Using The Radio; Tuning In Radio Stations; Auto Preset; Manual Preset - Kenwood C-414 Instruction Manual

Using the radio

Tuning in radio stations

1
Press TUNER BAND button to select the desired
waveband: FM or AM.
2
Press and hold 4 or ¢ button to tune in to
the desired frequency.
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• To tune to a weak station, briefly press 4 or ¢ button
repeatedly until the display shows the desired frequency or
when the best reception has been obtained.
STEREO/MONO
Press the STEREO/MONO button to select mono or
stereo mode.
When stereo mode is selected, the icon "STEREO"
appears on the display (if current station is FM
stereo).
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• You are able to select stereo or mono mode in FM band only.

Auto preset

Radio stations can be preset automatically in preset
channels.
1
Press TUNER BAND button to select the desired
waveband: FM or AM.
2
Press MEMORY button for more than 2 seconds.
The receivable radio stations are preset
automatically.
When the Auto preset operation has completed,
the unit enters the condition in which preset
station P01 is tuned.
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Manual preset

You can store up to 30 for FM and 10 for AM radio
stations in the memory. When a preset radio stations
selected, the preset number appears on the display.
1
Press TUNER BAND button to select the desired
waveband: FM or AM.
2 Press 4 or ¢ button to tune in to the
desired frequency.
3
Press MEMORY button so that "P – –" appears
on the display.
4
If you want to store the radio station to another
preset number, press FOLDER/P.CALL A or B,
or digit buttons 0–9 to select the desired preset
number.
5
Press ENTER button again to store the radio
station.
6
Repeat steps 2 to 5 to store other preset radio
stations.
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• During preset, if no button is pressed within 20 seconds, the
system will exit preset mode automatically.

Tuning to a preset radio station

Press FOLDER/P.CALL A or B, or digit buttons 0–9
to select the desired preset number.
The preset number and radio frequency appear on
the display.
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• Press the digit buttons as shown below:
FM AM
To select 1 1 and ENTER 1 and ENTER
To select 2 2 and ENTER 2 and ENTER
To select 10 1, 0 and ENTER 1, 0 and ENTER

Using Radio Data System

Radio Data System is a system that transmits useful
information (in the form of digital data) for FM
broadcasts along with the broadcast signal. Tuners
and receivers designed for Radio Data System
reception can extract the information from the
broadcast signal for use with various functions, such
as automatic display of the station name.
Radio Data System functions
PTY (Program TYpe Identifi cation) Search:
Automatically tunes to a station that is currently broadcasting
the specified program type (genre).
PS (Program Service Name) Display:
Automatically displays the station name transmitted by the
Radio Data System station.
Radio Text function:
Displays the radio text data transmitted by some Radio Data
System stations when you press the DISPLAY button. There is
"NO TEXT" display if no text data is transmitted.
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• Some functions and function names may differ in certain
countries and areas.
Changing the Radio Data System
display information
While receiving a Radio Data System station, pressing
the DISPLAY button changes the contents of the
display.
Every time the button is pressed, the display
changes in the following order:

Information

PS (Program Service name) display
PTY (Program TYpe) display
RT (Radio Text) display
Frequency display and preset number display

Tuning by Program Type (PTY search)

This function lets you set the tuner to automatically
search for stations which are currently broadcasting
the type of program (genre) you want to listen to.
1
Press TUNER BAND button to select FM.
2
Press PTY button.
If the current station is with
Radio Data System
program type of the station is displayed.
3
Press FOLDER/P.CALL A or B button to select
your desired program type.
Program type table
Program Type Name
News
Current Affairs
Information
Sport
Education
Drama
Culture
Science
Varied Speech
Pop Music
Rock Music
Easy Music
Light Classical Music
Serious Classical Music
Other Music
Weather
Finance
Children's Program
Social Affairs
Religion
Phone In
Travel
Leisure
Jazz Music
Country Music
National Music
Oldies Music
Folk Music
Documentary
4
Press PTY button to start searching.
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• Under certain receiving conditions, it may take more than 1
minute to complete the search.
• If the desired program type cannot be found, "NO PROGRAM"
is displayed, then after several seconds the display returns to
the original display.
, the
Display
"NEWS"
"AFFAIRS"
"INFO"
"SPORT"
"EDUCATE"
"DRAMA"
"CULTURE"
"SCIENCE"
"VARIED"
"POP M"
"ROCK M"
"EASY M"
"LIGHT M"
"CLASSICS"
"OTHER M"
"WEATHER"
"FINANCE"
"CHILDREN"
"SOCIAL"
"RELIGION"
"PHONE IN"
"TRAVEL"
"LEISURE"
"JAZZ"
"COUNTRY"
"NATION M"
"OLDIES"
"FOLK M"
"DOCUMENT"
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