Radio Operation; Manual Tuning; Setting Frequency Step; Automatic Seek Tuning - Alpine CDM-7870R Owner's Manual

Radio

Radio Operation

Manual Tuning

1
Press the SOURCE button until a radio
frequency appears in the display.
2
Press the BAND button repeatedly until the
desired radio band is displayed.
Each press changes the band:
F1 F2
3
Press the TUNE button repeatedly until "DX
SEEK" and "SEEK" disappear from the display.
NOTE
The initial mode is DX SEEK.
4
Press the g DN or f UP button to move
downward or upward one step respectively until
the desired station frequency is displayed.
NOTE
The ST indicator appears on the display when a Stereo
FM station is tuned in.

Setting Frequency Step

When you tune in FM stations automatically, you
can set the frequency step to 50kHz or 100 kHz.
1
Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3
seconds to enter the Setting mode.
2
Press the g DN or f UP button to select
the frequency step mode.
FM LV
AUX
10
-EN
SOURCE BAND
TUNE
/ A.ME
g DN
f UP
MW LW
REG SUB
100kHz/50kHz
Preset buttons
SETUP
(1 through 6)
3
Press the BAND button to select the desired
frequency step (50 kHz or 100kHz.) Each time
you press the BAND button, 50 kHz and 100 kHz
appear alternately.
50 kHz:
100 kHz: the unit tunes in FM stations every
4
Press the SETUP button to exit the setting mode.

Automatic Seek Tuning

1
Press the SOURCE button until a radio
frequency appears in the display.
2
Press the BAND button repeatedly until the
desired radio band is displayed.
Each press changes the band:
F1
3
Press the TUNE button to illuminate the DX and
SEEK indicators in the display.
With the DX (Distance) mode activated, both
strong and weak stations will be tuned in the
Auto-Seek operation.
Press again to return to the local mode. The DX
indicator will turn off and the SEEK indicator will
remain illuminated. Now, only strong stations will
be tuned.
4
Press the g DN or f UP button to
automatically seek for a station downward or
upward respectively.
The unit will stop at the next station it finds.
Press the same button again to seek the next
station.
the unit tunes in FM stations every
50 kHz automatically.
100 kHz automatically
F2 MW LW