Improving Fm Sound; Saving Station Presets; Listening To Station Presets; Naming Preset Stations - Pioneer VSX-828-K, VSX-828-S, VSX-528-K, VSX-528-S Operating Instructions Manual

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 Manual tuning
To change the frequency one step at a time, press
/.
TUNE
 High speed tuning
TUNE /
Press and hold for high speed tuning.

Improving FM sound

If the TUNE or ST indicators don't light when tuning to an FM
station because the signal is weak, set the receiver to the
mono reception mode.

Press BAND to select FM MONO.
This should improve the sound quality and allow you to
enjoy the broadcast.

Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station, it's convenient
to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall
whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the
effort of manually tuning in each time. This unit can memorize
up to 30 stations.
AUDIO
PARAMETER
TOP
MENU
RECEIVER
SLEEP SOURCE
RECEIVER
INPUT
HOME
MENU
PTY
iPod CTRL
1
1
Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio above for more on this.
2
Press TOOLS.
The display shows PRESET, then a blinking MEM and
station preset.
3
PRESET /
Press
want.
You can also use the number buttons.
4
Press ENTER.
The preset number stop blinking and the receiver stores
the station.
Note
• If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet
for over a month, the station memories will be lost and will
have to be reprogrammed.
• Stations are stored in stereo. When the station is stored in
the FM MONO mode, it shows as ST when recalled.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See
Saving station presets above

PRESET /
Press
want.
• You can also use the number buttons on the remote
control to recall the station preset.
TOOLS
MENU

Naming preset stations

For easier identification, you can name all of your preset
ENTER ENTER
stations.
1
Choose the station preset you want to name.
BAND
RETURN
See Listening to station presets above
MUTE
2
Press TOOLS
The cursor at the first character position is blinking on
the display.
3
Input the name you want.
2 3
DISP DISP
Choose a name up to eight characters long.
• Use PRESET /
• Use TUNE /
• The name is stored when
Tip
• To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press
while the display is blank. Press
ENTER
display is blank, to keep the previous name.
to select the station preset you
if you haven't done this already.
to select the station preset you
for how to do this.
twice.
to select character position.
to select characters.
is pressed.
ENTER
while the
TOOLS
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• Once you have named a station preset, Press
the name. When you want to return to the frequency
display, press several times to show the frequency.
DISP

Changing the radio frequency step (for Australia)

If you find that you can't tune into stations successfully, the
frequency step may not be suitable for your country/region.
Here's how to switch the setting:
1
Switch the receiver into standby.
2
While holding down TUNE  button, press and hold
STANDBY/ON
button for about two seconds.
The channel tuning step alternates between 10K STEP
and 9K STEP each time you do this.
Basic playback
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DISP
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