Sherwood Newcastle R-525 Operating Instructions Manual page 10

TUNER
GENERAL
Select the waveband by pressing the BAND button.
Tune to a radio station or select a preset number.
The correct procedure is described in the following chapters.
– While tuning, the audio signal will be muted to eliminate interfering of background noises.
Once a station is found, the audio signal will be set to normal volume again.
– When STereo appears on the display, you are receiving an FM stereo transmission.
A disturbing noise, due to a weak FM stereo signal, can be suppressed by pressing FM MODE.
– STereo will disappear on the display and you will hear the FM program in mono.
TUNING
AUTOMATIC TUNING
Press TUNING ▲ or ▼ for more than 1 second.
– AUTO appears on the display. The tuner will now search
until a station of sufficient strength has been found. The
display shows the tuned frequency.
If the station found is not the desired one, simply repeat
this operation.
– Weak stations are skipped during automatic tuning.
They can be tuned to manually.
MANUAL TUNING
Manual tuning is useful when you already know the
frequency of the desired transmitter (e.g. from your program
guide).
Briefly press TUNING ▲ or ▼ until the right frequency
has been reached
BAND USA/CANADA
FM 200 kHz
AM 10 kHz
FREQUENCY DIRECT INPUT
Select the desired band(FM or AM).
Press DIRECT button.
Press the corresponding digit buttons within 5 seconds
for each step.
– Refer to wave range and step for each band.
Example) FM 89.15 MHz
Select FM.
Press DIRECT button.
Press button "8" within 5 seconds.
Press button "9" within 5 seconds.
Press button "1" within 5 seconds.
Press button "5" within 5 seconds.
PRESET STATIONS
You can store 30 preferred stations in the memory of the
tuner.This enables you to find your favorite stations quickly
and easily.
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EUROPE/AUSTRALIA
50 kHz
9 kHz
PROGRAMMING OF PRESET STATIONS
Tune to the frequency to be stored(as described under
TUNING)
– If the display shows no preset number, the frequency
shown has not yet been stored in the memory.
Press MEMORY/ENTER to enter the frequency in
memory.
– MEMORY starts flickering for about 5 seconds .
Press the desired number from 1 to 30 while MEMORY is
flickering.
– The preset station has now been stored in the memory.
A stored frequency is erased from the memory by storing
another frequency in its place.
TUNING TO PRESET STATIONS
Select the desired preset number by pressing digit
buttons.
– The selected station will be tuned in and it will display the
preset number and the tuned frequency.
STATION NAME
– It can be operated only on tuner function.
ENTERING STATION NAME.
Tune in the desired frequency.
Press the STATION NAME/FREQUENCY button for
more than 2 seconds.
Rotate the INPUT SELECTOR/INDEX to select the first
character of station name.
– Characters which can be selected are total 46 as follows;
26 Capital Letters : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
10 Arabic Numerals : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
10 Special Marks : ' < >
Press the MEMORY/ENTER button to store it.
– If you press the button for more than 2 seconds on the
character, a dot will appear by the character.
Repeat the same steps over as described to store the
rest of up to 8 characters.
As soon as you store the 9th character the "MEMORY"
will flicker for 5 seconds.
To memorize or change the PRESET number you must
select desired number(one of 1~30) by pressing digit
buttons within 5 seconds
CHECKING THE STATION NAME
Press the STATION NAME/FREQUENCY button briefly.
– "NO NAME" or entered station name will be displayed.
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