Mercedes-Benz 300 SE 1989 Owner's Manual page 55

Note: It takes approx. 5 seconds to
go from minimum tone level to maxi­
mum tone level.
This radio has 3 tone setting mem o­
ries, one each fo r AM, FM and cas­
sette. The individual tone setting for
each mode will be automatically
stored.
To select AM or FM
Press a n yo f the buttons marked
t h r o u g h ^ ^ t o tune the radio to the
FM b a n c ^ ^
Press any of the buttons marked
t h r o u g h l^ t o tune the radio to the
AM b a n < ^ ^
The selected wave band is indicated
in the digital display.
To tune-in a station
Stations can be tuned-in by using
seek/scan tuning, direct frequency
tuning, manual tuning, or by preset
pushbuttons. The frequency of the
station selected is indicated in the
digital display.
Seek tuning
Switch to the desired wave band,
press the seek tuning b a r | _ _
S E E K
upward to autom atically seek stations
in ascending frequencies, press
downward to do so in descending fre ­
quencies. In order to arrive at a
desired station w ithout stopping, the
bar m ust be held in the desired direc­
tion.
The direction of seek tuning can be
reversed by pressing the bar
the respective direction.
Scan tuning
Switch to AM o r FM, t hen press the
scan tuning b a r ^ ^ J t o autom atically
tune to the firs t station broadcasting
w ithin the selected reception sensitiv­
ity level. This station is held fo r " audi­
tio n in g " fo r approx. 5 seconds. If
desired, this station may be locked in
by pressing t h e 0 H o r ^ 3 b a r . If
neither of the bars is pressed, the
radio will continue to scan to each
station w ithin the selected sensitivity
level and " audition" each station fo r
approx. 5 seconds.
By pressing the scan tuning b a r ^ S
upward the radio will scan stations in
ascending frequencies, by pressing
downward it will do so in descending
frequencies.
Tuning sensitivity button
By pressing the tuning sensitivity but­
ton ^ J o n c e or twice, you can select
the desired sensitivity level fo r seek/
scan tuning. The sensitivity indicator
displays the selected sensitivity level:
| = least sensitive (the autom atic
station seeker/scanner stops
only at strong stations)
I = average (the autom atic station
seeker/scanner stops at
in
strong and moderate strength
stations)
§> = m ost sensitive (the automatic
station seeker/scanner also
stops at weak stations)
If no stations are located by the seek
or scan functions during one com ­
plete pass through the selected wave
band, the tuning sensitivity will auto­
matically sw itch to the next higher
sensitivity level and be indicated as
shown above.
When sw itched off, the radio returns
to the " least sensitive" level.
Note: The tuning sensitivity button
has no influence on reception quality,
only on the sensitivity of station
selection during the autom atic station
seeker/scanner modes.