Arcam AVR200 Home Theater System User Manual


 
AVR200
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RDS INFO
FM MUTE/
MONO STORE
PRESET/
TUNE DOWN/UP
MHz
VIDEO 1
DOLBY PL II SPEAKERS
TUNED FM STEREO PRESET
MUSIC
FM MUTE
Using the tuner
The AVR200s radio tuner can be controlled from the upper row
of front panel buttons (see diagram, below) or from the remote
control handset (see Using the remote control).
Tuning to a station
Pressing the PRESET/TUNE button toggles between the two
tuning modes of the unit Preset or Tune. The selected mode
is brie y shown in the display.
Preset mode
In Preset mode, press the
and
buttons on the front panel
(or P or P+ on the remote control handset) to cycle up and
down the preset stations.
See Storing a preset and Deleting unused presets, below.
Tune mode
In Tune mode:
Press the
and
buttons on the front panel (or P or
P+ on the remote control handset) for longer than half-a-
second to engage automatic tuning. The tuner searches
for a radio station signal of suf cient strength and stops.
To skip to the next station, press one of the buttons
again. Automatic tuning is available for both the FM and
AM bands.
Tapping the
and
buttons engages manual tuning. This
can be used for tuning to a speci c frequency. It is also
useful if you are trying to select a station that is too weak
for the auto search mode.
Regardless of the mode used to tune your AVR200, when it
is accurately tuned to a station
TUNED
lights up in the
display.
Storing a preset
To store a preset, tune to the radio station you wish to store.
Press the STORE button: this causes MEMORY to ash in the
display. Now select the preset number you wish to assign to
the station using the
and
buttons on the front panel (or
P or P+ on the remote control handset). Press the STORE
button again.
Once the preset is stored, the display reverts to show the
station name (if RDS information is transmitted) or its frequency.
To quit the memory function without storing a preset, leave the
tuner controls untouched for ten seconds. It is also possible to
overwrite a stored station by saving another in its place. There
are thirty presets available for FM use and ten for AM use.
Your presets are retained for several weeks (but not inde nitely),
when the AVR200 is disconnected from the mains supply.
Deleting an unused preset
Press the STORE button, then select the preset number you
want to delete using the
and
buttons (or P or P+ on
the remote control handset), followed by the FM MUTE/MONO
button.
The display brie y shows DELETED and is shown in
place of the preset number. You can reactivate a deleted preset
number by storing a station in the normal way.
Radio interference
All Arcam products have been designed to very high
standards of electromagnetic compatibility.
However, both CD players and DACs generate, and can
radiate RF (radio frequency) energy. In some cases this can
cause interference with FM and AM radio reception. If this is
the case, switch the CD player off or keep the CD player and
its connecting cables as far from the tuner and its aerials as
possible. Connecting the CD player and the tuner/ampli er to
different mains sockets can also help to reduce interference.
EC COUNTRIES - These products have been designed to
comply with directive 89/336/EEC.
USA These products comply with FCC requirements.
RDS: Radio Data System
The Arcam AVR200 supports RDS Programme Service and RDS
Radio Text on FM broadcasts.
When a station carrying RDS information is selected RDS lights
up in the display and shortly afterwards the stations RDS name
(e.g. BBC R3) is shown.
Press the
RDS INFO button to view any RDS text information (if
a station is not transmitting text information, the display brie y
indicates NO TEXT and reverts to show the station name).
Press
RDS INFO again to display the stations frequency.
Pressing
RDS INFO a third time returns you to a display of the
station name.
If the
RDS INFO button is pressed while tuned to a non RDS
station, the display shows NO NAME for three seconds before
reverting to the default display.
FM Mute/Mono
The AVR200s tuner has an auto-muting circuit that, when
engaged, mutes any signal that is of insuf cient strength for
listening. To engage this circuit press the FM MUTE/MONO
button on the front panel: FM MUTE is shown in the display.
If a signal is muted you will hear no sound through the
loudspeakers.
Should you wish to listen to a station that is auto muted
press the
FM MUTE/MONO button again to disengage the
muting circuit. The tuner now switches to monoaural reception,
cancelling much of the background hiss. FM MUTE is no longer
displayed and you are able to continue listening.