Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Stereo Sound; Saving Station Presets - Pioneer VSX-520-S Operating Instructions Manual

Using the tuner

Chapter 7:
Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to
FM and AM radio broadcasts using the
automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning
functions. Once you are tuned to a station you
can memorize the frequency for recall later—
see Saving station presets below for more on
how to do this.
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ADAPTER TUNER EQ
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PHASE S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL
1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2 Use BAND to change the BAND (FM or
AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM
(stereo or mono) and AM.
3 Tune to a station.
There are three ways to do this:
Automatic tuning
To search for stations in the currently
selected band, press and hold TUNE /
for about a second. The receiver will start
searching for the next station, stopping
when it has found one. Repeat to search for
other stations.
Manual tuning
To change the frequency one step at a
time, press TUNE /.
Note
1 • 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.
AUDIO TUNER EDIT MASTER
PARAMETER VOLUME
TOOLS
MENU
TOP
MENU
ENTER
HOME
MENU
BAND
SETUP
RETURN
High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNE / for high speed
tuning. Release the button at the
frequency you want.

Improving FM stereo sound

If the TUNE or ST indicators don't light when
tuning to an FM station because the signal is
weak, press the BAND button to select FM
MONO and set the receiver to the mono
reception mode. 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.
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RECEIVER
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
RECEIVER DTV/TV
INPUT SELECT
INPUT
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ADAPTER TUNER EQ
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AUDIO MASTER
TUNER EDIT
PARAMETER VOLUME
TOOLS
MENU
TOP
MENU
ENTER
HOME
MENU
BAND
SETUP
RETURN
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