Listen To The Radio; Tune To A Radio Station; Program Radio Stations Automatically; Program Radio Stations Manually - Philips MCM3000/12 User Manual

5 Listen to the
radio

Tune to a radio station

Note
•
Position the antenna as far as possible from
TV, VCR, or other radiation source.
•
Ensure that you have connected and fully
extended the supplied FM antenna.
1
Press SOURCE repeatedly to select FM.
2
Press and hold / (
than 2 seconds.
» SEARCH] (search) is displayed.
[
»
The radio tunes to a station with
strong reception automatically.
3
Repeat step 3 to tune to more stations.
To tune to a weak station:
Press / ( / ) repeatedly until you find
optimal reception.
Program radio stations
automatically
Note
•
You can program a maximum of 20 preset
radio stations (FM).
In tuner mode, press and hold PROG for 3
seconds to activate automatic programming.
» [AUTO SCAN] (auto scan) is
displayed.
»
All available stations are programmed
in the order of waveband reception
strength.
»
The first programmed radio station is
broadcast automatically.
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/ ) for more
Program radio stations
manually
1
In tuner mode, tune to a radio station.
2
Press PROG to activate programming
mode.
3
Press / to select a number from 1–20
for this radio station, and then press
PROG to confirm.
4
The preset number and the frequency of
the preset station are displayed.
5
Repeat steps 2-3 to program other
stations.
6
Press and hold / for 3 seconds to
search for the nearest station.
Note
•
To overwrite a programmed station, store
another station in its place.

Select a preset radio station

In tuner mode, press / to select a preset
number.
• You can also press the numeric buttons
to select a preset number directly.

Show RDS information

RDS (Radio Data System) is a service
that allows FM stations to show additional
information. If you tune to an RDS station, an
RDS icon and the station name are displayed.
1
Tune to an RDS station.
2
Press RDS repeatedly to scroll through
the following information (if available):
»
Station name
»
Program type such as
[SPORT] (sport), [POP M] (pop
music)...
»
RDS RT
»
Frequency
[NEWS] (news),