Onkyo T-488F - Page 8

Receiving FM and AM broadcasts
® Before turning the power on, confirm that all connections have been made properly.
© All buttons on this unit (except the power switch) are soft-touch buttons. When the power is turned on, all settings return to the same ones set
when power was last turned off.
FM Stereo Indicator
Signal Strength Indicator
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@ Tuning with the tuning buttons (<4 DONW/UP P )
@® Press the POWER switch to turn the power supply on.
@ Press the FM/AM button to select the tuning band.
® Press the ANTENNA button to select antenna A/B for FM.
@ Press the «4 DOWN or UP » tuning selector buttons.
® |fyou press UP » , RF mode changes to DX and the frequency
@ To switch the display (DISPLAY Button)
During FM reception of any RDS station with PS, or when charac-
ters are being entered, the PS, or character information is displayed.
When you want to see the frequency, press the DISPLAY button.
Press it again to return to the original display.
If there is no PS or character display, the frequency will be
is increased. Pressing «« DOWN decreases the frequency.
Note that the frequency is changed in 50kHz steps in FM and
9kHz steps in AM when the Tuning selector buttons is pressed
in single steps.
® If this button is pressed continuously for more than 0.5 second,
auto tuning mode is entered, and frequencies are scanned
automatically. When a broadcast signal is received, scanning
stops. If a different frequency is desired, press the button once
again.
@ ifthe FM station received is a RDS station with an PS (Program
Service Name), the frequency display will change to the PS
display. If there is no PS, the frequency display will not change.
(Refer to page 9 for the RDS function.)
® Scanning will not stop for broadcasts weak enough to be
suppressed by the muting circuit. To receive a weak FM
broadcast, press the CABLE button to light the CABLE indicator,
and select the frequency of the desired broadcast station in
single steps.
displayed.
Signal Strength Indicator
Optimum tuning points are indicated by the number of lighted
segments.
SIGNAL STRENGTH
FM Stereo Indicator
This indicator lights when an FM stereo broadcast is being re-
ceived. It does not light when a weak FM stereo broadcast is being
received.
If you want to listen to an FM broadcast in MONO mode, press the
MODE button to turn the Stereo Indicator off.
@ Tuning when you know the frequency
(Direct Tuning with the Number Buttons)
@ Press the POWER switch to turn the power supply on.
@ Press the FM/AM button to select the tuning band.
© Press the DIRECT/DELETE button.
@ “ "will flash for 16 seconds in the Frequency Display.
@ Input the desired frequency number by using the Number Buttons
while “_” are flashing. For instance, if you wish to receive the station
of 88.10MHz, press the Number Buttons, 8, 8, 1 and 0.
®@ [Ifthe desired frequency set in this operation does not exist, the
frequency which is the nearest and lower than the desired
frequency will be received. If the frequency set is not in the
receive frequency range, the frequency flashes for three sec-
onds and then the previous frequency will be displayed.
® if awrong frequency has been set, press the DIRECT/DELETE
button and start again.