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42 TUNER OPERATION
Tuner Operation
Basic Tuner Operation
The AVR 8500’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
!
at any time.
2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
6
or Tuner Band Selector
!
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
!
on the
front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select manu-
al or automatic tuning.
When the AUTO indicator
J
is illuminated in the
Main Information Display
ˆ
the tuner will
only stop at those stations that have a strong
enough signal to be received with acceptable
quality.
When the AUTO indicator
J
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
)
K
.When the AUTO indicator
J
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 fastly 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
J
is not illuminated, tap the Tuning
button
)
K
to advance one frequency incre-
ment at a time, or press and hold it to locate a
specific station.When the TUNED indicator
I
illuminates, the station is properly tuned and
should be heard with clarity.
5. Stations may also be tuned directly by pressing
the Direct button
J
, and then pressing the
Numeric Keys
H
that correspond to the sta-
tion’s frequency. Note that for entering numbers
higher than 100 you need to enter only the ”1”
rather than ”10”, the first ”0”will be added
automatically.The desired station will automati-
cally be tuned after the latest number is entered.
If you press an incorrect button while entering a
direct frequency, press the Clear button
X
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 hold-
ing the Band Selector
!
on the front panel
pressed for 3 seconds until the STEREO
H
and AUTO
J
indicators go out.
Preset Tuning
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
stored in the AVR’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
Y
on the remote.
Note that MEMORYindicator
G
will illumi-
nate and flash in the Main Information
Display
ˆ
.
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
Main Information Display
ˆ
.
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 pre-
set stations one by one, press the Preset
Stations Selector buttons
#
W
on the front
panel or remote.