Fm Mode, - Roberts Stream 218 Manual List

Your radio will normally scan for FM broadcasts which are strong enough to
give good reception. However, you may wish the Auto-scan function to also
Your radio includes a local / distant option for the Auto-scan function.
1. When in FM mode, press Menu.
2. Choose 'Scan setting'.
3. To set your radio so that only the stations with the strongest signals are
found during scanning choose 'YES'. (Normally this will restrict scanning
to local transmissions).
4. Alternatively, to set your radio so that all available stations are found during
scanning (local and distant transmissions) choose 'NO'.
Note: The initial setting (out of the box, or after a System Reset) causes
the radio to ignore weaker (or more distant) signals.
Your radio will play stereo FM broadcasts in stereo provided that the received
signal is of adequate strength. However, as a stereo signal becomes weaker
the audio signal will become poorer.
It may be preferable to force the radio to play the station in mono in order to
reduce the level of background hiss.
1. Ensure your radio is in FM mode and tune to the required FM station.
2. To change the audio setting, press Menu.
3. Choose 'Audio setting'. The current audio setting is indicated with an
asterisk. To switch to mono in order to reduce the hiss from a weak FM
signal choose 'YES' or choose 'NO' to return to the normal automatic
'stereo or mono' setting.
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FM
Scan setting
Audio setting
System settings
Main menu
FM station scan
Strong stations only?
YES NO
FM
Scan setting
Audio setting
System settings
Main menu
FM weak reception
Listen in Mono only?
YES NO