Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Sound; Saving Station Presets; Listening To Station Presets - Onkyo TX-SR252 Operating Instructions Manual

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Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM
radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual
(step) tuning functions. Once you are tuned to a station you
can memorize the frequency for recall later—see
station presets below for more on how to do this.
LATE NIGHT LATE NIGHT
DISPLAY DISPLAY
M.OPT M.OPT
PRESET - PRESET
TOP MENU TOP MENU
1
TUNER
Press to select the tuner.
2
BAND
Use to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM (stereo or
mono) and AM.
3
Tune to a station.
There are three ways to do this:
Automatic tuning
To search for stations in the currently selected band,
press and hold TUNING +/– for about a second. The
receiver will start searching for the next station, stopping
when it has found one. Repeat to search for other
stations.
Manual tuning
To change the frequency one step at a time, press
TUNING +/–.
High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNING +/– for high speed tuning.

Improving FM sound

If the TUNE or ST indicators don't light when tuning to an FM
station because the signal is weak, set the receiver to the
mono reception mode.

BAND
Press to select FM MONO.
This should improve the sound quality and allow you to
enjoy the broadcast.

Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station, it's convenient
to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall
whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the
effort of manually tuning in each time. This unit can memorize
Saving
up to 30 stations.
TREBLE
TUNING + TUNING +
EDIT EDIT SLEEP SLEEP
PRESET + PRESET
TOP MENU TOP MENU
TUNING - TUNING - BAND BAND DISPLAY DISPLAY
TUNER TUNER
1
Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio above
2
Press EDIT.
The display shows PRESET, then a blinking MEM and
station preset.
3
PRESET +/–
Press
You can also use the number buttons.
4
Press ENTER.
The preset number stop blinking and the receiver stores
the station.
Note
If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet
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for over a month, the station memories will be lost and will
have to be reprogrammed.
Stations are stored in stereo. When the station is stored in
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the FM MONO mode, it shows as ST when recalled.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See
Saving station presets above

PRESET +/–
Press
You can also use the number buttons on the remote
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control to recall the station preset.
AUDIO SEL
LATE NIGHT LATE NIGHT
TUNING +
DISPLAY DISPLAY TUNING EDIT EDIT SLEEP SLEEP
M.OPT M.OPT
PRESET - PRESET - PRESET + PRESET +
TUNING - TUNING BAND BAND DISPLAY DISPLAY
TUNER TUNER
for more on this.
to select the station preset you want.
if you haven't done this already.
to select the station preset you want.
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Naming preset stations

For easier identification, you can name all of your preset
stations.
1
Choose the station preset you want to name.
See Listening to station presets above
2
EDIT
Press twice.
The cursor at the first character position is blinking on
the display.
3
Input the name you want.
Choose a name up to eight characters long.
Use PRESET +/– to select character position.
•
Use TUNING +/– to select characters.
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The name is stored when ENTER
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Tip
To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press
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ENTER while the display is blank. Press
display is blank, to keep the previous name.
Once you have named a station preset, Press
•
show the name. When you want to return to the frequency
display, press DISPLAY several times to show the
frequency.
Basic playback
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for how to do this.
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is pressed.
EDIT while the
DISPLAY to