Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Stereo Sound; Tuning Directly To A Station - Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K 7 Operating Instructions Manual

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Using the tuner

Chapter 6:
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. If you already know the
frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a
station below. 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.
FM/AM FM/AM XM SIRIUS iPod USB
INPUT
SELECT DIMMER
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GENRE MCACC SLEEP
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SR+ SBch A.ATT
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D.ACCESS D.ACCESS CH LEVEL CLASS
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MASTER
INPUT VOLUME
1 Press the FM/AM button to select the tuner.
2 Use the FM/AM button to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM 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 /.
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 TUNED or STEREO indicators don't light when
tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, press
the MPX button to switch the receiver into mono
reception mode. This should improve the sound quality
and allow you to enjoy the broadcast.

Tuning directly to a station

Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency of the
station you want to listen to. In this case, you can simply
enter the frequency directly using the number buttons on
the remote control.
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AUTO/ STEREO/
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AUDIO VIDEO
PARAMETER PARAMETER
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EXIT TUNE TUNE TOOLS
THX STATUS
TOP MENU MENU
T.EDIT
ANT
ST ENTER ENTER ST
AUDIO DISPLAY
CATEGORY RETURN
TV CTRL
SETUP TUNE TUNE
iPod CTRL
1 Press the FM/AM button to select the tuner.
2 Use the FM/AM button to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM and AM.
3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).
4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of
the radio station.
For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0, 6, 0, 0.
If you make a mistake halfway through, press D.ACCESS
BD MENU
STANDARD
ADV SURR
twice to cancel the frequency and start over.
PHASE
MPX MPX SIGNAL SEL
MEM

Saving station presets

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If you often listen to a particular radio station, it's
RECEIVER
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
receiver can memorize up to 30 stations, stored in three
banks, or classes (A, B and C) of 10 stations each. When
saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting (see above) is
also stored.
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SR+ SBch A.ATT
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D.ACCESS CH LEVEL CLASS CLASS
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ENTER ENTER
MASTER
INPUT
VOLUME
TV CONTROL
1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio above for more on this.
2 Press T.EDIT (Tuner Edit).
The display shows STATION MEMORY, then a blinking
memory class.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes, then
press ST / to select the station preset you want.
You can also use the number buttons to select a station
preset.
4 Press ENTER.
After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop
blinking and the receiver stores the station.
AUDIO VIDEO
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PARAMETER PARAMETER
EXIT TUNE TOOLS
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TOP MENU MENU MENU
T.EDIT T.EDIT
AUDIO
ST ST ENTER ENTER ST ST
TV CTRL
CATEGORY RETURN
SETUP TUNE
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THX STATUS PHASE
ANT MPX SIGNAL SEL
MEM
DISPLAY DISPLAY CH
RECEIVER