Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Sound; Saving Station Presets; Listening To Station Presets - Pioneer VSX-521-K Operating Instructions Manual

04 Basic playback
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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 Saving station presets below for
more on how to do this.
TOP
CH
DVR/BDR CD CD-R MENU
ADAPTER TUNER PORTABLE
VOL
HOME
VIDEO S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL
MENU
1
Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2
Use BAND 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. Release the
button at the frequency you want.

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.
 Press BAND to select FM MONO.
This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the
broadcast.
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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.
AUDIO TUNER EDIT MASTER
PARAMETER TOOLS VOLUME
MENU
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
ENTER
BD
BAND
DVR/BDR
SETUP RETURN
MUTE
ADAPTER
VIDEO
1
Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio above for more on this.
2
Press TUNER EDIT.
The display shows PRESET, then a blinking MEM and station
preset.
Press PRESET / to select the station preset you want.
3
You can also use the number buttons.
4
Press ENTER.
The preset number stop blinking and the receiver stores the
station.
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.
AUDIO TUNER EDIT
PARAMETER TOOLS
TOP
MENU
TV
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
ENTER
DTV/TV
INPUT SELECT
INPUT
HOME
DVD TV
MENU
SETUP RETURN
CH
CD CD-R
BASS TRE
TUNER PORTABLE
VOL
S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL
HDD DVD VCR
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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.
 Press PRESET / to select the station preset you want.
• You can also use the number buttons on the remote control to
recall the station preset.
MASTER
VOLUME
MENU

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 for how to do this.
BAND
2
Press TUNER EDIT twice.
MUTE
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 PRESET / to select character position.
• Use TUNE / to select characters.
DISP
• The name is stored when ENTER is pressed.
Tip
• To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press ENTER
while the display is blank. Press TUNER EDIT while the display
is blank, to keep the previous name.
• Once you have named a station preset, Press DISP to show the
name. When you want to return to the frequency display, press
DISP several times to show the frequency.

Changing the radio frequency step

If you find that you can't tune into stations successfully, the
frequency step may not be suitable for your country/region. Here's
how to switch the setting:
1
Switch the receiver into standby.
While holding down the TUNE  button, press and hold
2
the  STANDBY/ON button for about two seconds.
• The channel tuning step alternates between 10K STEP and 9K
STEP each time you do this.