Radio Reception; Tuning To Radio Stations; Programming Radio Stations; Automatic Programming - Philips BTM177/12 User Manual

Tuning to radio stations

1
Press SOURCE on the set (or FM on the
remote control ) repeatedly until TUNER is
displayed.
2
Press down on TUNING à / á (or à / á
on the remote control) and release the button.
➜
The radio automatically tunes to a station
with sufficient reception. Display indication during
automatic tuning: SEARCH.
3
Repeat step 2 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
●
To tune to a weak station, press TUNING à /
á (or à / á on the remote control) briefly
and repeatedly until you have found optimal
reception.

Programming radio stations

You can store up to a total of 40 radio stations
in the memory.

Automatic programming

Automatic programming will start with a chosen
preset number. From this preset number
upwards, former programmed radio stations will
be overridden. The system will only programme
stations which are not in the memory already.
1
Press í/ ë (or ALBUM/PRESET +/- on
the remote control) to select the preset
number where programming should start.
Note:
– If no preset number is selected, default is preset
(1) and all your presets will be overridden.

Radio Reception

2
Press PROG on the remote control for more
than 2 seconds to activate programming.
➜ AUTO is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband reception
strength. The first preset automatically stored will
then be played.

Manual programming

1
Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to radio
stations).
2
Press PROG on the remote control to activate
programming.
➜
1 flashes in the display.
3
Press í/ ë (or ALBUM/PRESET +/- on
the remote control) to allocate a number from
1 to 40 to this station.
4
Press PROG on the remote control again to
confirm the setting.
5
Repeat the above four steps to store other
stations.
●
You can override a preset station by storing
another frequency in its place.

Tuning to preset radio stations

●
Press í/ ë (or ALBUM/PRESET +/- on
the remote control) until the desired preset
station is displayed.

RDS

Radio Data System is a service that allows
FM stations to show additional information. If
you are receiving a RDS station,
station name are displayed.
When automatic programming is used, RDS
stations will be programmed first.
Scrolling through different RDS
information
●
Press RDS on the remote control briefly and
repeatedly to scroll through the following
information (if available):
– Station name
– Radio text messages
– Program type
– Frequency
and the
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