Mercedes-Benz 380 SL 1984 Owner's Manual page 37

Direct frequency dialing
In order to select a station with a known frequency, select the wave band,
press the function button □
the corresponding push buttons.
Example:
Press any button marked
Press the function button
Enter frequency by pressing
When dialing a frequency directly, the number of thd push buttons is not
displayed on the panel. The wave band is indicated by showing "MHz" for
FM or "KHz" for AM.
Note:
All AM stations have allocated frequencies ending with a "0".
All FM stations have allocated frequencies ending with an odd
(uneven) digit after the decimal point.
Broadcasters sometimes may not give their exact frequency but the next
closest even number.
US radio frequency ranges: AM 540 - 1600 KHz
Manual tuning (used to fine tune a
station or for manual scanning)
After selecting the desired AM or
FM wave band, press the function
control button E3 •
and then enter the frequency by pressing
FM 98.5 MHz
E E E H
through
□
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et
FM 88.1 - 107.9 MHz
Press automatic station seeker
bar (up or down) and
hold down. The frequency will in­
crease or decrease respectively in
increments of 0.1 MHz for FM or
1.0 KHz for AM. Release the button
when the desired station is tuned
in.
Unless the automatic station seeker
bar IQ Q 2 & B is activated within 8
seconds after pressing the function
control button
tuning will automatically be deacti­
vated.
AM 1050 KHz
Safety Note
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EZ3
through
To avoid distraction of attention
□
from the vehicle's operation and
E E EZ3 S 3 EZ3
the road, it is recommended NOT
to perform any manual dialing
operations by the driver while the
vehicle is in motion. Use the
automatic station search operation
or preset stations instead.
Push button tuning
Six FM stations and four AM
stations can be stored in memory
and recalled by pressing the
appropriate buttons marked
through
m for AM stations.
To store stations in memory
Any FM station frequency displayed
on the panel can be stored on any
button marked
depressing the button desired and
holding it until the display has
changed from the "old" setting to a
"blank" and then to the new
frequency to be stored.
Radio
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for FM or through
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