Tuning To A Program Type (Pty); Tuning To Dab For The First Time; Re-Tuning; Manual Tuning - Philips MCB279/05 User Manual

DAB Reception

Tuning to a program type (PTY)

PTY enables you to tune to a desired program
type.
1
Program RDS stations (See Programming
radio stations).
2
When tuning to an RDS station, press RDS/
NEWS on the remote control repeatedly until
the program type is displayed.
3
Press ALBUM/ PRESET +/- on the set (or 3
/ 4 on the remote control ) repeatedly to
select the desired program type.
4
Press and hold 4 / ¢ on the set (or à /
á on the remote control ) until SEARCH
appears.
➜
The radio tunes to a radio station
broadcasting of the program type.
➜ TYPE NOT FOUND is displayed if the
program type is not available.

Tuning to DAB for the first time

1
Press SOURCE on the top of the system to
select DAB (or press DAB/FM on the remote
control).
➜
The system will start full scan to search for all
available Band III channels automatically.
➜
If no DAB service is available, "station not
available" will appear on the display panel.
➜
If there are available DAB services, the system
will store all detected stations.

Re-tuning

By re-tuning, you can update your DAB multiplex
(ensemble) list all over again. At the completion
of scanning, the system will tune to the first
service of the first multiplex (ensemble) in the
updated multiplex (ensemble) list.
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During scanning, the system will initially display
the following the following, where "CH" is the
DAB channel and "N" is the number of the
current multiplex (ensemble).
CH
●
Press SCAN briefly.
➜ The display panel shows "FULL SCAN" and
the system will start full scan to search for all
available Band III channels again automatically.
●
Press and hold SCAN for more than 2 seconds.
➜ The display panel shows "QUICK SCAN" and
the system will start a quick scan process to
search for Band III channels again automatically.
● If you press 9 during scanning, the scanning
process will stop and the system will return to
the DAB frequency before scanning starts.
➜
The other DAB operation buttons will be
locked.
Note:
– If no DAB service is detected during the above
processes, the display panel will show "NO
SIGNAL".

Manual tuning

1
Press and hold OK/ÉÅ (or ENTER/ÉÅ
on the remote control) for more than 2 seconds
to start manual tuning.
➜
The current DAB channel and frequency will
be displayed.
2
Press ¡ / ™ on the remote control to select
your desired DAB channels backward/forward.
3
Press OK/ÉÅ (or ENTER/ÉÅ on the
remote control) to confirm and tune to your
selected channel.
N