Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Sound; Saving Station Presets; Listening To Station Presets - Pioneer Elite VSX-44 Operating Instructions Manual

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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. Once you are tuned to a station you
can memorize the frequency for recall later—see
station presets below for more on how to do this.
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DVD SAT MHL
HOME
MENU
iPod CD BT
TUN TUN TV NET
MUTE
AUTO SURR ADV
1
TUNER
Press to select the tuner.
2
BAND
Use to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM (stereo or
mono) and AM.
3
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 +/–.
 High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNE +/– for high speed tuning.

Improving FM sound

If the TUNE or ST indicators don't light when tuning to an FM
station because the signal is weak, set the receiver to the
mono reception mode.

Saving
BAND
Press
This should improve the sound quality and allow you to
enjoy the broadcast.
ENTER

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
RETURN
BAND PTY
whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the
Fav
effort of manually tuning in each time. This unit can memorize
up to 30 stations.
STANDBY/ON
SLEEP
RECEIVER SIGNAL SEL
CTRL S.SEL
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iPod CD
TUN TUN TV
1
Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio above
2
Press TOOLS.
The display shows PRESET, then a blinking MEM and
station preset.
3
PRESET +/–
Press
You can also use the number buttons.
4
Press ENTER.
The preset number stop blinking and the receiver stores
the station.
to select FM MONO.
AUDIO P.
TOOLS TOOLS
TOP
MENU MENU
MENU
SOURCE
ENTER ENTER
ECO INPUT
HOME RETURN
HDMI
MENU
BAND PTY
Fav
MHL
BT
NET
CLR
for more on this.
to select the station preset you want.
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Note
• If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet
for over a month, the station memories will be lost and will
have to be reprogrammed.
• Stations are stored in stereo. When the station is stored in
the FM MONO mode, it shows as ST when recalled.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See
Saving station presets above if you haven't done this already.

PRESET +/–
Press to select the station preset you want.
• You can also use the number buttons on the remote
control to recall the station preset.

Naming preset stations

For easier identification, you can name all of your preset
stations.
1
Choose the station preset you want to name.
See Listening to station presets above
2
TOOLS
Press twice.
The cursor at the first character position is blinking on
the display.
3
Input the name you want.
Choose a name up to eight characters long.
• Use / to select character position.
/
• Use to select characters.
• The name is stored when ENTER
Tip
• To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press
ENTER while the display is blank. Press
display is blank, to keep the previous name.
• Once you have named a station preset, Press
the name. When you want to return to the frequency
display, press DISP several times to show the frequency.
Basic playback
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for how to do this.
is pressed.
TOOLS while the
DISP to show