Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Saving Station Presets; Naming Station Presets - Pioneer XRE3138-A Operating Instructions Manual

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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 and memorize
the frequency for recall later.
1 Press AM or FM to select the tuner band.
2 Tune to a station.
There are three ways to do this:
Automatic tuning – Press and hold
TUNING +/– for about a second. Searching
automatically stops at the next station.
Manual tuning – To change the frequency
one step at a time, press TUNING +/–.
High speed tuning – Press and hold
TUNING +/– continuously.
If the signal is weak, press the MPX button to
switch the receiver into mono reception mode.

Saving station presets

This receiver can memorize up to 30 stations,
stored in three banks of 10 stations each.
1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
2 Press (SHIFT+) TUNER EDIT.
The display shows ST. MEMORY, then a
blinking memory class.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the three
classes then press STATION (+/–) to select the
station preset you want.
Use the MULTI JOG dial after pressing
STATION (front panel) to select station
presets.
4 Press ENTER to store the station.
Note
1 When saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting is also stored.
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Naming station presets

You can name your presets for easy recall.
1 Choose the preset you want to name.
See Listening to station presets below.
2 Press (SHIFT+) TUNER EDIT.
A cursor appears at the first character position.
3 Input the name you want then press ENTER.
Names can be up to four characters long.
• Use the MULTI JOG dial (front panel) or the
STATION +/– buttons (remote) to select
characters, and ENTER to confirm. If no
character is input, a space is input.
Tip
• Once you have named a station preset, you
can press DISPLAY when listening to a
station to switch the display between the
name and the frequency.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do
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this. See Saving station presets on page 32 if
you haven't done this already.
1 Press AM or FM to select the tuner.
2 Press CLASS to select the class in which
the station is stored.
Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B
and C.
3 Press STATION (+/–) to select the station
preset you want.