Radio operations, Listening to radio broadcasts, Press [tuner/band] to select band – Panasonic SC-AK300 User Manual
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Radio operations
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/
3
] or [
4
/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/
1
] or [
2
/FF/
f
] for a moment until the
frequency starts changing rapidly. The unit begins auto tuning, stopping
when it finds a station.
•
Auto tuning may not function when there is excessive interference.
•
To cancel auto tuning, press [
g
/REW/
1
] or [
2
/FF/
f
] once again.
Listening to radio broadcasts
(For Europe except Russia and Ukraine)
RDS broadcasting
This unit can display the text data transmitted by the radio data
system (RDS) available in some areas.
If the station you are listening to is transmitting RDS signals, “ RDS ”
will light up on the display.
Displaying the name of a broadcasting station or a
program type
Press [DISPLAY].
Every time you press the button:
Frequency display
Station Name (PS)
Program type (PTY)
Notes
•
RDS displays may not be available if reception is poor.
❈
“M.O.R M”=“Middle of the road music”
•
Sound is momentarily interrupted if you load/unload tapes while
listening to an AM broadcast.
FINANCE
CHILDREN
SOCIAL A
RELIGION
PHONE IN
TRAVEL
LEISURE
JAZZ
Program type displays
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
M.O.R M
❈
LIGHT M
CLASSICS
OTHER M
WEATHER
COUNTRY
NATIONAL
OLDIES
FOLK M
DOCUMENT
TEST
ALARM
FINANCE
CHILDREN
SOCIAL A
RELIGION
PHONE IN
TRAVEL
LEISURE
JAZZ
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.
A
B
1
2
PLAY MODE
PLAY MODE
3
4
B
PLAY MODE
TUNER/BAND
REW
REW
FF
FF
VOL
DO
WN
UP
A
DISPLAY
DISPLAY
1
3
4
2
RDS
RDS
PTY
RDS
PS
PLAY MODE
PLAY MODE