Chevrolet Corvette 1953 Operation Manual page 25

THE CORVE'ITE RADIO
The Corvette signal-seeking radio that
is
available as a
factory installed optional accessory can be operated either
manually, with push-buttons, or by means of a tuning bar.
A description of the controls
is
contained below :
Fig. 48-Radltl Controls
SWITCH AND VOLUME CONTROL-Rotate left knob
clockwise to tum on radio and control volume.
TONE CONTROL-Rotate left ring to provide desired
tonal quality.
MANUAL STATION SELECTOR-Rotate right knob
to select desired station.
MORE STATIONS SELECTOR-Rotate right ring to
anyone. of four posmons to determine range of stations
available for selection with the automatic luning bar. Turn-
ing this ring clockwise increases number of stations for
tuning bar operation, while turning the knob counterclock-
wise decreases the number of stations available. In the
extreme counter-clockwise position this control will select
only the strongest available stations to give the most inter-
ference-fra:: reception, while in the extreme clockwise posi-
rion, the automatic tuning bar
will
automatically tune in
any listenable station.
AUTOMATIC TUNING BAR-Pwh in automatic tun-
ing Or selector bar located above radio dial to
rej~ct
station
to which you are listening and advance toward right to
nearest stalion in range that has been predetermined by the
position of the more station selector ring. As this tuning bar
is successively pushed in, the station position selected
will
ad-
vance toward the right until the end of the selected range
i. reached
. Additional operation of the luning bar will
then automatically return to select again the
first
station
in
the predetermined range.
If tuning bar is pressed in dur-
ing push button operation, it will return the button in oper·
ation
to
the
Hoff"
position. Tuning bar operation will
automatically accomplish fine tuning to select stations at
positions of
best
reception on the band.
FAVORITE STATION SELECTOR-The favorite sta-
tion selector
is
used to pre-select statiom for pwh button
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