mode can be selected also with STANDARD. Tuning directly to a station Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency of the station you want to listen to. In this case, you can simply enter the frequency directly using the number buttons on the remote control. 1 Press TUNER to select the tuner. 2 Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary. Each press switches the band between FM and AM. 3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access). 4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of the radio station. For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0, 6, 0, 0. If you make a mistake halfway through, press D.ACCESS twice to cancel the frequency and start over. Saving station presets If you often listen to a particular radio station, it's convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time. This receiver can memorize up to 63 stations, stored in seven banks, or classes (A to G) of 9 stations each. When saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting (see above) is also stored. 1 Tune to a station you want to memorize. See Listening to the radio above for more on this. 2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT). The display shows PRESET MEMORY, then a blinking memory class. 3 Press CLASS to select one of the seven classes, then press PRESET / to select the station preset you want. You can also use the number buttons to select a station preset. 4 Press ENTER. After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop blinking and the receiver stores the station. Naming station presets For easier identification, you can name your station presets. 1 Choose the station preset you want to name. See Listening to station presets below for how to do this. 2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT). The display shows PRESET NAME, then a blinking cursor at the first character position. 51 En