Mercedes-Benz 1985 380SE Owner's Manual page 45

The radio is programmed to automatically search the entire band at three
sensitivity levels. During its first sweep, only the most powerful stations
received will be selected and locked in. During the next sweep, the less
powerful and during the third sweep, the weak stations will also be locked in.
F IR S T SW EEP
SECOND SWEEP
THIRD SW EEP
If the station seeker bar is activated within 8 seconds after the radio is tuned
to a station, then the search operation will be continued at the same sensi­
tivity level. If 8 seconds are exceeded, the radio will revert to searching only
the most powerful stations.
Direct frequency dialing
In order to select a station with a known frequency, select the wave band,
press the function button Q
corresponding push buttons.
Example:
Press any button marked
Press the function button
Enter frequency by pressing
When dialing a frequency directly, the number of the push buttons is not
displayed on the panel. The wave band is indicated by showing "MHz" for
FM or "KHz" for AM.
and then enter the frequency by pressing the
FM 98.5 MHz
ED S3
through
□
EQ i EQ, IT3
Note:
All AM stations have allocated
frequencies ending with a "0".
All FM stations have allocated
frequencies ending with an odd
(uneven) digit afterthe decimal point.
Broadcasters sometimes may not
give their exact frequency but the
next closest even number.
US radio frequency ranges:
AM 5 4 0 - 1600 KHz
FM 88.1 - 107.9 MHz
Manual tuning (used to fine tune a
station or for manual scanning)
After selecting the desired AM or FM
wave band, press the function
control button □
Press automatic station seeker
bar
hold. The frequency will increase or
decrease respectively in increments
AM 1050 KHz
of 0.1 MHz for FM or 1.0 KHz for AM.
Release the button when the
EQ EQ
through
desired station is tuned in.
□
ED, EQ. S3, EQ Unless the automatic station seeker
bar
seconds after pressing the function
control button
will automatically be deactivated.
Radio
(up or down) and
is activated within 8
E3
,the manual tuning
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