Radio Operations - Clarion VZ409E Owner's Manual

Radio Operations

Select tuner as playing source
Open the SOURCE MENU and then touch
[Tuner].
Select one radio band
Press the [BAND] key on the display panel or
remote control or touch the [BAND] icon on the
user interface to select one radio band among
FM1, FM2, FM3, AM1 and AM2.
Auto tuning
Press the [ ]/[ ] key on the display panel
or remote control or touch the [ ]/[ ] icon
on the user interface to seek a higher / lower
station.
To stop searching, repeat the operation above or
press other keys having radio functions.
Note:
When a station is received, searching stops and
the station is played.
If the unit receives a stereo broadcasting, the
indicator light of stereo 'ST' on the TFT or LCD
display will be lighted.
Manual tuning
During manual tuning, the frequency will be
changed in steps.
Press the [ ]/[ ] key on remote control or
touch the [ ]/[ ] icon on the user interface
to tune in a higher / lower station.
Touch the numeric keypad icon and then touch
the numeric buttons to input the radio station
frequency numbers.
Auto save
Only stations with suffi cient signal strength will
be detected and stored in the memory.
When the monitor is closed, press and hold the
[AS/PS] key on the display panel.
When the monitor is opened, touch the [AS] icon
on the user interface.
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To stop auto save, press other keys having radio
functions.
Notes:
1. After auto save, the previous saved stations
will be overwritten.
2. The unit has 5 bands, such as FM1, FM2,
FM3, AM1, AM2, and each band can store 6
stations; hence the unit can store 30 stations
in all.
Manual save
When one expected radio station has been
detected......
1. Press the [MEM] icon on the user interface
and the preset menu will be opened.
2. Press one preset button among P1~P6.
3. If you want to abort, press the [Exit] button.
Preview scan
Preview scan searching is such a process that
the searching pauses when a station is received
and then played for 5~10 seconds.
After being played, the unit continues the process
until the whole band is detected.
When the monitor is closed, press the [AS/PS]
key on the display panel.
When the monitor is opened, touch the [SCAN]
icon on the user interface.
To stop the process, press other keys having
radio functions.
Recall the stored stations
Press one numeric key among 1 to 6 on the re-
mote control or touch an onscreen station button
to select the corresponding stored station.
Local seeking
When LOCAL seeking is on, only those radio sta-
tions with strong radio signal could be received.
To open or close LOCAL function, press and hold
the volume knob on the front panel.
Notes:
1. When the local radio station searching is on,
the indicator light 'LOC' lights up; whereas the
light goes off .
2. The number of radio stations that can be
received will decrease after the local seeking
mode is on.
RDS Operations
The unit provides basic functions of RDS, includ-
ing PI (Program Identifi cation), radio station
name, RT (Radio Text), CT (Clock Time), AF (Al-
ternative Frequency), TA (Traffi c Announcement)
and PTY (Program Type) Selection.
AF function
Alternative Frequencies Lists are used for the
same program service and used in conjunction
with the PI code (Program Identifi cation code) to
assist automatic tuning.
Using this information, a radio can automatically
search out another station that is playing the
same material. This is useful when the station
you are listening to is fading out.
To activate AF function, touch the [AF] button on
the user interface.
To cancel this function, do the operation above
again.
Note:
During auto switching radio frequency, some in-
terference could be heard. Turning off AF function
can settle this problem.
TA function
The TA (Traffi c Announcement fl ag) function lets
the unit receive traffi c announcements automati-
cally no matter what media source is playing
back. The TA function can be activated by a TP
(Traffi c Program) station broadcasting traffi c
information.
When TA is activated and a traffi c announcement
is received, the current playing source will be
overridden by the traffi c announcement if the cur-
rent radio band is FM and the 'TA' indicator lights
up, indicating that the unit is waiting for traffi c
announcements.
The unit returns to the original source after the
traffi c announcement has been received.
To activate TA function, touch the [TA] button on
the user interface.
To cancel this function, do the operation above
again.
PTY function
PTY is the abbreviation for Program Type which
is a code defi ning the type of program being
broadcast (e.g. News or Rock).
Six PTY options will display on the screen. To
view more PTY options, touch the scroll bar and
arrows on the screen.
When one PTY option is touched (e.g. News),
auto search for next available PTY by increas-
ing tuning frequency until the PTY of the next
station matches the current. If no matched PTY
has been found, the unit will return to the original
radio frequency.
Program Service (PS)
Used for receiver displays of an 8 character
alpha numeric Program Service name which may
use Upper or Lower case characters, e.g. {BBC
4_FM}, {Classic_}.
CT (Clock Time)
Some stations broadcast the time and date within
the encoded RDS signal. The clock time is auto-
matically adjusted when 'CT' is set to 'On'.
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