Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Saving Station Presets; Naming Station Presets - Pioneer SX-316-S Operating Instructions Manual

Using the tuner

Chapter 6:
Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to
FM and AM radio broadcasts and memorize
the frequency for recall later.
1 Press AM or FM to select the tuner band.
2 Tune to a station.
There are three ways to do this:
• Automatic tuning – Press and hold
TUNING +/– for about a second. Searching
automatically stops at the next station.
• Manual tuning – To change the frequency
one step at a time, press TUNING +/–.
• High speed tuning – Press and hold
TUNING +/– continuously.
If the signal is weak, press the MPX button to
switch the receiver into mono reception mode.

Saving station presets

This receiver can memorize up to 30 stations,
stored in three banks of 10 stations each.
1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
2 Press (SHIFT +) TUNER EDIT to select 'ST.
MEMORY'.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the three
classes then press STATION +/– to select the
station preset you want.
You can also use the MULTI JOG dial (front
panel) to select station presets.
4 Press ENTER to store the station.
Note
1 When saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting is also stored.

Naming station presets

You can name your station presets for easy
recall.
1 Choose the preset you want to name.
See Listening to station presets below.
2 Press (SHIFT +) TUNER EDIT to select 'ST.
NAME'.
A cursor appears at the first character position.
3 Input the name you want then press
ENTER .
• Use the MULTI JOG dial (front panel) or the
STATION +/– buttons (remote) to select
characters, and ENTER to confirm. If no
character is input, a space is input.
Tip
• Once you have named a station preset, you
can press DISPLAY when listening to a
station to switch the display between the
name and the frequency.

Listening to station presets

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You will need to have some presets stored to do
this. See Saving station presets above if you
haven't done this already.
1 Press AM or FM to select the tuner.
2 Press CLASS to select the class in which
the station is stored.
Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B
and C.
3 Press STATION +/– to select the station
preset you want.
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