Radio, Listening to radio, Presetting stations manually – Alpine IDA-X300 User Manual

Page 11: Presetting stations automatically, Tuning to preset stations

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iDA-X200

iDA-X300

This unit cannot receive HD Radio signals (digital terrestrial radio). In
order to activate the digital radio functions described below, an optional
HD Radio Tuner module must be connected through the Ai-NET bus.

Listening to Radio

HD Radio can be received if the HD Radio TUNER MODULE

(TUA-T500HD) is connected. While receiving HD Radio, the unit can
automatically switch between the analog and digital signal.

1

Press

SOURCE to select TUNER mode.

2

Press BAND repeatedly until the desired radio band
is displayed.

FM1

FM2

AM

FM1

3

Press TUNE/A.ME to select the tuning mode.

DX SEEK (Distance mode)

SEEK (Local mode)

(Blank) (Manual mode)

DX SEEK (Distance mode)

The initial mode is Distance mode.

Distance mode:

Both strong and weak stations will be automatically tuned in
(Automatic Seek Tuning).

Local mode:

Only strong stations will be automatically tuned in (Automatic
Seek Tuning).

Manual mode:

The frequency is manually tuned in steps (Manual tuning).

4

Press

or

to tune in the desired station.

Holding down

or

will change the frequency

continuously.

If DIGITAL SEEK is set to ON, the SEEK UP/DOWN functions only

stop on digital station frequencies while receiving HD radio. Refer to
“Digital Seek On/Off Setting” (page 25).

Presetting Stations Manually

1

Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio
station you wish to store in the preset memory.

2

Press PRESET.

The Preset screen is displayed.

3

Turn the Double Action encoder (iDA-X200 only)
or Rotary encoder (iDA-X300 only) to select the
preset number.

4

Press and hold

/ENTER for at least 2 seconds.

The selected station is stored.
The display shows the band, preset number and station
frequency memorized.

A total of 18 stations can be stored in the preset memory (6 stations

for each band; FM1, FM2 and AM).

If you store a station in a preset memory which already has a station,

the current station will be cleared and replaced with the new station.

Presetting Stations Automatically

1

Press BAND repeatedly until the desired radio band
is displayed.

2

Press and hold TUNE/A.ME for at least 2 seconds.

The tuner will automatically seek and store 6 strong stations
in the selected band. They will be stored 1 to 6 in order of
signal strength.
When the automatic memory has been completed, the tuner
goes to the station stored in preset location No.1.

If no stations are stored, the tuner will return to the original station

you were listening to before the auto memory procedure began.

Tuning to Preset Stations

1

Press BAND repeatedly until the desired band is
displayed.

2

Press PRESET.

The Preset screen is displayed.

3

Turn the Double Action encoder (iDA-X200 only)
or Rotary encoder (iDA-X300 only) to select a
radio station.

4

Press

/ENTER.

The display shows the band, preset number and frequency
of the station selected.

Radio

TUNE/A.ME

/ENTER

PRESET

Double Action
encoder

VIEW

SOURCE

FUNC./SETUP

BAND

TUNE/A.ME

/ENTER

PRESET

Rotary encoder

VIEW

SOURCE

FUNC./SETUP

BAND

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