Listening To The Radio - Pioneer SX-20-K Operating Instructions Manual

04 Operation

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 Saving station presets below for more on how to do
this.
FM MODE P.SCAN VOLUME
2
MEM
3
1
FM/AM INPUT
1 Press FM/AM repeatedly to select the
band (FM or AM).
2 Press T/P MODE to change to tuning
mode.
PRESET indicator goes off.
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 / for about 0.5 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 /.
High speed tuning
Press and hold / for high speed tuning.
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Improving FM sound
When FM stereo broadcasts are poor because of weak
broadcast signals, select the FM MONO mode to reduce
the noise, then FM broadcasts are reproduced in
monaural sound.
FM MODE P.SCAN VOLUME
MEM
FM/AM INPUT
1 Press FM MODE to select "FM MONO".
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 memorize up to 30 stations.
FM MODE P.SCAN VOLUME
2,4
MEM
3
FM/AM INPUT
1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio above for more on this.
2 Press MEM.
MEM indicator is blinking.
Within 5 seconds, press / to select
3
the station preset you want.
You can also use the numeric buttons.
Examples:
For "2" : Press "2".
For "17" : Press "1", then press "7" within 2 seconds.
For "30" : Press "0".
• When using the numeric buttons, the station is
stored automatically without pressing MEM in step
4.
• A stored frequency is erased from the memory by
storing another frequency in its place.
• If MEM indicator goes off, start again from the
above step 2.
4 Press MEM.
MEM indicator stop blinking and the receiver stores the
station.
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.
1 Press T/P MODE to change to preset
mode.
PRESET indicator lights up.
Press / to select the station preset
2
you want.
• You can also use the numeric buttons on the
remote control to recall the station preset.
Scanning preset stations in sequence
FM MODE P.SCAN VOLUME
MEM
FM/AM INPUT
1 Press P.SCAN.
The receiver will start scanning the stations in the preset
sequence.
• At the desired station, press this button again to
stop scanning.