Setting the clock, Wearing the headphone radio, Changing am channel step – Sony SRF-HM03V User Manual

Page 2: Playing the radio, Improving radio reception, Obtaining powerful bass sound, Presetting your favorite stations

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POWER ON/OFF

Driver Unit

TUNE +

*

2

/–

Display

MEGA BASS/CLOCK

ENTER

MODE

BAND

VOL*

1

TV/WB/FM SENS
DX/LOCAL

R

(Right)

L

(Left)

Battery
compartment lid

Light reflector (L)
This reflector
reflects car lights
at night for your
safety.

*

1

There is a tactile dot beside volume to show the
direction to turn up the volume.

*

2

The TUNE + button has a tactile dot.

Setting the Clock

The clock time display of this unit is a 12-hour system.
When the battery is first installed, “AM 12:00” flashes in the display.

1

Set POWER to OFF to turn off the power.

2

Hold down MEGA BASS/CLOCK for more than 2 seconds
until “AM 12” starts flashing.

3

Press TUNE + or to adjust the hour, then press MEGA BASS/
CLOCK
.

If you hold down

TUNE +

or

, the digit changes rapidly.

“AM 12:00 ”= midnight, “PM 12:00 ”= noon.

4

Repeat step 3 above to adjust the minute.

“:” starts flashing and the clock starts operating.
To set the current time exactly to the second, adjust the minute and then press

MEGA BASS/CLOCK

to synchronize with a time signal (such as the

telephone time signal).

Note

If you do not press

TUNE +

or

, or

MEGA BASS/CLOCK

within one minute,

the clock setting mode will be canceled.

Wearing the Headphone
Radio

(See fig A)

1

Wear the L side driver unit in your left ear and the R side in your
right ear as illustrated.

2

Adjust the position of the driver units for a comfortable fit.

Changing AM Channel Step

The AM channel step differs depending on areas. The channel step of this unit is
factory-set to 10 kHz. Change the settings as shown below to be able to listen to
the radio.

Area

Channel step

North and South American countries

10 kHz

Other countries

9 kHz

Note

When the AM channel step is changed, only the preset stations on the AM band
will be initialized.

1

Set POWER to OFF to turn off the power.

2

While holding down MODE, hold down TUNE + or for more
than 5 seconds.

The channel step will change and “9” kHz (or “10” kHz) will flash for 3
seconds in the display.
If you proceed to step

2

again, the channel step changes again.

Playing the Radio

— Manual Tuning

1

Set POWER to ON to turn on the power.

2

If “PRESET” is displayed, press MODE so that “PRESET”
disappears.

Pressing

MODE

will switch over between manual tuning mode and preset

tuning mode.

3

Press BAND to select the band.

Each press changes the band as follows:

AM

FM

TV

WEATHER

4

Press TUNE + or to select the desired frequency.

If you hold down

TUNE +

or

, the frequency or channel changes rapidly.

When the frequency matches the broadcast frequency, the broadcast will be
received.

5

Adjust the volume using VOL.

To turn off the radio, set

POWER

to

OFF

.

Improving Radio Reception

TV/WEATHER/FM

: Set

TV/WB/FM SENS

to

LOCAL

if interference is

prevalent when radio wave intensity is dramatically stronger.
Under normal conditions, set to

DX

.

AM

: Move around to obtain better reception.

Obtaining Powerful Bass
Sound

Press

MEGA BASS/CLOCK

.

“MB” appears in the display.

If the sound is distorted, or if you want to reduce the bass tone, press

MEGA

BASS/CLOCK

again to turn off this function.

The MEGA BASS setting is not canceled even if the radio is turned off.

Presetting your Favorite
Stations

— Preset Tuning

You can preset up to 5 stations each for TV, WEATHER and AM, and 15
stations for FM. Also, you can delete the preset station whether it is factory-set or
preset by yourself.

Presetting a Station

1

Follow steps 1 to 5 in “Playing the Radio” and manually tune in to
the station you wish to preset.

2

Hold down ENTER until the preset number flashes.

If there is a preset number that has no preset station, that preset number
flashes.
When all the preset numbers are set to certain stations (factory-set), “1”
flashes and “PRESET” appears.

Light reflector (R)

A

3

Press TUNE + or to select the number you wish to preset, then
press ENTER.

When you select the preset number using

TUNE +

or

, “PRESET” appears

if that number has a preset station. If it has no preset station, only the number
flashes and “PRESET” does not appear.
When you press

ENTER

, the selected preset number lights up in the display.

Example

: Display window when you preset FM 90.0 MHz in preset

number 2.

To preset another station, repeat these steps.
To change the preset station, preset a new station. The previous station will
be canceled.

Note

If you do not press

TUNE +

or

, or

ENTER

within one minute, the preset

tuning mode will be canceled.

Tuning in to a Preset Station

1

Set POWER to ON to turn on the power.

2

Press MODE so that “PRESET” and preset number appear.

3

Select the band with BAND.

4

Press TUNE + or to select the desired preset number.

5

Adjust the volume using VOL.

To turn off the radio, set

POWER

to

OFF

.

Note

If you hold down

MODE

for more than 2 seconds, the unit enters the preset

station deleting mode. Press

MODE

again to return to the previous mode.

Deleting a Preset Station

1

Follow steps 1 and 2 in “Tuning in to a Preset Station”.

2

Select the band with BAND.

3

Press TUNE + or to select the preset number to be deleted.

4

Hold down MODE for more than 2 seconds until “PRESET”,

dEL” and the preset number flash.

5

While the letters and the preset number are flashing, press
ENTER.

The station set to the preset number just before the deleted station will be
displayed.
To delete other stations, repeat steps

2

to

5

.

If all the preset stations are deleted, “PRESET -” appears in the display.

To cancel deleting, press

MODE

while “PRESET”, “dEL” and the preset number

are flashing.

preset number to
be deleted

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