Programming Radio Stations - Philips MC 118 Owner's Manual

Programming radio stations

You can store up to a total of 40 radio stations in the
memory.
Automatic programming
Automatic programming will start with a chosen preset
number. From this preset number upwards, former program-
med radio stations will be overwritten. The unit will only
programme stations which are not in the memory already.
1 Press PRESET 4 or 3 (¡ or ™ on the remote control) to
select the preset number where programming should
start.
Note: If no preset number is selected, default is preset 1
and all your presets will be overwritten.
2 Press PROGRAM on the set or remote control for more
than 2 seconds to activate programming.
™ AUTO is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband reception
strength: FM followed by MW and then LW stations.
The last preset automatically stored will then be
played.
Manual programming
1 Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to radio
stations).
2 Press PROGRAM on the set or remote control to activate
programming.
™ PROGRAM flashes in the display.
3 Press PRESET 4 or 3 (¡ or ™ on the remote control) to
allocate a number from 1 to 40 to this station.
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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 pre-
set in the factory for your area if not:
1 Select TUNER source.
2 Press SHUFFLE 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.
Switching FM antenna sensitivity
If the signal of the FM station is too strong or too weak it
is possible to adjust the antenna sensitivity.
• Press REPEAT/ on the set until the display shows
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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.
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