Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Memorizing Stations; Listening To Station Presets - Pioneer DCS-353 Operating Instructions Manual

02 Getting started
Button What it does
Displays the previous menu page
(if there is one).
Displays the next menu page (if
there is one).

Listening to the radio

The tuner can receive both FM and AM
broadcasts, and lets you memorize your
favorite stations so you don't have to manually
tune in every time you want to listen.
• U.K. model only – See also More tuner
features: RDS on page 24.
1 Press TUNER to switch to the tuner, then
press repeatedly to select the AM or FM band.
The display shows the band and frequency.
2 Tune to a frequency.
There are three tuning modes—manual, auto,
and high-speed:
• Manual tuning: Press TUNE +/–
repeatedly to change the displayed
frequency.
• Auto tuning: Press and hold TUNE +/–
until the frequency display starts to move,
then release. The tuner will stop on the next
station it finds. Repeat to keep searching.
• High-speed tuning: Press and hold TUNE
+/– until the frequency display starts to
move rapidly. Keep the button held down
until you reach the frequency you want. If
necessary, fine tune the frequency using
the manual tuning method.

Improving poor FM reception

If you're listening to an FM station in stereo but
the reception is weak, you can improve the
sound quality by switching to mono.
1 Tune to an FM radio station then press
SETUP .
2 Use to choose FM MODE then press
ENTER .
12
En
3 Use to select FM MONO then press
ENTER .
The mono indicator (
is in mono reception mode.
Select FM AUTO above to switch back to auto-
stereo mode (the stereo indicator (
when receiving a stereo broadcast).

Memorizing stations

You can save up to 30 station presets so that
you always have easy access to your favorite
stations without having to tune in manually
each time.
1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.
For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo
reception as necessary. This setting is saved
along with the preset.
2 Press SETUP and use
'ST.MEM.' then press ENTER .
3 Use to select the station preset you
want then press ENTER .

Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the TUNER function is selected.
2 Use the ST +/– buttons to select a station
preset.
• You can also use the number buttons to do
this.
) lights when the tuner
) lights
to choose