Philips D 2999 - ADVANCED TUNING AND STATION PRESETS; Tuning Methods and Knob Operation; Automatic Station Search Function; Storing and Recalling Favorite Stations

Tuning with tuning knob (g)
If you want to tune with tuning knob you can first
select the desired waverange with one of the
buttons © and then tune to the desired frequency
with tuning knob
However it is also possible to pass with the use of
only knob @ all waveranges without first selecting
a specific waverange.
The frequency will appear on display 0.
When rotating the knob clockwise at 29999 kHz
(26100 kHz for the /02 version) the frequency will
jump to 87.5 MHz automatically without any manual
switching to the FM range and vice versa.
Tuning speeds
With tuning knob @ you can tune with three
different speeds:
-When turning knob @ slowty, each 'click' of the
knob corresponds with 10 kHz higher or lower on
the display in the FM range and 1 kHz in the other
waveranges.
-When turning knob @ at some speed, each 'click'
of the knob corresponds with 20 kHz higher or
lower on the display in the FM range and 2 kHz in the
other waveranges.
-When turning knob @ quickly, each 'click' of the
knob corresponds with 100 kHz higher or lower on
the display in the FM range and 10 kHz in the other
waveranges.
Automatic Search within the waveranges
• When depressing the search button (t§> the
automatic search system will search upwards
starting from the previously tuned frequency on¬
wards.
• When a station is found of sufficient strength the
search will be stopped and the station will be
audible.
• As long as the system is searching the radio is
muted.
• When depressing the search button @ again, the
automatic search system will stop.
• The search operates in the 14 waveranges LW,
MW, 11 x SW and FM, as given under the heading
'WAVERANGES'.
Note:
• When a frequency is not on the so-called grid of
the standardized channel spacing, the automatic
search system will jump first to the nearest fixed
frequency grid point and search upwards from
there onwards.
• The standardized channel spacing is 5 kHz for
2300 kHz - 26100 kHz (for all countries), 10 kHz on
150 - 1608 kHz for North and South America and
9 kHz on 150 -1608 kHz for all other countries.
The 9 kHz or 10 kHz grid may be selected with
switch ® BEFORE inserting the memory batteries.
• If pressing the search button, when the set is
tuned to a frequency in between two waveranges
then the system will jump first to the lowest
frequency in the next higher waverange. At the end
of a complete run through a waverange the system
will automatically switch from the end of that
waverange to the beginning of the same waveran¬
ge. If during 3 complete runs no station is found the
search action will be stopped.
• If you want to stop the search action manually,
this can be done either by pressing the search
button ®, by tuning to another frequency, or by
pressing one of the buttons 'FREQ'. 'TIME', or
'ALARM' @.
Depressing a waverange button © will also stop the
automatic search.
Storing presets
With the buttons of preselection keyboard ©
sixteen presets can be stored in the memory of the
receiver (and may also be changed at any time).
• Tune to the transmitter which you wish to store.
• Depress STORE PRESET, of preselection key¬
board (n).
• Now 'PRESET' appears blinking for approx.
5 seconds on display @.
• WITHIN THESE 5 SECONDS you successively
depress (for instance) buttons A and 1 of presec¬
tion keyboard ®. Now the preset has been stored
in the memory under number A 1.
Next you tune to another transmitter; then you
depress 'STORE PRESET' once again followed by
A and then 2 of preselection keyboard ©. This
transmitter has now been stored under number A 2.
In the same way you can store in total sixteen
presets in the memory:
A 1, A 2, A 3. A 4, B 1, B 2, B 3, B 4. C 1, C 2, C 3,
C 4, D 1, D 2, D 3 and D4.
Recalling a preset station
You can recall a preset station by keying in the
related letter/figure combination.
In case of switching over from one preset to the
other, in a number of cases it will be enough to
depress one single button:
if, for instance, you wish to switch from A 1 to B 1,
you only need to depress button B. Later, if you
want to change from B 1 to B 3, a press on button 3
of preselection keyboard © will be enough.
Note: It all sixteen combinations have been used, it
is still possible to store a new preset. Then the old
transmitter is then erased from the memory.
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