Mercedes-Benz 260 E 124 1988 Owner's Manual page 57

To select AM for FM
Press a n y o f the buttons marked ^
through h j j l to tune the radio to the
FM band.
Press any of the buttons marked
through to tune the radio to the
AM band.
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 bar Q g Q
upward to automatically seek stations
in ascending frequencies, press down­
ward to do so in descending frequen­
cies. In order to arrive at a desired
station without stopping, the bar must
be held in the desired direction.
The direction of seek tuning can be
reversed by pressing the bar
the respective direction.
Scan tuning
Switch to AM or FM, then press the
scan tuning bar Q j S to autom ati­
cally tune to the first station broad­
casting within the selected reception
sensitivity level. This station is held for
" auditioning" for approx. 5 seconds. If
desired, this station may be locked in
by pressing the
If neither of the bars is pressed, the
radio will continue to scan to each sta­
tion within the selected sensitivity level
and " audition" each station for approx.
5 seconds.
By pressing the scan tuning bar
upward the radio will scan stations in
ascending frequencies, by pressing
downward it will do so in descending
frequencies.
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Tuning sensitivity button
By pressing the tuning sensitivity but­
ton Q
lect the desired sensitivity level for
seek/scan tuning. The sensitivity indi­
cator displays the selected sensitivity
level:
1 = least sensitive (the automatic
or bar.
station seeker/scanner stops
only at strong stations)
| _ average (the automatic station
seeker/scanner stops at strong
and moderate strength stations)
ifi _ most sensitive (the automatic
station seeker/scanner also
stops at weak stations)
If no stations are located by the seek
or scan functions during one complete
pass through the selected wave band,
the tuning sensitivity will automatically
switch to the next higher sensitivity
level and be indicated as shown
above.
When switched 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 automatic station seeker/
scanner modes.
once or twice, you can se­