Tuner; Tuning To Radio Stations; Programming Radio Stations; Autostore: Automatic Programming - Philips MCM279/12 User Manual

Tuner

Tuning to radio stations

1
Press SOURCE once or more to select
TUNER (or TUNER on the remote control).
2
Press TUNER on the remote control.
repeatedly to select your desired waveband, FM
or MW.
➜
Display shows:
waveband and if programmed, a preset number.
3
Press and hold 4 / ¢ on the set (or à /
á on the remote control ) until SEARCH
appears.
➜
The radio automatically tunes to a station
with sufficient reception. Display shows SEARCH
during automatic tuning.
➜
FM: If a station is received in stereo,
shown.
➜
FM: When you are receiving an RDS station,
is shown.
4
Repeat step 3 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
● To tune to a weak station, press 4 / ¢
on the set (or à / á on the remote control )
briefly and repeatedly until you have found
optimal reception.
20
, radio station frequency,
is

Programming radio stations

You can store up to a total of 40 radio stations
(FM and MW) in the memory, manually or
automatically (Autostore).

Autostore: Automatic programming

Automatic programming will start from preset 1
or a chosen preset number. From this preset
number upwards, former programmed tuner
stations will be erased. The set will only program
stations which are not in the memory already.
1
Press ALBUM/ PRESET +/- on the set (or 3
/ 4 on the remote control) buttons once or
more to select the preset number where
programming should start.
Note:
– If no tuner preset number is selected, default is
preset 1 and all your presets will be erased.
2
Press and hold PROGRAM until AUTO
appears.
➜
Available stations (RDS, FM and MW) are
programmed.
➜
After all stations are stored, the first preset
station will then be played.

Manual programming

1
Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to
radio stations).
2
Press PROGRAM to activate programming.
➜ PROG flashes.
3
Press ALBUM/ PRESET +/- on the set (or 3
/ 4 on the remote control ) to allocate a
number from 1 to 40 to this station.
4
Press PROGRAM to confirm.
➜
Display shows the preset number, waveband
and the frequency of the preset station.
5
Repeat steps 1-4 to store other stations.
●
You can erase a preset station by
storing another frequency in its place.

To listen to a preset station

●
Press ALBUM/ PRESET +/- on the set (or 3
/ 4 on the remote control ) buttons once or
more until the desired preset station is displayed.