Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Stereo Sound; Tuning Directly To A Station - Pioneer VSX-518 Operating Instructions Manual

07

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. 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 on page 35
for more on how to do this.
CD-R
CD FM AM
STEREO/
AUTO/DIRECT STANDARD ADV SURR
A.L.C.
QUICK
PHASE
SETUP DIALOG RETRIEVER
CH SEL LEVEL
MUTE
MASTER
VOLUME
RECEIVER CONTROL
ONE TOUCH
COPY
AV TUNE
PARAMETER
TOP MENU
ST ST
ENTER
GUIDE
TUNE
SETUP RETURN
1 Press FM or AM to select the band.
2 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
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En
RECEIVER
TUNER DISP CLASS MPX
MIDNIGHT ANALOG ATT DIMMER
SOUND
SIGNAL SEL
INFO TV CONTROL
INPUT
SHIFT TV CH
SELECT
+
CH
T.EDIT
MENU
RECEIVER
-
CH
.
High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNE
tuning. Release the button at the frequency
you want.

Improving FM stereo sound

If the (tuned) or
don't light when tuning to an FM station
because the signal is weak, press the MPX
(SHIFT+3) button to switch the receiver into
mono reception mode. This should improve the
sound quality and allow you to enjoy the
broadcast.
D.ACCESS
ENTER
SLEEP

Tuning directly to a station

Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency
of the station you want to listen to. In this case,
TV VOL
you can simply enter the frequency directly
using the number buttons on the remote
control.
1 Press FM or AM to select the band.
2 Press D.ACCESS (SHIFT+ENTER).
3 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 twice to cancel the frequency and
start over.
for high speed
(stereo) indicators