User manual PIONEER M-F10

[. . . ] The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. This product contains a laser diode of higher class than 1. To ensure continued safety, do not remove any covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the product. The following caution label appears on your unit. [. . . ] After this time, station presets are lost and you'll have to reprogram them. You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always have easy access to your favorite stations without having to tune in manually each time. After you've set a station preset you can give it a name so you can remember which is which. The following instructions assume that you are already familiar with tuning into radio stations--turn back to page 30 for detailed tuning instructions. When using the TUNER button to switch between FM and AM, you've probably noticed a third option. This is the station memory mode, in which you can listen to the stations you've previously memorized. Unless you've given the station memory a name (see below for how to do this), the display shows the station memory number and the frequency. If you've set up more than a couple of station memories, you'll probably want to give them names that are a little more memorable than "FM 108. The display shows the station preset number and a blinking cursor. Names can be up to 9 characters long and can contain letters (upper and lower case), numbers, spaces and other symbols. Giving a station memory a name Numbers (0-9) & punctuation/symbols Use the 4 and ¢ buttons to select a character from the current list: · The cursor moves to the next character position ready for you to input another character. 5 When you've entered the whole name, press MENU to exit. You can move the cursor left and right using the 1 and ¡ buttons. Radio Data System, or RDS as it's usually known, is a system used by FM radio stations to provide listeners with various information--the name of the station and the kind of show they're broadcasting, for example. This information shows up as text on the display, and you can switch between the kind of information shown. Although you don't get RDS information from all FM radio stations, you do with most. Probably the most useful feature of RDS is that you can search automatically by type of program. So, if you felt like listening to jazz, you could have the MT search for a station that's broadcasting a show with the program type, "JAZZ. " There are around 30 such program types, including various genres of music, news, sport, talk shows, financial information, and so on. This unit let's you display three different kinds of RDS information: Radio Text, Program Service Name, and Program Type. radio Text (RT) is a message sent by the radio station. It can be anything the broadcaster chooses--a talk radio station might give out its telephone number as RT, for example. [. . . ] When listening to the radio, the sound is noisy or distorted. If you're listening to a stereo FM station, try switching to mono. Try moving the antenna(s) to face a different direction. Check that there aren't any electrical appliances operating near the antenna(s). [. . . ]