Listening To Fm And Am Broadcasts; Tuning In To A Station; Presetting Stations - JVC FS-G3 Instructions Manual

Listening to FM and AM Broadcasts

Tuning in to a Station

1
Press FM/AM to select either "FM"
or "AM."
The unit automatically turns on and tunes in to
the previously received station—either FM or AM.
• Each time you press the button, the band alternates
between FM and AM.
• If the station previously selected is stored in a preset
number, the preset number will appear instead of "FM"
or "AM."
2
Press and hold ¢ or 4 (or
UP ¢ or DOWN 4 on the
unit) for more than 1 second.
• ¢ (UP ¢):
Increases the frequencies.
• 4 (DOWN 4): Decreases the frequencies.
The unit starts searching for stations and stops when a
station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in.
• If an FM program is broadcast in stereo, the ST (stereo)
indicator lights up on the display (only when the
reception is good).
To stop during searching, press ¢ or 4 (or UP ¢ or
DOWN 4 on the unit).
When you repeatedly press ¢ or 4 (or UP ¢ or
DOWN 4 on the unit)
The frequency changes step by step.
To change the FM reception mode
On the remote control ONLY:
When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to
receive or noisy, press FM MODE so that the
"MONO" appears on the display. The MONO
indicator also lights up. Reception will improve.
To restore the stereo effect, press FM MODE again so that
"STEREO" appears on the display and the MONO indicator
goes off. In stereo mode, you can hear stereo sound when a
stereo program is broadcast.
The stereo effect also restores when:
• Changing the band (FM or AM).
• Changing the station frequency.
• Changing the playing source.
• Turning off (or on) the unit.
To reduce the beat—Beat Cut
On the remote control ONLY:
If the beats are heard, press BEAT CUT
repeatedly until the beats are reduced.
• Each time you press the button, the display
alternates between "CUT-1" and "CUT-2."
15

Presetting Stations

You can preset 30 FM and 10 AM stations manually.
FM/AM
In some cases, test frequencies have been already stored
for the tuner since the factory examined the tuner preset
function before shipment. This is not a malfunction. You
can preset the stations you want into memory by following
the presetting method.
• There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the
setting is canceled before you finish, start again from step 2 .
MHz
On the remote control ONLY:
1
Tune in to the station you want to preset.
UP • See "Tuning in to a Station" on the left column.
PRESET
GROUP
2
Press SET.
DOWN
PRESET
GROUP "00" starts flashing on the display.
3
Press PRESET GROUP or
PRESET GROUP to select a
preset number, then press SET.
The preset station is stored in memory.
• Even if you do not press SET, the station will
You can also use the number button(s)
to select a preset number.
• In this case, you do not have to
FM MODE
Ex.: To select a preset number 5,
4
To preset more stations, repeat steps 1 to 3
above, allocating a different preset number to
each station.
• Storing a new station on an already assigned number
BEAT CUT
The preset stations will remain in the unit.
PRGM
automatically be stored on the selected preset
number 5 seconds later.
PRGM
press SET.
press 5.
To select a preset number 15, press
OVER, then press 1, 5.
To select a preset number 20, press OVER,
then press 2, 0.
erases the previously stored one.
When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power
failure occurs
SET
MHz
UP
PRESET
GROUP
DOWN
PRESET
GROUP
MHz
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
OVER
0