Radio Tuning - Opel CAR 300 Manual

Radio tuning

Selecting a station
Waveband selection:
UM button 7
U = Ultra-short wave (FM)
M = Medium wave (MW)
Press the UM button as many times until the
desired waveband appears in the display
("U", "U ", "M", "M ").
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On FM, when the radio is receiving a stereo
station, signal will light up. The unit will
automatically switch to mono if the received
signal is not strong enough for stereo
playback.
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Automatic tuning: (not with RDS stations)
Press seek tuning button :
will switch to mute).
lower frequencies (all stations)
higher frequencies (only powerful
stations)
The system will automatically change the
seek tuning sensitivity if no powerful station
can be picked up.
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Manual tuning:
(not with TP or RDS)
If you know the frequency of the station you
wish to listen to, you may select it manually.
Rough tuning:
Hold down the seek tuning button
until the frequency of the desired station has
almost been reached.
Fine tuning:
Press the seek tuning button
many times until the exact station frequency
appears in the display.
RDS is a service offered by most FM radio
stations in Europe, which makes finding and
receiving the desired station much more
easy.
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on RDS!
RDS stations broadcast an inaudible, digital
data telegram alongside their programmes.
This signal carries a great deal of information
which is decoded by the RDS radio
automatically.
If RDS is switched on, the programme
station name is displayed instead of the
frequency.
Each RDS programme is broadcast on
different frequencies. As you travel around,
the car radio automatically checks the signal
quality of the frequencies to be received and
tunes into the best frequency of the RDS
station that you are listening to. The
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programme station name in the display
remains unchanged.
Switching on RDS
Use the UM button 7 to switch to FM; then
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activate RDS by pressing the RDS button
<. The display shows "RDS".
When RDS is switched on, seek tuning will
only stop at RDS stations. The radio will
automatically tune into the best frequency of
the selected programme. While searching
for the strongest reception signal, the radio
may switch to mute briefly.
RDS seek tuning:
Press the seek tuning button :
Lower frequencies.
Higher frequencies.
Switching off RDS
Press the RDS button <. "RDS" will
disappear from the display and the selected
frequency will be displayed instead. In this
case the radio will no longer automatically
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RDS [TP ]
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