Pioneer P1DAB-S - Manual (Page 21)

Listening to the FM radio
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Listening to the FM radio
Tuning to a FM radio station
Tune to FM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search)
and manual (step) tuning functions. Once you are tuned to a
station, you can memorize the frequency for recall later.
1 Turn on the stereo receiver.
Refer to To turn the power on on page 13 for details.
2 Press the TUNER button on the remote control to select
the TUNER input.
You can also select the TUNER input by pressing the INPUT
button on the remote control repeatedly, or turning the
SOURCE
knob on the stereo receiver.
3 Press the CONTROL RCV button on the remote control.
4 Press the BAND button to change the band, if necessary.
XC-P01: Each press switches the band between FM stereo
and FM mono.
XC-P01DAB: Each press switches the band between FM
(stereo or mono) and DAB (for details on DAB, see Listening
to the DAB (XC-P01DAB only) on page 23).
5 Tune to a station.
Automatic tuning
To search for stations in the currently selected band,
press and hold TUNE / for about a second. The stereo
receiver will start searching for a station, and stop when
it has found one. Repeat to search for other stations.
Manual tuning
To change the frequency one step at a time, press
TUNE
/.
High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNE / for high speed tuning.
Release the button at the frequency you want.
– Lights when a normal broadcast channel.
– Lights when a stereo FM broadcast is being received in
auto stereo mode.
Improving FM sound
If the or indicator does not light when tuning to an FM
station because the signal is weak, set the stereo receiver to
the mono reception mode.
1
Press the CONTROL RCV button on the remote control.
2 Press BAND to select FM MONO.
This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy
the broadcast.
Saving station presets
If you often listen to a particular radio station, it is convenient
to have the stereo receiver store the frequency for easy recall
whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the
effort of manually tuning in each time. This unit can
memorize up to 40 stations.
1
Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Tuning to a FM radio station above for more on this.
2 Press the CONTROL RCV button on the remote control.
3 Press TUNER EDIT.
The preset number is blinking.
4
Press PRESET / to select a station preset number.
You can also use the numeric buttons. See Direct track search
on page 16.
5
Press ENTER.
The preset number stops blinking and the stereo receiver
stores the station.
Note
• If the stereo receiver is left disconnected from the AC
power outlet for over a month, the station memories will
be lost and will have to be reprogrammed.
• Stations are stored in stereo. Even if the station is stored
in the FM MONO mode, is displayed when recalled.
Listening to station presets
Preset stations beforehand. See Saving station presets above if
stations have not been preset.
1
Press the CONTROL RCV button on the remote control.
2 Press PRESET / to select the station preset you
want.
You can also use the numeric buttons or the PRESET button
on the stereo receiver.
Naming preset stations
For easier identification, you can name all of your preset
stations.
1
Choose the station preset you want to name.
See Listening to station presets above for how to do this.
2 Press the CONTROL RCV button on the remote control.
3 Press TUNER EDIT twice.
The cursor at the first character position blinks on the
display.
4
Input the name you want.
Choose a name up to eight characters long.
• Use / to select character position.
• Use / to select characters.
• The name is stored when ENTER is pressed.