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OPERATION 31
Operation
Tuner Operation
The AVR 3000’s tuner is capable of tuning AM,
FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiv-
ing RDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, or
they may be stored as favorite station presets
and recalled from a 30 position memory.
Station Selection
1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
6
on the remote to select the tuner as an input.
The tuner may be selected from the front panel
by either pressing the Input Source Selector
!
until the tuner is active or by pressing the
Tuner Band Selector
9
at any time.
2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
6
or Tuner Band Selector
9
again to switch
between AM and FM so that the desired frequen-
cy band is selected.
3. Press the Tuner Mode button
I
on the
remote or hold the Band Selector
9
on the
front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select manu-
al or automatic tuning.
When the AUTO indicator
X
is illuminated in the
Main Information Display the tuner will only stop
at those stations that have a strong enough sig-
nal to be received with acceptable quality.
When the AUTO indicator
X
is not illuminated,
the tuner is in a manual mode and will stop at
each frequency increment in the selected band.
4.To select stations press any Tuning button
8
K
.When the AUTO indicator
X
is illumin-
ated, press the button to cause the tuner to
search for the next highest or lowest frequency
station that has an acceptable signal or hold the
button pressed to tune more quickly and release
it to start the auto search. In the Auto mode the
tuner will play each station in stereo or mono
mode, just as the program is transmitted. If the
AUTO indicator
X
is not illuminated, tap the
Tuning button
8
K
to advance one frequen-
cy increment at a time, or press and hold it to
locate a specific station.When the TUNED indi-
cator
W
illuminates, the station is properly
tuned and should be heard with clarity.
5. Stations may also be tuned directly by press-
ing the Direct button
J
, and then pressing
the Numeric Keys
H
that correspond to the
station’s frequency. The desired station will auto-
matically be tuned after the latest number is
entered. If you press an incorrect button while
entering a direct frequency, press the Clear but-
ton
R
to start over.
NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo
station is weak, audio quality will be increased
by switching to Mono mode by pressing the
Tuner Mode button
I
on the remote or
holding the Band Selector
9
on the front
panel pressed for 3 seconds until the
STEREOindicator
V
goes out.
Preset Tuning
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
stored in the AVR 3000’s memory for easy recall
using the front panel controls or the remote.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory button
S
on the
remote. Note that MEMORYindicator
U
will
illuminate and flash in the Main Information
Display
Ú
.
2.Within five seconds, press the Numeric Keys
H
corresponding to the location where you
wish to store this station’s frequency. Once
entered, the preset number will appear in the
Preset Number/Sleep Time Display
R
.
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys
H
that correspond to the desired station’s
memory location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored
preset stations one by one, press the Preset
Stations Selector buttons
)
Q
on the
front panel or remote.