Listen To Fm Radio; Tune To Fm Radio Stations; Program Radio Stations Automatically; Program Radio Stations Manually - Philips DCM377/12 User Manual

6 Listen to FM radio

Tune to FM radio stations

Warning
•
Ensure that you have connected and fully extended the
supplied FM antenna.
1
Press FM.
2
Press and hold /
station.
3
When the frequency starts to change, release
the button.
»
The FM tuner tunes to a station with strong
reception automatically.
4
Repeat steps 2-3 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.
1
In FM tuner mode, press PROG for 3 seconds
to activate automatic programming.
» [AUTO] (auto) is displayed.
»
The unit automatically stores radio stations
with sufficient signal strength.
»
When all the available radio stations are
stored, the first preset radio station is
broadcast automatically.

Program radio stations manually

Note
•
You can program a maximum of 20 preset radio stations.
1
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, then press PROG to
confirm.
»
The preset number and the frequency of
the preset station are displayed.
to tune to a radio
4
Repeat steps 2-3 to program other stations.
Note
•
To overwrite a programmed station, store another
station in its place.

Tune to a preset radio station

1
Press / to select a preset number.

Show RDS information

RDS (Radio Data System) is a service that allows FM
stations to show additional information. If you tune to
a RDS station, a RDS icon and the station name are
displayed.
1
Tune to a 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 clock
»
Frequency
Synchronize clock with RDS
You can synchronize time shown on the unit with
that on the RDS station.
1
Tune to a RDS radio station that transmits
time signals.
2
Press RDS for over 2 seconds.
» [CT SYNC] is displayed and the unit reads
RDS time automatically.
»
If no time signal is received,
displayed.
Note
•
The accuracy of the transmitted time depends on the
RDS station that transmits the time signal.
[NEWS] (news),
[NO CT] is
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