Radio Operation; Manual Tuning; Automatic Seek Tuning; Manual Storing Of Station Presets - Alpine CDA-7998 Owner's Manual

Radio Operation

TUNE / A.ME
SOURCE BAND Preset buttons (1 through 6)
g DN f UP

Manual Tuning

1
Press the SOURCE button until a radio frequency
appears in the display.
2
Press the BAND button repeatedly until the desired
radio band is displayed.
Each press changes the band:
→ FM1 → FM2 → AM
3
Press the TUNE button repeatedly until "DX SEEK
(DX)" and "SEEK (LOCAL)" disappear from the display.
NOTE
The initial mode is DX SEEK.
4
Press the g DN or f UP button to move
downward or upward one step respectively until the
desired station frequency is displayed.
NOTE
The ST indicator appears on the display when a Stereo FM
station is tuned in.

Automatic Seek Tuning

1
Press the SOURCE button until a radio frequency
appears in the display.
2
Press the BAND button repeatedly until the desired
radio band is displayed.
Each press changes the band:
→ FM1 → FM2 → AM
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-EN
3
Press the TUNE button to illuminate the DX and SEEK
(LOCAL) indicators in the display.
With the DX (Distance) mode activated, both strong
and weak stations will be tuned in the Auto-Seek
operation.
Press again to return to the local mode. The DX
indicator will turn off and the SEEK (LOCAL) indicator
will remain illuminated. Now, only strong stations will be
tuned.
4
Press the g DN or f UP button to automatically
seek for a station downward or upward respectively.
The unit will stop at the next station it finds.
Press the same button again to seek the next station.

Manual Storing of Station Presets

1
Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio
station you wish to store in the preset memory.
2
Press and hold (for at least 2 seconds) any one of the
Preset buttons (1 through 6), into which you want to
store the station. The selected station is stored. The
display shows the band, preset No. with a triangle (9) ∗
and station frequency memorized.
∗ The triangle (9) is displayed on the CDA-7897 only.
3
Repeat the procedure to store up to 5 other stations
onto the same band.
To use this procedure for other bands, simply select
the band desired and repeat the procedure.
A total of 18 stations can be stored in the preset
memory (6 stations for each band; FM1, FM2 and AM).
NOTE
If you store a station in a preset memory which already has a
station, the current station will be cleared and replaced with the
new station.