Direct Frequency Dialing; Manual Tuning; Safety Note; Push Button Tuning - Mercedes-Benz 1984 300SD Owner's Manual

Direct frequency dialing

In order to select a station w ith a known frequency, select the wave band, press
the function button □ and then enter the frequency by pressing the
corresponding push buttons.
Example:
Press any button marked
Press the function button
Enter frequency by pressing
When dialing a frequency directly, the num ber of the push buttons is not
displayed on the panel. The wave band is indicated by showing " M H z" fo r FM
or " KHz" fo r AM.
Note:
All AM stations have allocated frequencies ending with a " 0 " .
All FM stations have allocated frequencies ending with an odd
(uneven) digit after the decimal point.
Broadcasters som etim es may not give their exact frequency but the next
closest even number.
US radio frequency ranges: AM 540— 1600 KHz
Manual tuning (used to fine tune a
station or fo r manual scanning)
A fter selecting the desired AM or FM
wave band, press the fun ctio n control
button □
FM 98.5 MHz
E 13
D3 through
D
ED
ED S3
FM 8 8 .1 -1 0 7 .9 MHz
Press autom atic station seeker
bar
down. The frequency will increase or
decrease respectively in increm ents
of 0.1 MHz fo r FM or 1.0 KHz fo r AM.
Release the button when the desired
station is tuned in.
Unless the automatic station seeker
bar
8 seconds after pressing the function
control button □
will autom atically be deactivated.
AM 1050 KHz

Safety Note

CD
ED To avoid distraction of attention from
through
Q
the vehicle's operation and the road,
EG , ED. S3, ED
it is recom m ended NOT to perform
any manual tuning operations by the
driver while the vehicle is in motion.
Use the autom atic station search
operation or preset stations instead.

Push button tuning

Six FM stations and fo u r AM sta­
tio n s can be stored in mem ory
and recalled by pressing the
appropriate buttons marked Q 3
through S 3 fo r FM o r
through
To store stations in memory
Any FM station frequency dis­
played on the panel can be stored
(up or down) and hold
on any button marked Q 3 through
S 3
desired and holding it until the display
has changed from the " o ld " setting to
a " blank" and then to the new
frequency to be stored.
Radio
is activated within
the manual tuning
ED
ED
fo r AM stations.
by depressing the button
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