Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Stereo Sound; Using Neural Thx - Pioneer VSX-LX51 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 using the automatic (search) and
manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the
frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a
station below. Once you are tuned to a station you can
memorize the frequency for recall later—see Saving
station presets below for more on how to do this.
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1 Press the FM/AM button to select the tuner.
2 Use the FM/AM button to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM 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 TUNE / 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
TUNE /.
High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNE / for high speed tuning.
Release the button at the frequency you want.

Improving FM stereo sound

If the TUNED or STEREO indicators don't light when
tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, press
the MPX button to switch the receiver into mono
reception mode. This should improve the sound quality
and allow you to enjoy the broadcast.

Using Neural THX

This feature uses Neural Surround™, THX
achieve optimal surround sound from FM radio.
• While listening to FM radio, press AUTO/DIRECT for
Neural THX listening.
AUTO/ STEREO/ BD MENU
STANDARD
DIRECT A.L.C. ADV SURR
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TUNE TUNE TOOLS
THX STATUS PHASE
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T.EDIT
DTV/TV EON MPX MPX SIGNAL SEL
ENTER ENTER ST
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AUDIO DISPLAY
RETURN
TV CTRL RECEIVER
TUNE TUNE
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See About Neural – THX Surround on page 89 for more on
this.
The Neural THX mode can be selected also with the
STANDARD button.

Tuning directly to a station

Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency of the
station you want to listen to. In this case, you can simply
enter the frequency directly using the number buttons on
the remote control.
1 Press the FM/AM button to select the tuner.
2 Use the FM/AM button to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM and AM.
3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).
4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of
the radio station.
For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0, 6, 0, 0.
If you make a mistake halfway through, press D.ACCESS
twice to cancel the frequency and start over.

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
receiver can memorize up to 30 stations, stored in three
banks, or classes (A, B and C) of 10 stations each. When
saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting (see above) is
also stored.
AUDIO
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PARAMETER
EXIT
SR+ SBch A.ATT
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TOP MENU
D.ACCESS CH LEVEL CLASS CLASS
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ENTER ENTER
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INPUT VOLUME
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TV CONTROL
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1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio above for more on this.
2 Press T.EDIT (Tuner Edit).
The display shows STATION MEMORY, then a blinking
memory class.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes, then
press ST / to select the station preset you want.
You can also use the number buttons to select a station
preset.
THX STATUS PHASE
VIDEO
PARAMETER
TUNE TOOLS
DTV/TV EON MPX SIGNAL SEL
MENU MENU
T.EDIT T.EDIT
CH
AUDIO DISPLAY DISPLAY
ENTER ENTER ST ST
TV CTRL RECEIVER
RETURN
TUNE
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