Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Stereo Sound; Tuning Directly To A Station - Pioneer VSX-816-K Operating Instructions Manual

Using the tuner

Chapter 8:
Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to
FM and AM radio broadcasts using the
automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning
functions. If you already know the frequency of
the station you want, see Tuning directly to a
station below. Once you are tuned to a station
you can memorize the frequency for recall
later—see Saving station presets on the next
page for more on how to do this.
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CD-R/TAPE XM RADIO
CD FM AM RECEIVER
SLEEP SB ch ANALOG
ATT
SR+ MIDNIGHT/
DIMMER
LOUDNESS
D.ACCESS
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ENTER
TOP MENU MENU
TUNE
T.EDIT
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SETUP
RETURN
TUNE
CATEGORY
GUIDE
TV CONTROL
1 Press FM or AM to select the band.
2 Tune to a station.
There are three ways to do this:
Automatic tuning
To search for stations in the currently
selected band, press and hold TUNE
for about a second. The receiver will start
searching for the next station, stopping
when it has found one. Repeat to search for
other stations.
Manual tuning
To change the frequency one step at a
time, press TUNE
INPUT
TV VOL TV CH VOL
SELECT
DTV ON/OFF REC DTV INFO
MUTE
MPX REC STOP JUKEBOX
AUDIO SUBTITLE HDD DVD
DISP CH CH
STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO AUTO SURR
DIALOG E S.RETRIEVER ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL
SHIFT EFFECT/CH SEL
RECEIVER
.
High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNE
tuning. Release the button at the frequency
you want.

Improving FM stereo sound

If the (tuned) or
don't light when tuning to an FM station
because the signal is weak, press the MPX
button to switch the receiver into mono
reception mode. This should improve the
sound quality and allow you to enjoy the
broadcast.

Tuning directly to a station

Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency
of the station you want to listen to. In this case,
you can simply enter the frequency directly
using the number buttons on the remote
control.
1 Press FM or AM to select the band.
2 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).
3 Use the number buttons to enter the
frequency of the radio station.
For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0,
6, 0, 0.
If you make a mistake halfway through, press
D.ACCESS twice to cancel the frequency and
start over.

Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station,
it's convenient to have the receiver store the
frequency for easy recall whenever you want to
listen to that station. This saves the effort of
manually tuning in each time. This unit can
for high speed
(stereo) indicators
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