4 Press PROGRAM again to confirm the setting.
™ PROGRAM disappears, the preset number and the
frequency of the preset station are shown.
5 Repeat the above four steps to store other stations.
• You can overwrite a preset station by storing another
frequency in its place.
Tuning to preset stations
Press PRESET 4 or 3 (¡ or ™ on the remote control) until
the desired preset station is displayed.
Changing tuning grid (some versions only)
In North and South America the frequency step between
adjacent channels in the AM and FM band are 10 KHz and
100 KHz respectively. In the rest of the world this step is
9 KHz and 50 KHz. Usually the frequency step has been
preset in the factory for your area if not:
1 Select TUNER source.
2 Press 9 on the set for at least 5 seconds.
™ The display shows either GRID 9 or GRID10.
Note: All preset stations will be lost and need to be repro-
grammed.
RDS
MC 158 COM
MC 158 COM
PAC T AUD IO
PAC T AUD IO
IO
IO
IO
IO
SYS TEM
SYS TEM
IO
IO
II
II
IO
IO
II
II
IO
IO
II
II
IO
IO
IO
IO
I II
I II
RDS (some versions only)
Radio Data System is a service that allows FM stations
to show additional information. If you are receiving a RDS
station,
and the station name are displayed.
When automatic programming is used, RDS stations will be
programmed first.
Scrolling through different RDS information
• Press RDS/ CLOCK briefly and repeatedly to scroll
through the following information (if available):
– Station name
– Programme type such as NEWS, SPORT, POP M...
– Radio text messages
– Frequency
Note: If you press RDS/ CLOCK and the RDS signal is not
available NO RDS is displayed.
EON
Enhanced Other Network allows you to search for an
RDS station offering a certain programme type. If EON is
available,
is shown.
Searching programme type (PTY)
PTY helps you find a desired programme type. To enable
PTY, first programme RDS stations into the tuner memory
(see Programming radio stations).
OPEN
OPEN
CLOSE
CLOSE
1 While receiving an RDS station, press RDS/ CLOCK
briefly until the programme type is displayed.
PRESET
PRESET
2 Press 2; or 9 on the set (¡ or ™ on the remote control)
TUNING
TUNING
until the desired programme type is displayed.
3 Press and hold down on TUNING 2™ ( 6 on the remote
control) to start searching.
– The radio tunes to a RDS station broadcasting this
programme type. If the programme type is not
available TYPE NOT FOUND is displayed.
• RDS Programme types
NO TYPE . . . . . . . No RDS programme type
NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . News services
AFFAIRS . . . . . . . Politics and current affairs
INFO . . . . . . . . . . . Special information programmes
SPORT . . . . . . . . . . Sports
EDUCATE . . . . . . . Education and advanced training
DRAMA . . . . . . . . . . Radio plays and literature
CULTURE . . . . . . . Culture, religion and society
SCIENCE . . . . . . . Science
VARIED. . . . . . . . . Entertainment programmes
POP M . . . . . . . . . . Pop music
ROCK M . . . . . . . . . Rock music
MOR M . . . . . . . . . . Light music
LIGHT M . . . . . . . Light classical music
CLASSICS . . . . . . Classical music
OTHER M . . . . . . . Special music programmes
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