Philips AE 3750 - Radio Reception and Tuning; Radio Reception Basics; Tuning Methods

English
Radio reception
RADIO RECEPTION _
1. Press the POWER button to switch on the
radio.
2. You may connect headphones to the O
socket.
3. To select the waveband, press FM or
MW-SW-LW.
• The wavebands located on MW-SW-LW are
ordered in the following sequence:
MW-SW-LW.
• Press the MW-SW-LW button once or more
until the desired waveband appears on the
display.
• For FM, further set and select the
FM MONO/STEREO setting.
- The STEREO setting is indicated by CD in
the display.
4. Select a station either automatically,
manually or by direct frequency entry
{see 'Tuning').
TUNING _
Choosing the tuning step
During tuning, the radio frequency in the
display can be changed in steps of 1, 5, 9 or 10
according to the waveband and tuning step
selected. The tuning steps are used to help
you pick up the maximum number of stations
for the MW-SW-LW wavebands only and can
be adjusted with the STEP button:
MW - 1 kFIz or 9 kHz; 1 kHz or 10 kHz.
SW - 1 kHz or 5 kHz;
LW - 1 kHz or 9 kHz;
1. With POWER on, press the MW-SW-LW
button to select the waveband.
2. Press STEP repeatedly until the desired
tuning step is shown.
To set and safeguard the MW waveband
tuning step: selecting 9 kHz or 10 kHz
1. With the POWER off, press MW-SW-LW.
2. Press STEP until the desired tuning step is
shown.
- The selected step will be shown on the
display for 5 seconds.
Note: 10 kHz- in general use in North and
South America
9 kHz - in general use in all other
countries
Tuning to a station
There are three possibilities for tuning in to a
radio station:
- Automatically- the stations are sought
automatically
- Manually- for more gradual tuning control
or if the frequency of the station is already
known.
- Direct frequency entry- the frequency of
the station you wish to tune to must be
known from e.g. station tables or your
TV/radio guide.
- The display indicates the frequency tuned to:
- FM in MHz
- MW in kHz
- SW in kHz and meters
- LW in kHz
Automatic tuning
• Press SCAN: If you press SCAN briefly the
higher frequencies will be searched. If you
press for more than 1 second, the lower
frequencies will be searched.
- Tuning stops when a strong signal has
been found.
- The display ' .^ ^
shows the \ n u C O
strengh of the 1 L J "T 30.
signal by the NuS _
SIGNAL gradient,
shown as a 'bar code' scale from 0 (weak)
to 5 (optimum reception).
Note:
- During SCAN tuning, if a lower tuning step
has been selected, the set automatically
switches to the higher tuning step, with the
exception of SW. The selected tuning
steps, however, are unaffected using
manual tuning.
- To safeguard the MW band tuning step,
9 kHz or 10 kHz from accidentally
switching during scanning, see ‘To set
and safeguard the MW waveband'.
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