Listening To The Radio; Setting The Time Signal - Sony ZS-2000 Service Manual

Listening to the radio

1
Connect the mains lead to the mains (see page 35).
1
Press RADIO BAND •AUTO
PRESET until the band you want
appears in the display (direct
power-on).
Each time you press the button,
the band changes as follows:
"FM1" t "FM2" t "MW" t
"LW"
2
Hold down TUNE•TIME SET +
or – (TUNE + or – on the remote)
until the frequency digits begin to
change in the display.
The player automatically scans
the radio frequencies and stops
when it finds a clear station.
If you cannot tune in a station,
press the button repeatedly to
change the frequency step by
step.
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Basic Operations
Setting the time
signal
When the power is off, you can hear the
time signal on this player. You can select
the sound for the time signal. Make sure
you have set the clock (see page 4 or 26).
1
Note
When the power is off, press TIME SIGNAL to
The time signal does
display "TIME SIGNAL" indication.
not sound when the
player is turned on. Do the following operations by checking the
display.
2
Press TUNE•TIME SET + or – until the sound you
want appears in the display, and press DISPLAY•
ENTER MEM.
Display
Wall Clock
Harp
Music box
Chime
Organ
3
Press TUNE•TIME SET + or – to set the volume
you want, and press DISPLAY•ENTER MEM.
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2
Display
Indicates an FM
stereo broadcast.
TUNE
TIME SIGNAL TIME SET –, +
DISPLAY
ENTER MEM
Display
Intervals
Sounds on the hour the number of times
corresponding to the hour and again on the
half hour once (Example: Three times at
3:00 and again at 3:30 once).
Sounds on the hour once
Sounds on the hour once
Sounds on the hour once
Sounds on the hour once
Tips
• The "FM1" and "FM2"
bands have the same
functions. You can store
the stations you want
separately in "FM1" and
"FM2" (page 16).
• If the FM broadcast is
noisy, press PLAY
MODE•MONO/ST
(MODE on the remote)
until "Mono" appears in
the display and the
radio will play in
monaural.
• Next time you want to
listen to the radio, just
press RADIO BAND•
AUTO PRESET. The
player turns on
automatically and starts
playing the previous
station.
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Use these buttons for additional operations
PLAY MODE
OPERATE MONO/ST VOLUME
To Do this
adjust the volume Turn VOLUME toward +
or – (press VOL +, – on
the remote).
turn on/off the radio Press OPERATE.
To improve broadcast reception
FM:
Set the FM ANTENNA SELECTOR at the rear of the
player to " " (telescopic aerial).
Reorient the aerial for FM.
MW/LW:
Adjust the orientation of the loop aerial by aligning it
with the marks on the base one by one. Be careful not
to move the base of the aerial unit.
If the broadcast is still noisy, connect the external
aerial (page 36).
Basic Operations
4
Press TUNE•TIME SET + or – to select the time for
the time signal function to work, and then press
DISPLAY•ENTER MEM.
Display Time signal sounds
Off Not at all
Every Hour All day
Auto 7:00 - 22:00
Once a Day* Once a day
* If you selected "Wall Clock" in step 2, you cannot select
"Once a Day"
5
If you selected "Once a Day" in step 4, set the time
for the time signal to sound. (If you selected other
items in step 4, omit this step.)
1 Press TUNE•TIME SET + or – to set the hour
and press DISPLAY•ENTER MEM.
2 Press TUNE•TIME SET + or – to set the minutes
and press DISPLAY•ENTER MEM.
To check the sound types (demonstration mode)
Press and hold TIME SIGNAL for about 2 seconds.
You can hear the five types of sound once.
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