Arcam T61 - Manual (Page 6)

T61
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Using your tuner
POWER
T61 AM/FM TUNER
STORE MONO RDS BAND TUNING
FM
4 3 2 8 6 blbm 1 7 9 bk 5
103.50
12
PRESET
MHz
FM MUTE
STEREO
TUNED SIGNAL
Front panel Controls
Preset Memory buttons 1
Directly select up to 32 preset stations (16 AM, 16 FM). Press
briefl y for stations 1–8, press and hold for more than one
second for stations 9–16.
BAND 2
Selects FM or AM frequency band. The appropriate letters
appear on the display.
RDS 3
Switches between RDS modes on FM if RDS is available. See
the section ‘RDS: Radio Data System’.
MONO 4
Selects mono or stereo output. Stereo is only available on
FM radio stations. If a weak station is received in stereo
the background hiss can be reduced (and in most cases
eliminated) by selecting ‘MONO’.
In mono mode, FM muting is suppressed when tuning between
stations and the ‘FM MUTE’ indicator is switched off.
STORE 5
The STORE button allows you to assign radio stations to preset
numbers. See the instruction ‘Storing a preset’
Preset indicator 6
Indicates the number of the preset currently selected.
Signal strength 7
A seven step indicator showing the strength of a tuned station.
In FM generally 5 or more bars are required for good reception
and to lock onto RDS data.
Tuning 8
Switches between Tune and Preset mode for the down/up
buttons. Preset mode is indicated by PRESET on the display.
Tune down/up 9
Used to either scroll through presets, or to tune up and down
the broadcast band, depending on the current mode. See
Tuning to a station for more details.
Frequency/ RDS display bk
Indicates the frequency of the selected station in MHz (FM) or
kHz (AM). Also displays RDS information when present.
POWER bl
Switches the mains power to the unit on or off.
Power indicator bm
This glows green to show that the unit is ready for use.
The indicator glows red in standby mode when the tuner is
switched off via the remote control, or confi gured in a custom
installation.
Operation
The T61 radio tuner can be controlled from the front panel
buttons or from the remote control handset (see ‘Using the
remote control’).
Tuning to a station
Pressing the
TUNING button toggles between the two tuning
modes of the unit – ‘Preset’ or ‘Tune’. The selected mode is
briefl y shown in the display.
Preset mode
In Preset mode, press the ! and " buttons on the front
panel (or < or > on the remote control handset) to cycle up and
down the preset stations.
See ‘Storing a preset’ and ‘Deleting unused presets’, below.
Tune mode
Automatic tuning:
Press the ! and " buttons on the front panel (or < or >
on the remote control handset) for longer than one second
to engage automatic tuning. The tuner searches for a radio
station signal of suffi cient strength and stops. To skip to the
next station, press one of the buttons again. Automatic tuning is
available for both the FM and AM bands.
Manual tuning:
Tap the ! and " buttons for manual tuning. This can be
used for tuning to a specifi c frequency. It is also useful if you
are trying to select a station that is too weak for the auto
search mode.
Regardless of the mode used to tune your T61, when it is
accurately tuned to a station ‘TUNED’ lights up in the display.
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