Mercedes-Benz 300 TE Owner's Manual page 62

To sto re statio n s in mem ory
A n y FM s ta tio n can be s to re d on any
b u tto n m arked Q Q th ro u g h |j|y by
firs t tu n in g in th e d e sire d statio n,
d e p re s s in g th e b u tto n d e sire d and
h o ld in g it un til the displa y has
c ha ng ed fro m th e " o ld " s e ttin g to a
" b la n k " and th e n to th e new sta tio n to
be sto re d .
S ho w ing th e " o ld " s e ttin g firs t allow s
fo r re co n s id e ra tio n o f th e d e cisio n to
sto re . If it is d e sira b le to leave the
" o ld " s ta tio n in m em o ry rathe r than
e x ch a n g in g it w ith th e " n e w " one,
q u ic k ly release th e b u tto n . The " o ld "
s ta tio n w ill rem ain in m em ory.
A n y A M sta tio n can be. s to red s im i-
larly on any b u tto n m arked m j j
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S tereo reception
The ste re o in d ic a to r L U iiU J lig h ts up
if a s te re o p ro g ra m in th e A M o r FM
band is rece ive d.
N o te : The radio rece ive s A M s te re o
p ro g ra m s w h ic h are b ro a d c a s t via the
C-Q uam ®* A M ste re o system .
The radio is e q u ip p e d w ith an a u to ­
m atic s te re o /m o n o blen d s w itc h th a t
e le c tro n ic a lly s w itc h e s to m o n o fo r
cle ar re c e p tio n if a w e ak signal is
received.
The ste re o in d ic a to r w ill rem ain lit
even if the re ce ive r has c h a n g e d to
the m o n o m od e and w ill tu rn o ff at an
antenna signal c o n s id e re d in s u ffic ie n t
to p ro vid e a cce p ta b le re c e p tio n
quality.
A lth o u g h FM is no rm ally s ta tic free,
re c e p tio n q u a lity can be lim ited by
g e o g ra p h ic and a tm o s p h e ric c o n d i­
tio n s , sta tio n s tre n g th and d ista nce
fro m the tra n s m itte r. B u ild in g s or
o th e r o b s tru c tio n s can cause
m o m e n ta ry sta tic, flu tte r o r s ta tio n
sw a pp ing . If g o o d re c e p tio n ca n n o t
be o b ta in e d , tu n e to a s tro n g e r s ta ­
tion .
* C-Quam® is a re g is te re d tra d e m a rk o f M o to ro la , Inc.
In th e e ve n t th a t it is im p o rta n t to lis ­
ten to a w e a k s ta tio n o r to a s tro n g
sta tio n th a t is m asked by te rra in -
in d u c e d no ise o r in te rfe re n c e p ro b ­
lem s, th e fo llo w in g s te p s can be
take n to in crea se the lis te n a b ility of
th e statio n.
F ringe area A M and FM re c e p tio n o f
w e ak s ta tio n s can be im p ro ve d by
firs t in su rin g th a t th e antenna is at its
m axim um h e ig h t and the n re d u cin g
th e tre b le and bass s e ttin g s as
re q u ire d to filte r o u t as m uch b a c k ­
g ro u n d no ise as is needed.
FM no ise p ro b le m s th a t are caused
by urban and hilly c o n d itio n s m ay be
re d u ce d by lo w e rin g the tre b le se ttin g
until th e p o p s and h isses asso cia te d
w ith th is ty p e o f te rra in are re d u ce d to
a cc e p ta b le levels.
AM re c e p tio n d iffic u ltie s cau sed by
s tro n g a d ja c e n t s ta tio n s o r n ig h ttim e
a tm o s p h e ric c o n d itio n s may be
re d u c e d by fin e tu n in g th e se le cte d
sta tio n w ith th e tw o fine tu n in g b u t­
to n s.
The tu n in g se n s itiv ity b u tto n Q
no in flu e n ce on re c e p tio n quality.
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