Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Reducing Am Reception Noise; Memorizing Stations - Pioneer S-DV180 Operating Instructions Manual

04 Getting started
You can play a PBC Video CD/Super VCD
without having to navigate the PBC menu by
starting playback using a number button to
select a track, rather than the  (play) button.
Button What it does
RETURN
Displays the PBC menu.
Numbers
Selects numbered menu options.
Press

Displays the previous menu page
(if there is one).

Displays the next menu page
(if there is one).

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.
1 Press TUNER to switch to the tuner, then
press repeatedly to select the AM or FM band.
The display shows the band and frequency.
2 Tune to a frequency.
There are three tuning modes — manual, auto,
and high-speed:
• 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.
20
En
ENTER
to select.
1 Tune to an FM radio station then press
SHIFT+SETUP.
Use / to choose TUNERSET then press
2
ENTER.
Use / to choose FM MODE then press
3
ENTER.
Use / to select FM MONO then press
4
ENTER.
The mono indicator (
is in mono reception mode.
Select FM AUTO above to switch back to auto-
stereo mode (the stereo indicator (
when receiving a stereo broadcast).

Reducing AM reception noise

If AM reception seems particularly poor, or the
AM radio station you're listening to seems
noisy, try using the Noise Cut feature for better
sound quality.
1 Tune to an AM radio station then press
SHIFT+SETUP.
Use / to choose TUNERSET then
2
press ENTER.
Use / to choose NOISECUT then press
3
ENTER.
Use / to select the noise cut mode
4
then press ENTER.
Select an effect level between 1 or 2.

Memorizing stations

This system can memorize up to 30 stations,
stored in three banks, or classes (A, B and C) of
10 stations each.
1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.
For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo
reception as necessary. This setting is saved
along with the preset.
2 Press SHIFT+T.EDIT.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the three
classes, then use the PRESET buttons to select
the station preset you want.
You can also use the number buttons to select
a preset.
) lights when the tuner
) lights