Setting The Station Memory Preset Buttons; Using The Autoset Feature - Ford 1996 Explorer Manual

Setting the station MEMORY PRESET buttons

Your radio is equipped with 6 station memory buttons.
These buttons can be used to select up to 6 preset AM
stations and 12 FM stations (6 in FM1 and 6 in FM2)
Follow the easy steps below to set these buttons to the desired
frequencies:
Select a band, then select a frequency.
1.
Press one of the memory preset buttons and hold the button
2.
until the sound returns. That station is now held in memory
on that button.
Follow the two steps above for each station memory preset
3.
button you want to set.

Using the AUTOSET feature

With AUTOSET, you can continually set strong stations into
your memory buttons without losing your originally set
stations.
Press the "AUTOSET" button once. Your radio will set the
first six strong stations of the band you are in (AM, FM1, or
FM2) into the memory buttons. The display will show
"AUTO", then run through the frequencies setting the
memory buttons.
NOTE: If there are fewer than five strong stations in the
frequency band, the remaining unfilled buttons will
store the last strong station detected on the band.
When all stations are filled, the radio will begin playing the
station stored in memory button 1.
To deactivate the Auto Memory Store mode and return to
manually-set memory button stations, press the "AUTOSET"
button. Display will show "AUTO" then "OFF".
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