Parasound AVC-2500 - Manual (Page 52)

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Manual Tuning from the Front Panel
1. Activate the tuner in the manual tuning mode by pressing the Tuning button on the front
panel twice. The Rotary Knob then becomes the tuning knob. PRESET
[
NUMBER OR
NAME
], [
FREQUENCY
]
MAN , and [
FM or AM
] appear in the displays.
2. Select the FM or AM band.
3. Tune up or down incrementally by turning the Rotary Knob. Manual tuning may be
actually improve reception by letting you deliberately “de-tune” a weak station that is
subject to interference from stronger adjacent stations.
Note: You can press the Source button to cancel the tuner and return to the last selected
input source.
Remote Control Operation
Selecting Preset Radio Stations from the Remote Control
Option 1
1. Press the Tuning button on the remote control to activate the tuner in the preset select
mode. PRESET
[
NUMBER OR NAME
], [
FREQUENCY
] and AUTO appears in the displays.
2. Press the Tune
୵ ୵ ୵ ୵ ୵ or ୴ ୴ ୴ ୴ ୴ buttons to select the desired preset number.
Option 2
1. Press any of the 10 numerical preset numbers to activate the tuner and select the radio
station preset to that number. PRESET
[
NUMBER
], [
FREQUENCY
] and MAN appears in the
displays.
2. To access preset numbers above 10, press and hold the numerical button down for two
seconds to add 10 to the number. For example, to access preset 15 , press and hold down
numerical button number 5 for two seconds and P15 will be selected.
Automatic Tuning from the Remote Control
1. Press and hold the Tuning button on the remote control to activate the tuner in the
automatic tuning mode. PRESET
[
NUMBER
], [
FREQUENCY
], and [
FM OR AM
] appear in
the displays.
2. Press the FM/AM button to tune to the desired broadcast frequency.
2. Press the Tune
୵ ୵ ୵ ୵ ୵ or ୴ ୴ ୴ ୴ ୴ buttons to tune to the desired broadcast frequency.
Manual Tuning from the Remote Control
1. Press and hold the Tuning button on the remote control to activate the tuner in the
automatic tuning mode. PRESET
[
NUMBER
], [
FREQUENCY
], and [
FM OR AM
] appears in
the displays.
2. Press the Tuning buttons again to switch from automatic to manual tuning.
3. Press the Tune
୵ ୵ ୵ ୵ ୵ or ୴ ୴ ୴ ୴ ୴ buttons to tune in 50 kHz increments.
Note: You can press the tuning button to scroll through the tuner modes and to return to the
last selected input source.
Storing Radio Stations into one of the Tuner’s 20 Presets
1. Tune into the FM or AM radio frequency the source you want to store into preset memory.
TUNING and P
[
PRESET NUMBER ] appear in the displays. If the preset station already has
a station stored into it, the displays will indicate PRESET
[
PRESET NUMBER ] .
2. Press and hold the Memory button on the front panel or the Mem/Enter button on the
remote to store the preset station. PRESET
[
PRESET NUMBER ] MEMORIZED appears in the
displays for two seconds to indicate that the station has been stored into preset memory.
3. Repeat the process for all twenty presets.