Listening To Radio; Presetting Stations Manually; Presetting Stations Automatically; Tuning To Preset Stations - Alpine iDA-X305S Quick Reference Manual

Listening to Radio

HD Radio™ broadcasting can be received if the HD Radio TUNER
MODULE is connected. While receiving HD Radio signal, the unit can
automatically switch between the analog and digital signal.
1
Press SOURCE to select TUNER mode.
2
Press BAND repeatedly until the desired radio band
is displayed.
FM-1 FM-2 AM FM-1
3
Press TUNE/A.ME to select the tuning mode.
DX (Distance mode) Local (Local mode)
Manual (Manual mode) DX (Distance mode)
• The initial mode is Distance mode.
Distance mode:
Both strong and weak stations will be automatically tuned in
(Automatic Seek Tuning).
Local mode:
Only strong stations will be automatically tuned in (Automatic
Seek Tuning).
Manual mode:
The frequency is manually tuned in steps (Manual tuning).
4
Press or to tune in the desired station.
Holding down or
continuously.
• "Digital" appears in the display whenever an HD Radio station
(containing both audio and text information) is received.
• If Digital Seek is set to ON, the SEEK UP/DOWN functions stops on
HD Radio broadcasts only. Refer to "Digital Seek On/Off Setting
(Digital Seek)" (page 26).

Presetting Stations Manually

1
Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio
station you wish to store in the preset memory.
2
Press (PRESET).
The Preset screen is displayed.
3
Rotate the Double Action encoder to select the
preset number.
4
Press and hold /ENTER for at least 2 seconds.
The selected station is stored.
The display shows the band, preset number and station
frequency memorized.
• A total of 18 stations can be stored in the preset memory (6 stations
for each band; FM1, FM2 and AM).
• 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.
• Press in the outer ring and rotate the Double Action encoder to the
left or right on the Preset screen, you can switch the Preset screen of
another band.
FM-1 FM-2 AM FM-1
You can also change the desired radio band by pressing BAND.
will change the frequency

Presetting Stations Automatically

1
Press BAND repeatedly until the desired radio band
is displayed.
2
Press and hold TUNE/A.ME for at least 2 seconds.
"Auto Memory" is displayed while the automatic memory is
in progress. The tuner will automatically seek and store 6
strong stations in the selected band. They will be stored 1 to
6 in order of signal strength.
When the automatic memory has been completed, the tuner
goes to the station stored in preset location No.1.
• If no stations are stored, the tuner will return to the original station
you were listening to before the auto memory procedure began.

Tuning to Preset Stations

1
Press BAND repeatedly until the desired band is
displayed.
2
Press (PRESET).
The Preset screen is displayed.
3
Rotate the Double Action encoder to select a
radio station.
4
Press /ENTER.
The display shows the band, preset number and frequency
of the station selected.
• Press in the outer ring and rotate the Double Action encoder to the
left or right on the Preset screen, you can switch the Preset screen of
another band.
FM-1 FM-2 AM FM-1
You can also change the desired radio band by pressing BAND.
Receiving a Multicast Station
(HD Radio mode only)
Multicasting is the ability to broadcast multiple program streams over a
single FM frequency. This increases the amount and diversity of content
choices. A maximum of eight multicast station channels can be selected
on this unit.
1
When multicast station is received, the program
number is displayed.
Program No.
9
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