Radio Operations; Listening To The Radio; Presetting The Radio Stations; Deleting All The Saved Stations - Pioneer MCS-333 Operating Instructions Manual

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Radio Operations

Be sure that FM aerial is connected. (Refer to
the page 25)

Listening to the radio

1. Press FUNCTION until FM appears in the
display window and press ENTER.
The last received station is tuned in.
2. Scanning will start when either the  or
the  button is pressed.
Press / repeatedly.
3. Adjust the volume by rotating VOLUME on
the front panel or by pressing VOL + or
VOL – on the remote control repeatedly.

Presetting the radio stations

You can preset 50 stations for FM.
Before tuning, make sure that you have turned
down the volume.
1. Press FUNCTION until FM appears in the
display window and press ENTER.
The last received station is tuned in.
2. Select the desired frequency by using / .
3. Press PROGRAM a preset number will flash
in the display window.
4. Press / to select the preset number you
want.
5. Press PROGRAM.
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The station is stored.
6. Repeat the steps 2 to 5 to store other
stations.
7. You can select the stored station by
pressing / .

Deleting all the saved stations

1. Press and hold CLEAR for two seconds.
[ERASE ALL] will flash up on the display
window.
2. Press CLEAR to erase all of the saved radio
stations.

Improving poor FM reception

Press AUDIO on the remote control. This will
change the tuner from stereo to mono and
usually improve the reception.
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Seeing information about a
radio station
The FM tuner is supplied with the RDS (Radio
Data System) facility. This shows information
about the radio station being listened to. Press
BOOKMARK (RDS) repeatedly to cycle through
the various data types:
PS
(Programme Service Name)
The name of the channel will appear in the
display.
PTY
(Programme Type Recognition)
The programme type (e.g. Jazz or News) will
appear in the display.
RT (Radio Text)
A text message contains special information
from the broadcast station. This text may
scroll across the display.
You can search the radio stations by programme
type by pressing BOOKMARK (RDS). The display
will show the last PTY in use. Press ZOOM (PTY)
one or more times to select your preferred
programme type. Press and hold / . The tuner
will search automatically. When a station is
found the search will stop.

FM Recording

The unit is capable of recording received FM
broadcasts to the rear USB device.
Caution
• The USB port on the front of the unit cannot be
used for recording.
1. Connect the USB device to the USB port on
the rear of the unit.
2. Receive the broadcast station you wish to
record.
3. Press USB REC on the remote.
Recording will begin. The recording time
will be displayed on the TV screen.
4. Press STOP on the remote to stop recording.
Note
• If you switch from FM to another function while
recording, the recording will be stopped.
• When you start recording, a [FM] folder will be
created in the [Pioneer] folder on the unit's rear
USB device.
• The maximum number of files that can be created
is 100.
• The maximum single length of time that be
recorded is 5 hours.
• This unit does not support a USB hub.