Direct Tuning (Remote Control Only); Memory Tuning; Automatically Storing Stations; Manually Storing A Station - RCA STA-3850 Owner's Manual

• If you press
TUNING UP
range or
TUNING DOWN
range, the frequency at the opposite end of the range
appears.

Direct Tuning (Remote Control Only)

Follow these steps to directly enter a frequency.
1. Press or on the front panel (or on the remote
FM AM
control) to select the desired band. The receiver tunes to
and displays the frequency last selected in that band.
2. Press
DIRECT TUNING
IN scrolls by, followed by AM
MHz for FM. The first
.
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3. Enter the desired frequency using the remote control's
number buttons.
Notes:
• If you press to enter a FM frequency, such as 103.5,
1
10 automatically appears. If you also press the zero, the
frequency that appears would be 100.30.
• The last zero always appears automatically in both FM
and AM frequencies.
• If you do not press a key within 5 seconds, the receiver
exits direct tuning. Start over at Step 2.

MEMORY TUNING

Memory tuning lets you instantly tune to a stored frequency.
You can store up to 30 AM and 30 FM frequencies in the
receiver's memory. The receiver automatically stores the first
30 stations found in the selected band into the memory. You
can also manually store a station into memory.

Automatically Storing Stations

1. Press FM or AM on the front panel (or on the remote
control) to select the desired band. The receiver tunes to
and displays the frequency last selected in that band.
2. Hold down for more than 2 seconds. MEMORY
MEMORY
and CH appear while the receiver steps through the
frequencies, beginning with the low end (87.5 MHz for
FM or 530 kHz for AM).
3. When the receiver finds a station, it stores in the first
memory channel, the CH number increments, and the
receiver looks for the next station. When the receiver finds
the thirtieth station or when it reaches the high end of the
frequency range, MEMORY disappears and the receiver
tunes to the lowest frequency station in the band.
10
at the top of the frequency
at the bottom of the frequency
on the remote control. DIRECT
kHz for AM or FM
– – – –
flashes.
–
Repeat these steps to automatically store stations in the other
band.

Manually Storing a Station

When the receiver automatically stores stations, some of them
might not be your favorites. Or, the 30-channel memory might
have filled up before the receiver reached your favorite station
at the high end of the frequency range. Follow these steps to
manually replace a station in memory.
1. Press or
FM AM
control) to select the desired band. The receiver tunes to
and displays the frequency last selected in that band.
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2. If CH appears on the right side of the display, press
to change the receiver to manual-tuning mode. MANUAL
briefly appears.
3. Use either automatic or manual tuning to find the desired
station.
4. Press . MEMORY flashes on the display.
MEMORY
5. While MEMORY flashes, press
the desired memory channel number appears.
6. Press
MEMORY
wait about 5 seconds and the station is automatically
stored in the selected channel.
Notes:
• If you store a frequency in a memory that already contains
a frequency, you replace the previous frequency.
• If your receiver is disconnected from AC power for several
days, it loses all the stored frequencies.

Tuning to a Station in Memory

1. Press FM or AM
control) to select the desired band. The receiver tunes to
and displays the frequency last selected in that band.
2. If CH does not appear on the right side of the display, press
to change the receiver to memory-tuning mode.
MODE
PRESET briefly appears.
3. Press TUNING UP
on the remote control) to tune to the next higher or
lower station stored in memory.
Or, press
PRESET SCAN
memory. The receiver tunes to each station for about 5
seconds. When you hear the station you want to listen to,
press PRESET SCAN
You can also tune to a station in memory by using the
remote control's number buttons to enter the channel
number. For single-digit channels, enter
example, enter
06
on the front panel (or on the remote
or
TUNING UP
again to store the station immediately. Or,
on the front panel (or on the remote
or DOWN (or PRESET CALL
to scan through the stations in
again.
0 first (for
for Channel 6).
MODE
until
DOWN
and