User manual HITACHI AX-M81

[. . . ] Table of Contents Important Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 For your safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Repeatedly press the function button (FUNCTION) on front of the unit or direct press the tuner function button (AM/FM) on the remote control (under the number buttons). Press the AM/FM button on the remote control to select the band or the band button on the top of the unit. Select a station using one of the following methods. Manual Tuning Press the tuning backward button (TUNING-) or tuning forward button (TUNING+) repeatedly to change the frequency until you find the station you want. Auto Tuning If you press and hold the tuning backward button (TUNING-) or tuning forward button (TUNING+) on the unit or remote control for one second or more, the frequency changes down, or up, automatically until a station is found. Preset Tuning (Possible only after presetting stations) Press the preset stations button (PRESET) on the CD player or press the channel select backward button (CH-), channel select forward button (CH+) on the remote control to select the desired preset number. Its band and frequency are displayed on the VFD. -8- Presetting Stations You can preset up to 16 FM stations and up to 16 AM stations. Press the memory button (MEM. ), the "MEM" will flash on the display and the preset number will be displayed. Press the preset stations button (PRESET) on the CD player or press the channel select backward button (CH-), channel select forward button (CH+) on the remote control to select the preset number. PRESET Increases cyclically the preset number CHDecreases the preset number by 1 CH+ Increases the preset number by 1 Note: If you select more than 16, the preset number will be changed to "1" automatically. Press the memory button (MEM. ) to store the station. After 1 second, the display returns to the broadcast frequency display. Repeat above steps 1 to 3 for each station you want to store in memory with a preset number. Note: If the system is unplugged or if a power failure occurs, the preset stations will not be erased. To change the FM Reception Mode When you are tuned into an FM stereo broadcast, "FM ST. " will be displayed and you can hear stereo effects. If an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive or noisy, you can select monaural mode. Reception improves, but you lose any stereo effect. Press the stereo/MONO select button (STEREO) on the CD player or stereo/MONO select button (ST. /MO. ) on the remote control so that the "FM ST" is not displayed. To restore the stereo effect, press the stereo/MONO select button (STEREO) on the CD player or stereo/MONO select button (ST. /MO. ) on the remote control so that the "FM ST" is displayed. RDS (Radio Data System) Reception Many FM stations are broadcasting added data compatible with RDS. This radio set offers convenient functions using such data. PS (Program Service Name) When an RDS station is received, the RDS indicator lights and automatically displays the name of that station instead of the frequency. When RDS display button (RDS) on the remote control is pressed during PS display, the CT is displayed for 3 seconds, then PS display returns. PTY (Program Type) Program type identification signal. [. . . ] Press the timer button (TIMER) on the remote control, the selected time is set. Then set the daily timer to "ON" (daily timer set is in effect) or "OFF" (daily timer set is to cancel) by pressing the tuning backward button (TUNING-) or tuning forward button (TUNING+). Caution: * You can set the daily timer only in standby mode. * The operating time of every step shouldn't be longer than 3 seconds or it will return to time display. [. . . ]