Piper Malibu PA-46-310P Pilot Operating Handbook page 538

RADIO OPERATIONS
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Listening to the radio
You can use either automatic searching or manual
searching to tune in. to a particular station.
Searching a station automatically:
Auto search ···
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.Select the band (FM 1 - 3, AM).
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AM
Lights up when receiving an
FM stereo broadcast with
Selected band appears sufficient signal strength
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Note:
This receiver has three FM bands (FM/, FM2,
FM3). You can use any one of them to listen to an
FM broadcast.
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Start
searching
a station. ·
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Press
A ..,..
to search
stations of higher
frequencies.
- . - - - Press..._
v
to search
stations of lower
frequencies.
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When a station is received, searching stops.
To stop searching before a station is received,
press the same button you have pressed for
searching.
Searching a station manually:
Manual search
1
Select the band (FM 1 - 3, AM).
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Note:
This receiver has thrl!e FM-bands (FMJ, FM2
FM3). You can use any one of them to listen to a~
FM broadcast .
2
Press and hold
A ..,..
or~ v until
"M" (manual) starts flashing on
the display.
FM1
Selected barid appears
A
3
Tune in to a station you want while "M"
(manual) is flas~ing.
Press
A ..,..
to search
stations of higher
frequencies.
Press ~
v
to search
stations of lower
frequencies.
• If you release your finger from the button, the
manual mode will automatically turn off after 5
seconds.
• If you hold down the button, the frequency keeps
changing (in 200 kHz intervals for FM and 1
o
kHz
for AM) until you release the button.
When am fM stereo broadcast is hard
to receive:
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Press MODE to enter the functions mode while
listening to an FM stereo broadcast.
2ass MO (monaural), while still in the functions
't!!!!IJde, so that the MO indicator lights up on
the display.
Each time you press the button, the MO indicator
lights up and goes off alternately.
MODE
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MO (monaural) indicator
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the MO indicator is lit on the display, the
., you hear becomes monaural but the
reception will be improved.
Storing stations in memory
You can use one of the following two methods
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to store broadcasting stations in memory.
• Automatic preset of FM stations: SSM (Strong- ·· ·
station Sequential Memory)
• Manual preset of both FM a!ld AM stations ·
FM station automatic preset: SSM
You can preset 6 local FM stations in each
FM band (FM1, FM2 and FM3).
1
Select the band (FM1 - 3) you want
to store FM stations into.
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,.....FM1-~M2]
. ' < " ~FM3
2
Press and hold both buttons for
more than 2 seconds.
FM1
"SSM" appears, then disappears when automatic
preset is over.
Lecal FM stations with the strongest signals are
searched and st0red automatically in the band
number. y~u have selected (FM1, FM2 or FM3.)
These stations are preset in the number buttons -
No.1 (lowest frequency) to No.6 (highest frequency) .
~hen automatic preset is over, the station stored
m number button 1 will
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automaticAIIY tuned ilt
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