Listening To Other Sources; Listening To Fm Or Am Radio; Tuning To An Fm/Am Station; Storing Fm/Am Radio Station Presets - Bose Wave Music System IV Owner's Manual

Listening to FM or AM radio

Press RADIO to turn it on to the station last selected. Press
RADIO as necessary to select FM or AM radio.
When you select FM radio, Radio Data System (RDS) information
for the current station is displayed. This is controlled by the RADIO
TEXT setting in the setup menu. To disable RDS and view only the
station frequency, change the RADIO TEXT setting to OFF. See
"Changing a system setting" on page 14.

Tuning to an FM/AM station

When you press RADIO, Seek/Track, or Tune/MP3 to tune to a
radio station, the frequency appears in the center of the display
while you are tuning.
• Press Seek/Track
lower-frequency station with a strong signal.
• Press Seek/Track
higher-frequency station with a strong signal.
• Press Tune/MP3 < to manually tune to a
lower frequency.
• Press Tune/MP3 > to manually tune to a
higher frequency.
• Press and hold Tune/MP3 < or Tune/MP3 > to
rapidly change the frequency.
Note: If AM reception is weak, rotate the system clockwise or
counterclockwise to improve AM reception. If FM reception
is weak, make sure the power cord is straightened as much
as possible. To improve FM reception, you can install an
external FM antenna (see page 13).

Storing FM/AM radio station Presets

You can store up to six FM and six AM radio stations
for quick recall using the Presets buttons. Storing a
preset replaces any station previously stored to that
preset number.
1. Tune to the station you want to save as a preset.
2. Press and hold one of the six PRESETS buttons until you hear
a double tone and the preset number and station frequency
appear on the display.
3. Press one of the PRESETS buttons to quickly tune to a
previously stored FM or AM station.

Improving FM reception

Unwind and straighten the power cord to ensure the best FM radio
reception. The power cord is used as an antenna.
Station frequency
while tuning
to find a
to find a

Listening to Other Sources

Playing audio CDs

Insert the disc, label side up, into the CD slot below the display.
The disc player pulls the disc in and begins playing.
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Press if the CD source is not selected.
• When playing an audio CD, source information is displayed:
Selected source
Play
mode
Track number
• Press Play/Pause to pause a playing CD. The
elapsed time flashes while paused. Press Play/
Pause again to resume play.
• Press Seek/Track
of the current track; Press Seek/Track
again to skip to the beginning of the previous
track.
• Press Seek/Track
• Press and hold Tune/MP3 < to scan backward
quickly through a track; press Tune/MP3 > to
scan forward quickly through a track.
• Press Stop/Eject to stop a CD. Press Stop/
Eject again to eject a CD. If a CD is playing,
press and hold Stop/Eject to stop a CD and
eject it.
Notes:
• When you play a stopped CD it will always resume from the
place it was stopped.
• If you eject a CD but do not remove it from the CD player slot
within 10 seconds, the CD player will pull the CD back into the
player and reload it.
CAUTION: DO NOT INSERT mini CDs or non-circular CDs into
the disc player. These discs may not play properly and
could interfere with the system's ability to eject them.
Clock time
Elapsed track time
to skip to the beginning
to skip to the next track.
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