Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Improving Poor Am Sound; Changing The Noise Cut Mode - Pioneer RCS-LX60D Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to the radio

Chapter 7
Listening to the radio
Important
• To access green functions on the remote, move the
slider switch from MAIN to SUB.
Listening to the radio
The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and
lets you memorize your favorite stations so you don't have
to manually tune in every time you want to listen.
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TOP MENU
HOME MENU
DISC
NAVIGATOR
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AUDIO SUBTITLE
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SETUP SETUP / TUNE / TUNE
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/ ST / ST ENTER ENTER
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F. S. SURR / TUNE / TUNE
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INPUT CHANNEL
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TV CONTROL
MAIN MAIN SUB SUB
1 Press FM/AM to switch to the tuner, then press
repeatedly to select the FM or AM band.
The display shows the band and frequency.
2 Tune to a frequency.
There are three tuning modes — manual, auto, and high-
speed:
RECEIVER
SOUND
AUDIO IN RETRIEVER
PLAY STOP
HELP INFO
GUIDE
CM BACK
ENTER
CM SKIP
RETURN/EXIT
VOLUME
ANGLE MCACC
TIMER REC REC MODE
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ONE TOUCH COPY
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PAUSE LIVE TV
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TEST TONE VIDEO IN
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SOUND MENU
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JUKEBOX
VOLUME DISPLAY
RDS DISP
TV / DVD
• Manual tuning – Press TUNE +/– repeatedly to
change the displayed frequency.
• Auto tuning – Press and hold TUNE +/– until the
frequency display starts to move, then release. The
tuner will stop on the next station it finds. Repeat to
keep searching.
• High-speed tuning – Press and hold TUNE +/– until
the frequency display starts to move rapidly. Keep the
button held down until you reach the frequency you
want. If necessary, fine tune the frequency using the
manual tuning method.

Improving poor FM reception

If you're listening to an FM station in stereo but the
reception is weak, you can improve the sound quality by
switching to mono.
1 Tune to an FM radio station then press SETUP .
2 Use the buttons to choose FM MODE then
press ENTER .
3 Use the buttons to select FM MONO then
press ENTER .
The mono indicator ( ) lights when the tuner is in mono
reception mode.
Select FM AUTO above to switch back to auto-stereo
mode (the stereo indicator (
stereo broadcast).

Improving poor AM sound

The simplest way to improve the sound quality of AM
radio is to make sure that the TV in the room is switched
off. Also try changing the position and direction of the
AM loop antenna.

Changing the noise cut mode

If you find that the sound quality is bad even after trying
the above, you may be able to improve it using a different
noise cut mode. Just choose the one that sounds best.
1 Tune to an AM radio station then press SETUP.
2 Use the buttons to choose NOISECUT then
press ENTER.
3 Use the buttons to select a Noise cut mode
(1, 2 or 3) then press ENTER.
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