Radio Reception; Tuning To Radio Stations; Programming Radio Stations; Tuning To Preset Radio Stations - Philips MC230/15 User Manual

Radio Reception

Tuning to radio stations

1
Press SOURCE to select TUNER.
➜ TUNER is displayed briefly.
2
Press BAND (or TUNER on the remote
control) once or more to select your waveband.
(FM/ MW)
3
Press and hold TUNE à or á.
➜ The radio automatically tunes to a station
with sufficient reception. Display indication
during automatic tuning: SEARCH.
4
Repeat step 3 if necessary until you find the
desired station.
● To tune to a weak station, press TUNE à or
á 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 program
stations which are not in the memory already.
Press PRESET ¡ or ™ to select the preset
1
number where programming should start.
Note:
– If no preset number is selected, default is preset
(1) and all your presets will be overridden.
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2
Press PROGRAM for more than 2 seconds to
activate programming.
➜ AUTO is displayed and available stations are
programmed in order of waveband reception
strength: FM followed by MW. The last preset
automatically stored will then be played.
Manual programming
1
Tune to your desired station (see Tuning to radio
stations).
2
Press PROGRAM to activate programming.
➜
flashes in the display.
PROGRAM
Press PRESET ¡ or ™ to allocate a number
3
from 1 to 40 to this station.
4
Press PROGRAM again to confirm the setting.
➜
disappears, the preset number and
PROGRAM
the frequency of the preset station are shown.
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 PRESET ¡ or ™ until the desired preset
station is displayed.

Changing tuning grid

all versions)
In North and South America, the frequency step
between adjacent channels in the MW band is
10 kHz (9 kHz in some areas). The preset
frequency step in the factory is 9 kHz.
Changing the tuning grid will erase all
previously stored preset radio stations.
1
Select TUNER source or in the tuner mode.
2
Press STOP on the set for at least 5 seconds.
➜ The display will show "GRID 9" or
"GRID10".
Notes:
– GRID 9 and GRID 10 indicate that the tuning
grid is in step of 9 kHz and 10 kHz respectively.
– The FM tuning grid also will be changed from
50 kHz to 100 kHz or vice versa.
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