Using The Tuner; Connect The Fm Antenna; Listening To The Fm Radio Broadcasts; Saving Stations - Pioneer X-SMC1-K Operating Instructions Manual

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Using the tuner

Chapter 8:
Using the tuner
• This unit can not transfer FM radio from the HDMI OUT
terminal.

Connect the FM antenna

Connect the FM antenna plug onto the center pin of the FM
1
antenna socket. For details, see Connecting the FM antenna
on page 7.

Listening to the FM radio broadcasts

The tuner can receive FM broadcasts, and can save your
favorite stations.
Press FUNCTION / to select FM as the
1
input source.
The tuned frequency will be displayed on the front panel
display (e.g., '
2 Tune into a station.
When the tuner receives FM broadcasts, the TUNE indicator
lights.
There are two ways to do this:
Automatic tuning - To search for stations, press and
hold TUNE +/– for about a few second. This unit 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 +/–.

Saving stations

You can save up to 9 station presets so that you always have
easy access to your favorite stations without having to tune in
2
manually each time.
• Manually saving station presets
Press FUNCTION / to select FM as the
1
input source.
The tuned frequency will be displayed on the front panel
display.
2 Tune into a station.
3 Press and hold a number button (1 to 9) for
three seconds.
The tuned frequency is preset to the selected number button.
The previous station preset is overwritten.
Note
1 To ensure optimum reception, make sure the FM antenna is fully extended and not coiled or hanging at the rear of the unit.
2 When a new broadcast frequency is stored in a station containing a previously stored frequency, the previous frequency will be overwrit-
ten with the new one.
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• Automatically saving station presets
1 Press and hold PRESET + for three seconds.
Auto tuning starts.
• The tuned frequencies will be preset to the buttons in
numerical order.
• Auto tuning stops automatically after setting up the FM
band, or after the limit of 9 presets has been reached.

Listening to station presets

Press FUNCTION / to select FM as the
1
input source.
The tuned frequency will be displayed on the front panel
display.
2 Press the number button (1 to 9) that stores
the FM radio station.
Tip
• Press PRESET +/– repeatedly to selected the station
preset in numerical order.