Tuner operation, Chapter 5, Tuner and the osd – Sunfire Radio User Manual

Page 45: Tuning stations manually, Tuning stations directly, Setting the presets, Recalling a preset station, Scanning presets, Sunfire, User's manual

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CHAPTER 5

Tuner Operation

The Tuner is se lect ed either by ro-

tating the manual input selector on the
front panel, or by touching the TUNER
button in the re mote’s Receiver mode.
The front panel display shows the
frequency of the last station you were
lis ten ing to.

The FM Tuner can tune stations

from 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 0.2
MHz steps (.05 MHz for some in ter na -
tion al mod els). The AM Tuner range is
530 kHz to 1710 kHz in 10 kHz steps
(531 kHz to 1710 kHz in 9 kHz steps
for some in ter na tion al models).

Tuner and the OSD

Page 35 shows how to set up the

Tuner using the on screen display.

Tuning Stations Manually

Use the front panel AM/FM button

to select either the AM or FM band,
and then use one of these three ways
to tune stations manually:

1. Touch UP or DOWN mo men -

tari ly to change the tuner by
one frequency step.

2. Hold UP or DOWN for a

second or so, then release to
start the scanning feature. The
Receiver will scan to the next
station, pause on it for a few
seconds to allow you to hear
what is offered there, and then
scan to the next, and so on.
Press ing UP or DOWN stops
the scanning process.

3. Hold UP or DOWN for an

extended period to make the
tuner speed across the band
without stopping on a station.
The tuner will begin scanning
for stations when you release
the button. Press ing UP or
DOWN stops the scanning.

4. When a station is tuned, it can

be set as a preset for easy re-
call, see "Setting the Presets"
on this page.

Tuning Stations Directly

Use the AM/FM button to select

either the AM or FM band and then
press the DIRECT button. Within a few
seconds, enter the sta tion’s frequency
by using the preset number buttons.
For ex am ple, to tune to radio station
97.3, press DI RECT, then 9, then 7
and then 3.

Setting the Presets

Once you have tuned in a sta-

tion, press and hold a preset button
until the display ß ashes to show the
memory has been set. Use the +10
button to add presets higher than 9,
and hold the last button pressed for a
few seconds.

Press

Result

5

Preset 5

+10, 0

Pre set 10

+10,+10, 7

Preset 27

+10,+10, +10, 3

Preset 33

1

2

3

4

5

6

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9

0

+10

UP

DIRECT

AM/FM

MANUAL

TUNING

DOWN

SELECT

UP

DOWN

BASS

TREBLE

TUNER CONTROLS

TONE CONTROLS

Sunfire

Recalling a Preset Station

Once you have selected the Tuner,

you can quickly recall a station by
press ing its preset number, either on
the front panel or by using the re-
mote’s numeric keypad, FAV buttons,
or the channel up and down buttons.

Scanning Presets

To scan through the presets, press

and hold the FM/AM button. Touch it
again to stop the scan.

AM/FM

Direct

Down

Up

Preset

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