Improving Fm Radio Sound; Recording Fm Radio; Playing Back Fm Radio Recordings - RCA TC160 series User Manual

Radio

Improving FM radio sound

If stereo reception is noisy, you can often reduce the
noise by switching to mono.
To switch between stereo and mono:
1. While the radio is playing, press
Option menu.
2. Press + or – to highlight Mode and then press
to switch between Stereo and Mono.
Back
Save to Preset
Mode Stereo
3. Press + or – to highlight Back and press
return to the frequency screen.

Recording FM radio

You can record the radio and play back recordings
as well as copy the recordings (WAV files) to your PC.
To record the currently playing radio station:
1. Press to display the Option menu.
2. Press + or – to highlight Start Recording and
then press to start recording.
Mode Stereo
Start Recording
Tuning Preset
• Press to pause or resume recording.
3. Press /MENU to stop recording.
• The player names each recording FMRecXXX.wav
where XXX is a unique number.
To record for a specific duration:
Refer to RecDur on page 22.

Playing back FM radio recordings

To play back a recording:
1. Press /MENU to display the player menu.
2. Press + or – to select Radio and press
to display the the radio menu.
3. Press + or – to highlight Playback and press
to see the list of recordings.
4. Press + or – to select a recording and press
start playback.
to
Option menu (recording playback)
Press
playback. Press + or – to highlight an option and
then press
setting.
The following options are available:
• Resume – to resume playback
• Repeat – press
current
shows on the display)
• Delete File – to remove current file from the
player
Copying recordings to your PC
Recordings are stored as WAV files in the "FMRecord"
folder on the player.
To copy recordings to the PC:
1. Plug the player into the PC.
2. Open the player's Record folder.
3. Select the files you want to copy and drag and
drop them onto a folder on the PC.
• Almost all audio applications can play WAV files.
Play back
to show or hide the Option menu during
to confirm the selection or change the
repeatedly to select repeat
or all files (corresponding icon
to enter
to
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