Sony PCG-R505ELK - Manual (Page 145)

Using the FM Tuner
Your VAIO ® MX computer is equipped with a built-in FM tuner, enabling you to listen to and record from FM radio stations.
Your FM antenna wire or FM coaxial antenna (supplied) must be connected to your computer before you can listen to FM
radio stations.
To listen to FM radio stations
The first time that you use your FM tuner, you are prompted to start automatic frequency scanning.
1. At the first use of SonicStage Premium software, a dialog box appears and prompts you to start scanning
frequencies of FM radio stations. Click Yes.
Your computer starts scanning and displays a progress window. After scanning is complete, the frequencies of
available FM radio stations are sorted in ascending order and assigned a sequential number on the Preset
panel.
Subsequent scanning overwrites the FM radio stations listed on the Preset panel. If you wish to keep the current
list of FM radio stations, select No when the scanning dialog box appears.
2. Click . The FM Listening panel displays. The computer tunes in to the preset FM radio station that is
currently selected.
3. You can use preset or manual tuning to change FM radio stations:
 To use preset tuning, click (FM Menu), and select Tuning Mode - Preset from the menu.
 To use manual tuning, click FM Menu and select Tuning Mode - Manual from the menu.
Click or on the FM Listening panel to locate a specific station or frequency.
For more information on selecting FM radio stations, see the SonicStage Premium Help file.
To record from an FM radio station
You can record from an FM radio station and register the audio file to a Playlist on your hard drive.
1. Click . The FM Listening panel appears.
2. Select the desired FM radio station.
3. Set up your audio input and recording settings by clicking REC Setting. Your audio input and recording options
are:
 Noise Reduction: Enable or disable noise reduction during recording.
 Time Machine Recording: Set up a timer recording session.
 Recording Format: Specify the desired recording file format.
 Edit FM Playlist: Set up a Playlist to hold your recording session as a song.
The maximum recording time is 150 minutes, regardless of format or bit rate settings. File size may vary,
depending on audio input, recording format, or bit rate.
4. Move the Level Adjust slider to adjust the audio input level, if necessary.
5. Click on the FM Listening panel to begin recording.
6. Click STOP on the FM Listening panel to stop recording. The recording session is registered to a Playlist as a
song.
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