Listening To The Radio; Preset Tuning/Manual Tuning; Labeling The Preset Stations; Station Name - Sony MHC-GS200 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to the radio

You can listen to a radio station either by
selecting a preset station, or by manually tuning
in the station.
Listening to a preset station
— Preset Tuning
Preset radio stations in the tuner's memory first
(see "Presetting radio stations" on page 20).
1
Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly to
select "FM" or "AM".
2
Press PRESET – or + repeatedly to tune
in the desired preset station.
Listening to non-preset radio
station
— Manual Tuning
1
Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly to
select "FM" or "AM".
2
Press TUNING – or + repeatedly to tune
in the desired station.
Tips
• To improve broadcast reception, adjust the supplied
antennas, or connect a commercially available
external antenna.
• When an FM stereo program has static noise, press
REPEAT/FM MODE repeatedly until "MONO"
appears. There will be no stereo effect, but the
reception will improve.
• Pressing and holding TUNING – or +, the
frequency indication changes and scanning stops
when the system tunes in a station (Automatic
Tuning).
• To record from the radio, see "Recording to a tape"
on page 24.
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Labeling the preset
stations

— Station Name

You can label each preset station with up to
12 characters (Station Name).
1
Tune the preset station you want to
label (see "Listening to the radio" on
this page).
2
Follow the same procedures as from
steps 3 to 9 of "Labeling a CD" on
page 16.
To cancel labeling
Press MENU.
To check the preset number and
frequency
The station name appears when you tune the
labeled station.
To check the preset number and frequency,
press DISPLAY. The preset number and
frequency are displayed for 4 seconds and it
returns to the station name display.
To erase the name
1
Tune the station.
2
Press MENU.
3
Press PRESET – or + repeatedly to select
"NAME IN", then press ENTER.
4
Press CLEAR repeatedly to erase the
name.
5
Press ENTER.