Radio; Listening To The Radio; Presetting Stations Manually; Presetting Stations Automatically - Alpine ICS-X8 Owner's Manual

Radio

Display example for Radio main screen
Simple mode
Info mode
Preset No. Indicator
Band display
Frequency display
Preset button
Audio Setup button (See "Audio Setup Operation" on
page 33)
Media Control button guide (See page 14)
• For instructions on switching between Simple mode and Info mode,
refer to "Switching between Simple Mode & Info Mode" (page 19).

Listening to the Radio

1
Press the Home button.
The Home screen is displayed.
2
Touch [Radio].
The radio mode is activated and the display changes to the
Radio mode screen.
3
Touch [Band] to select the desired radio band.
Each touch changes the bands as follows:
FM-1 FM-2 AM FM-1
4
Press Media Control button 2 to choose the
tuning mode.
DX SEEK Local SEEK
• There are two modes you can select for auto tuning, DX and
Local:
- DX (Distance) mode;
Both strong and weak stations will be tuned in.
- Local mode;
Only strong stations will be tuned in.
The initial setting is DX.
• If "PRESET" appears in the Media Control button 2 guide,
press Media Control button 2 repeatedly until a tuning mode is
displayed.
5
Touch [ ], [ ] or [
radio frequency up or down respectively.
In manual mode, touch and hold to change the frequency
continuously.
• Operations can be performed in the same way by pressing Media
Control buttons 1 or 3. Refer to "Using the Media Control buttons"
(page 14).

Presetting Stations Manually

1
Tune in a desired radio station you wish to store in
the preset memory by manual or automatic seek
tuning.
2
Touch and hold any one of the preset buttons for at
least 2 seconds.
The selected station is stored.
• To toggle between preset buttons 1-3 and preset buttons 4-6,
touch [ ] or [ ] on either side of the preset buttons.
3
Repeat the procedure to store up to 5 other stations
onto the same band.
To use this procedure for other bands, simply select the
desired band and repeat the procedure.
A total of 30 stations can be stored in the preset memory
(6 stations for each band; FM1, FM2 or AM).
• If a preset memory has already been set in the same preset number, it
will be cleared and the new station will be memorized.

Presetting Stations Automatically

The tuner can automatically seek and store 6 strong stations in the
selected band in order of signal strength.
After selecting the desired band, touch [A.Memo].
The tuner automatically seeks and stores 6 strong stations into
the preset buttons in order of signal strength.
When automatic storing has completed, the station stored in the
preset 1 is selected.
• If no stations are stored, the tuner will return to the original station
you were listening to before the automatic storing procedure began.
• You can cancel this process by touching [A.Memo] while the tuner is
automatically seeking stations. Cancelling will return the tuner
preset to the previous setting.
MANUAL
], [ ] to change the
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