Linear M3300CD - Manual (Page 4)

Radio Operation
Select a Band
Press the MODE button until either F1, F2, F3, A1
or A2 appear in the display. Next press the BAND
button to select the desired band: F1, F2, F3, A1
or A2.
Tuning
Automatic Search Tuning: Press the
��
l or
l
��
button to move to the next or previous sta-
tion automatically.
Manual Tuning: Press and hold the
�� l or l ��
button until “MANUAL” appears in the display.
Then press and release the
�� l or l ��
but-
ton until desired frequency is selected. The unit
will default back to “AUTO” tuning mode after 5
seconds of no button activity.
Preset Stations
Six numbered preset buttons store and recall
stations for each band. Select a band (if needed).
Select a station by pressing the
��
l or l
��
button. Press and hold any of the preset buttons
for three seconds to memorize the station. The
preset number will appear in the display.
Recall a Station: Select a band (if needed). Press
one of the six preset buttons to select a stored
station.
Automatic Preset Station Memory Store: Select a
band (if needed). Press and hold the button AS/
PS button for two seconds. The radio automati-
cally selects six strong stations and stores them
in the current band. The new stations replace
stations already stored in that band.
Note: During Automatic Memory Store, the unit
will search and store stations with the strong
signals first, and then weaker signal stations
until the memories are full.
Preset Scan: To scan preset stations stored in the
current band press the AS/PS button momentarily.
The radio pauses for five seconds at each preset
station. When the desired station is reached,
press the AS/PS button again to stop scanning.
FM Stereo/Mono Reception
For weaker FM stereo stations selecting mono
reception usually improves reception. To switch
from stereo to mono reception push and hold
the VOL knob for a few seconds then release.
Continue to press the knob until “STEREO”
appears in the display. Rotate the VOL knob until
“MONO” appears in the display. The unit will
leave feature programing after 5 seconds of no
button activity.
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Local/Distant Reception
To narrow the reception to only local strong sta-
tion the radio must be switched from distant to
local reception. To switch from distant to local
reception push and hold the VOL knob for a
few seconds then release. Continue to press the
knob until “DX” appears in the display. Rotate
the VOL knob until “LOCAL” appears in the dis-
play. The unit will leave feature programing after
5 seconds of no button activity.
RBDS Overview
RBDS (Radio Broadcast System) service avail-
ability varies from area to area. If RBDS service is
not available in your area, the following services
are not available:
PS: Program Service Name Broadcast - station
name data expressed in alphanumeric characters.
TP: Traffic Program Identification - for traffic
information broadcasting station.
TA: Traffic Announcement Identification - show-
ing traffic information is being transmitted or not.
TA (Travel Announcement) / TP (Travel Program
Identification)
Enable or disable TA mode by pressing and hold-
ing the BAND button. (Default is Disabled)
1. Long press BAND button once to activate the
function, press again to turn off the function.
2. When TA function is activated, it will search
the station with TA information automatically.
If there is not TA information, it will search the
station with TP information automatically, if
there is no TP information either, it will return
to the previous station after searching.
3. When receiving the station with TP information
but without TA information, TP icon is on and
TA icon keeps blinking; when receiving the sta-
tion with TP and TA information, both TP and
TA icons are on.
4. When playing in another mode and TA infor-
mation is received, the unit will change to the
radio mode automatically. After the TA infor-
mation is finished, it will return to the previous
mode. The AS/PS, Preset (1-6), DIS, MODE,
��
l , l
��
and BAND buttons are locked.
Press BAND button one to ignore the received
TA information, press BAND button twice to
turn off the function.