Radio operations, Listening to radio broadcasts – Panasonic SC-AK490 User Manual
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Radio operations
RQT6085
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2
PLAY MODE
PLAY MODE
3
4
A
PLAY MODE
TUNER/BAND
1
3
4
2
REW
REW
FF
FF
VOL
DO
WN
UP
PLAY MODE
PLAY MODE
1
Press [TUNER/BAND] to select band.
The unit comes on automatically.
Every time you press the button:
FM
↔
AM
2
Press [PLAY MODE] on the remote
control to select “MANUAL”.
Every time you press the button:
MANUAL
↔
PRESET.
3
Press [
g
/REW/
4
] or [
3
/FF/
f
] to
select the frequency of the required
station.
“TUNED” is displayed when a radio station is tuned.
“ST” is displayed when a stereo FM broadcast is being
received.
4
Adjust the volume.
Auto tuning
Press and hold [
g
/REW/
4
] or [
3
/FF/
f
] for a moment until the
frequency starts changing rapidly. The unit begins auto tuning, stop-
ping when it finds a station.
•
Auto tuning may not function when there is excessive interference.
•
To cancel auto tuning, press [
g
/REW/
4
] or [
3
/FF/
f
] once
again.
If noise is excessive in FM
Remote control only
Press and hold [PLAY MODE] to display
“MONO”.
This mode improves sound quality if reception is weak, but
broadcasts will be heard in monaural.
Press and hold [PLAY MODE] again to cancel the mode.
“MONO” goes out. MONO is also cancelled if the frequency is
changed.
Turn off “MONO” for normal listening. Stereo and monaural
broadcasts are automatically played as they are received.
FM allocation setting
Main unit only
By adjusting the allocation, you can enable this tuner to receive FM
broadcasts allocated in 0.1 MHz steps.
Press and hold [TUNER / BAND]. After a few seconds, the display will
change to a flashing display of the current minimum FM frequency.
If you continue to hold the button down, the minimum frequency will
change. Release the button at this time.
To return to the original frequency indication, repeat above.
Notes
•
After changing the “allocation” setting, the frequencies you previously
preset in the memory will be cleared.
•
Sound is momentarily interrupted if you load/unload tapes while
listening to an AM broadcast.
Listening to radio broadcasts
A