To Select Am Or Fm; Seek Tuning; Scan Tuning; Tuning Sensitivity Button - Mercedes-Benz 1989 560 SL Owner's Manual

To select AM or FM
Press any of the buttons
marked
m
through
m
to tune
the radio to the FM baii'd.
Press any of the buttons
marked
G
through
EJ
to tune
the radio to the AM band.
The selected wave band is in-
dicated in the digital display.
To tune-in a station
Stations can be tuned-in by using
seek/scan tuning, direct frequency
tuning, manual tuning, or by preset
push buttons. The frequency of the
station selected is indicated in the
digital display.
Seek tuning
Switch to the desired wave band,
press the seek tuning bar.mD up-
ward to automatically seek stations
in ascending frequencies, press
downward to do so in descending
frequencies. In order to arrive at a
desired station without stopping,
the bar must be held in the desired
direction.
The direction of seek tuning can be
reversed by pressing the bar
ImI
in the respective direction.
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Scan tuning
Switch to AM or FM, then press the
scan tuning barED to automati-
cally tune to the first station broad-
casting within the selected recep-
tion sensitivity level. This station is
held for "auditioning" for approx.
5 seconds. If desired, this station
may be locked in by pressing
the EaorJIID bar. If neither of
the bars is pressed, the radio will
continue to scan to each station
within the selected sensitivity level
and "audition" each station for
approx. 5 seconds.
By pressing the scan tuning bar
1m
upward the radio will scan
stations in ascending frequencies,
by pressing downward it will do so
in descending frequencies.
Tuning sensitivity button
By pressing the tuning sensitivity
button
D
once or twice, you can
select the desired sensitivity level
for seek/scan tuning. The sensitivity
indicator displays the selected sen-
sitivity level:
, =
least sensitive (the automatic
station seeker/scanner stops
only at strong stations)
'f
=
average (the automatic station
seeker/scanner stops at
strong and moderate strength
stations)
~
=
most sensitive (the automatic
station seeker/scanner also
stops at weak stations)
If no stations are located by the
seek or scan functions during one
complete pass through the selected
wave band, the tuning sensitivity
will automatically switch to the next
higher sensitivity level and be indi-
cated as shown above.
When switched off, the radio re-
turns to the "least sensitive" level.
Note: The tuning sensitivity button
has no influence on reception qual-
ity, only on the sensitivity of station
selection during the automatic sta-
tion seeker/scanner modes.