Radio Operations; Listening To The Radio - Clarion ARX8570z Owner's Manual

Radio Operations

FM reception
For enhanced FM performance the
tuner includes signal actuated stereo control,
Enhanced Multi AGC, Impulse noise reduction
circuits and Multipath noise reduction circuits.
Changing the reception area
This unit is initially set to USA frequency intervals
of 10 kHz for AM and 200 kHz for FM. When using
it outside the USA, the frequency reception range
can be switched to the intervals below.
Setting the reception area
1. Press BND button @ and select the desired
radio band (FM or AM).
2. While pressing RDM button 7, each time you
press and hold the number "1" of the Preset
buttons 9 for 2 seconds or longer, the re-
ception area switches from inside the USA to
outside the USA or from outside the USA to
inside the USA.
Any station preset memories are lost when the
reception area is changed.

Listening to the radio

1. Press FNC button 3 and select the radio
mode.
2. Press BND button @ and select the radio
band. Each time the button is pressed, the
radio reception band changes in the follow-
ing order:
FM1 FM2 FM3
3. Press the right or left side of SEARCH button
$ to tune in the desired station.
Tuning
There are 3 types of tuning mode available, seek
tuning, manual tuning and preset tuning.
Seek tuning
1. Press BND button @ and select the desired
band (FM or AM).
If "MANU" is lit in the display, press and hold
BND button @ for 1 second or longer. "MANU"
in the display goes off and seek tuning is now
available.
2. Press the right or left side of SEARCH button
$ to automatically seek a station.
When the right side of SEARCH button $ is
pressed, the station is sought in the direction
of higher frequencies; if the left side of
SEARCH button $ is pressed, the station is
sought in the direction of lower frequencies.
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AM FM1...
Manual tuning
There are 2 ways available: Quick tuning and step
tuning.
When you are in the step tuning mode, the fre-
quency changes one step at a time. In quick tun-
ing mode, you can quickly tune the desired fre-
quency.
1. Press BND button @ and select the desired
band (FM or AM).
If "MANU" is not lit in the display, press and
hold BND button @ for 1 second or longer.
"MANU" lights in the display and manual tun-
ing is now available.
2. Tune into a station.
Quick tuning:
Press and hold the right or left side of
SEARCH button $ for 1 second or longer to
tune in a station.
Step tuning:
Press the right or left side of SEARCH button
$ to manually tune in a station.
Recalling a preset station
A total of 24 preset positions (6-FM1, 6-FM2, 6-
FM3, 6-AM) exists to store individual radio sta-
tions in memory. Pressing the corresponding pre-
set button recalls the stored radio frequency au-
tomatically.
1. Press BND button @ and select the desired
band (FM or AM).
2. Press the corresponding Preset button 9 to
recall the stored station.
Press and hold one of the Preset buttons 9
for 2 seconds or longer to store that station
into preset memory.
Manual memory
1. Select the desired station with seek tuning,
manual tuning or preset tuning.
2. Press and hold one of the Preset buttons 9
for 2 seconds or longer to store the current
station into preset memory.
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