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(a) Listening to the radio
Push these buttons to choose either an
AM or FM station.
“AM”, “FM1” or “FM2” appears on the dis-
play.Push and turn this knob to step up the
station band or to step down.
Your radio automatically changes to stereo
reception when a stereo broadcast is re-
ceived. “ST” appears on the display. If the
signal becomes weak, the radio reduces
the amount of channel separation to pre-
vent the weak signal from creating noise.
If the signal becomes extremely weak, the
radio switches from stereo to mono recep-
tion. In this case, “ST” disappears from
the display.
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(b) Presetting a station1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Touch one of the station selector switches (1 6) and hold it until a
beep is heard. This sets the station
to the switch and the frequency ap-
pears on the switch.
Each switch can store FM1, FM2 and AM.
To change the preset station to a different
one, follow the same procedure.
The preset station memory is cancelled
when the power source is interrupted by
battery disconnection or a blown fuse.
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(c) Selecting a station
Tune in the desired station using one of
the following methods.
Preset tuning: Touch the switch (1 −6) for
the station you want. The switch (1 −6) is
highlighted in green and station frequency
appears on the display.
Manual tuning: Turn the “TUNE” knob
briefly. Each time you turn the knob, the
radio will step up or down to another fre-
quency.
Seek tuning: Push the “SEEK TRACK”
button on either side. The radio will begin
seeking up or down for a station of the
nearest frequency and will stop on recep-
tion. Each time you push the button, the
stations will be searched out one after
another.
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Scan tuning: Push the “SCAN” button or
touch the “SCAN” switch (AM mode only)
briefly. “SCAN” appears on the display.
The radio will find the next station up or
down the band, stay there for a few se-
conds, and then scan again. To select a
station, push the “SCAN” button a second
time.
Preset scan tuning: Push the “SCAN”
button or touch the “SCAN” switch (AM
mode only) and hold it until you hear a
beep. “P. SCAN” appears on the display.
The radio will tune in the next preset sta-
tion up or down the band, stay there for
a few seconds, and then move to the next
preset station. To select a station, push
the “SCAN” button a second time.
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(d) RDS (Radio Data System)
(1) Program type
Each time you touch the “TYPE ” or
“TYPE ” switch, the program type
changes as in the following:
ROCK
EASY LIS (Easy listening)
CLS JAZZ (Classical music and Jazz)
R&B (Rhythm and Blues)
INFORM (Information)
RELIGION
MISC
ALERT (Emergency message)
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When you touch the “TYPE
” or “TYPE
”, “TYPE SEEK” switch appears. Touch
the switch and the system starts to seek
the station in the relevant program type. (2) Traffic program:
A station that regularly broadcasts traf-
fic information is automatically located.
When you touch the “TRAF” switch,
“TRAF SEEK” appears on the display and
the radio will start seeking any traffic pro-
gram station.
If any traffic program station is not found,
“NOTHING” appears and the previous
mode returns.
If the traffic program station is found, the
name for traffic program station is dis-
played and “TRAF” is lit for a while until
traffic announcement is received.
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(3) Radio textIf the system receives a radio text from
RDS station, “MSG” appears on the dis-
play. Touch the “MSG” switch, and a text
message is displayed on the screen.
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In case a text message is not accepted
in a screen, you can touch the “MSG”
switch and hold it to display the rest of
the message.
When the system can show the station
name, “RDS” appears on the display.
Each time you touch the “MSG” switch,
indication on the display changes from the
band to the station name, a radio text in
this order. After six seconds passes, indi-
cation returns to the band.
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(a) Playing a cassette tape
When you insert a cassette tape, the
exposed tape should face to the right.
The player will automatically start when
you insert a cassette tape. At this time,
“Tape” appears on the display.
If a metal or chrome equivalent cassette
tape is put in the cassette player, the
player will automatically recognize it and
“MTL” appears on the display.
To stop or eject the cassette tape, push
the “
” button.
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If a cassette is already in the slot, push
the “TAPE” button.
Dolby Noise Reduction* feature: If you
are listening to a tape that was recorded
with Dolby B Noise Reduction, touch the
“
” switch. The “” switch will be
highlighted in green. Touch the switch
again to turn off Dolby B NR.
The Dolby NR mode reduces tape noise
by about 10 dB. For best sound reproduc-
tion, play your tapes with this switch on
or off according to the mode used for
recording the tape.
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The hybrid system must be in “ACC” or
“IG−ON”.
(a) Inserting or ejecting compact disc
Ty p e 1 :
When you insert a disc, the player will
automatically start. To eject the disc,
push the “
” button.
Ty p e 2 :
Setting a single compact disc:
1. Push the “LOAD” button briefly.
The umber indicators at both ends of the
slot blinking. The umber blinking indicators
changes to continuous green illumination. 2. Insert only one disc.
You can set a disc at the lowest empty
disc number.
After insertion, the set disc is automatical-
ly loaded.
If the label faces down, the disc cannot
be played. In this case, “CD CHECK” ap-
pears on the display.
If you need to insert the next disc, repeat
the same procedure to insert another disc.
Setting all the discs:
1. Push the “LOAD” button until you hear a beep.
The umber indicators at both ends of the
slot blinking. The umber blinking indicators
changes to continuous green illumination. 2. Insert only one disc.
The umber indicators blink. 3. Insert the next disc after the umber blinking indicators changes to con-
tinuous green illumination.
4. Repeat this procedure until you in- sert all the discs.
To cancel the operation, push the “LOAD”
button.
Your automatic changer can store up to 6
discs.
If you do not insert the discs within 15
seconds after pushing the “LOAD” button,
the operation will be canceled automatical-
ly.NOTICE
Do not insert one disc stacked on top
of another one or feed them in con-
tinuously, to prevent discs from get-
ting stuck in the player.
Compact disc player operation