Radio Reception; Tuning To Radio Stations; Programming Radio Stations; Automatic Programming - Philips MCD288E/12 User Manual

Tuning to radio stations

1
Press SOURCE on the set repeatedly or
TUNER on the remote to select FM tuner
source.
2
Press and hold TUNING 22/33and release
the button.
➜ The radio automatically tunes to a station
with sufficient reception.
3
Repeat step 2 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
● To tune to a weak station, press TUNING 22/
33 briefly and repeatedly until you have found
optimal reception.

Programming radio stations

You can store up to a total of 20 FM radio
stations in the memory.

Automatic programming

Press ANGLE/PROG on the system for more
than three seconds to activate programming.
➜ All available stations are programmed.
➜ AUTO is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband.

Manual programming

1
Tune to your desired station (refer to "Tuning to
radio stations").
2
Press ANGLE/PROG on the system to
activate programming.
➜ PROG flashes on the display.
3
Press PRESETí/ë to allocate a number
from 1 to 20 to this station.
4
Press ANGLE/PROG again to confirm the
setting.
➜ PROG disappears.
5
Repeat the above four steps to store other
stations.
● You can override a preset station by storing
another frequency in its place.

Tuning to preset radio stations

● Press PRESETí/ë until the desired preset
station is displayed.

Radio Reception

RDS

Radio Data System is a service that allows
FM stations to show additional information. If
you are receiving a RDS station,
station name are displayed.
Scrolling through different RDS
information
● Press DISPLAY/RDS on the remote control
briefly and repeatedly to scroll through the
following information (if available):
– Station name
– RDS clock
– Programme type such as NEWS, SPORT,
POP M ...
– Frequency

Setting the RDS clock

Some RDS radio station may be transmitting a
real clock time at an interval of every minute. It
is possible to set the clock by using a time signal
which is broadcast together with the RDS signal.
1
Tune to a RDS station from FM band (refer to
"Tuning to radio stations").
2
Press DISPLAY/RDS on the remote control.
➜ "RDS 00: OO" appears..
➜ If the RDS station does not transmit RDS
time, "RDS CLOCK" appears.
Note:
– Some RDS radio station may be transmitting a
real time clock at a minute interval. The accuracy
of the transmitted time depends on the
transmitting RDS radio station.
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