Presetting Radio Stations - Sony STR-DE897 Operating Instructions Manual

Direct tuning
You can enter the frequency of the station you
want directly. Use the remote for the operation.
1
Press TUNER repeatedly to select the
FM or AM band.
The last received station is tuned in.
Tip
You can also use INPUT SELECTOR on the
receiver.
2
Press D.TUNING.
3
Press the numeric buttons to enter the
frequency.
Example 1: FM 102.50 MHz
Press 1 b 0 b 2 b 5 b 0
Example 2: AM 1,350 kHz
(You do not have to enter the last "0" when
the tuning scale is set to 10 kHz.)
Press 1 b 3 b 5 b 0
If you have tuned in an AM station, adjust
the direction of the AM loop antenna for
optimum reception.
If you cannot tune in a station
and the entered numbers flash
Make sure you have entered the right frequency.
If not, repeat steps 2 and 3. If the entered
numbers still flash, the frequency is not used in
your area.
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Presetting radio stations

You can preset up to 30 FM or AM stations.
Then you can easily tune in the stations you
often listen to.
Presetting radio stations
1
Turn INPUT SELECTOR to select the
FM or AM band.
The last received station is tuned in.
2
Tune in the station that you want to
preset using Automatic Tuning
(page 23) or Direct Tuning (page 24).
3
Press MEMORY.
"MEMORY" appears in the display for a
few seconds. Do steps 4 to 5 before the
display goes out.
4
Press PRESET TUNING + or PRESET
TUNING – repeatedly to select a preset
station number.
Each time you press the button, you can
select the preset station number as follows:
tA1yA2y...yA0yB1yB2y...yB0T
tC0y...yC2yC1T
If "MEMORY" goes out before you select
the preset station number, start again from
step 3.
Tip
You can also use the remote to select a preset
station number. Press SHIFT repeatedly to select
a memory page (A, B or C) and then press the
numeric button to select a preset number.
5
Press MEMORY again.
The station is stored to the selected preset
number.
If "MEMORY" goes out before you press
MEMORY, start again from step 3.
6
Repeat steps 2 to 5 to preset another
station.