Sony STR-AV880 - Page 8

TO RECEIVE FM/AM BROADCAST
Before tuning, select the speaker system with the
SPEAKERS selectors.
DIRECT ACCESS TUNING
When you know the frequency of the station to be received,
input it with the number keys.
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1 Depress the MAIN POWER switch and press the SYSTEM
POWER switch. ;
2 Press the FM ANT-A (CATV), FM ANT-B or AM key. The “0” .
indication will blink.
3 Input the frequency using the number keys.
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4 Adjust the VOLUME control keys to your preference.
Notes on AM direct access tuning
¢ As the AM tuning interval is preset at the factory to 10 kHz,
you need not input the last digit “O” of the frequency when
the first two or three digits are input.
lf you change the 10 kHz AM tuning interval to 9 kHz, input
the frequency to the last digit. See “How to change the AM
tuning interval” on page 3.
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If you input a wrong frequency ;
e Press the appropriate band/antenna select key again’and
input the correct frequency.
¢ If you input a frequency outside the receiver’s frequency’
range (FM 87.5 to 108 MHz; AM 530 to 1,610 kHz), the
figures will flash in the display window. In this case, press
the appropriate band/antenna select heya and INBUE the
correct frequency.
STATION SEARCHING
Before station scan tuning, find out receivable frequencies of
stations by station searching.
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1 Depress the MAIN POWER switch and press the SYSTEM
POWER switch.
2 Press the FM ANT-A (CATV), FM ANT-B or AM key. The “O”
indication will blink: :
3 Press the SEARCH START key.
The receiver searches receivable stations in the band from
the lowest frequency to the highest frequency and the
stations located are indicated by the squares on the
station spectrum display.
Searching will stop automatically at the lowest frequency
station located.
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Repeat these steps for each band (FM and AM).
Once the stations are located, they are retained in memory.
When only a few FM stations or none located, change the
level of the stations to MID or LOW with the FM LEVEL key.
The squares indicating the stations with the selected level
will appear on the station spectrum display.
STATION SCAN TUNING
Once all receivable. stations in your area are located by
station searching, you can select the desired station quickly
while scanning the stations located.
1 Press the FM ANT-A (CATV), FM ANT-B or AM key. The “0”
indication will blink.
2 Input any frequency within the band using the number
keys.
3 Press the STATION SCAN key.
Press the “+.” side for higher frequencies or the “—” side
for lower frequencies.
Each time you press “+” or “—”, a higher or lower
frequency station will be tuned in.
If you keep the key depressed, the receivable stations will
consecutively be tuned in for several seconds. Release the
key when the desired station is received.
To erase the memory of a located station
Tune in the station and press the MEMORY ERASE key. The
memory of the station will be erased and the station will be
skipped over when the STATION SCAN key is pressed later.
MEMORY PRESETTING
Once the frequencies of the stations you want to tune in are
memorized, all you have to do is to press a number key.
A total of 10 stations can be memorized, one to each number
key, in any desired sequence.
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1 Tune in the desired station following the procedure
described in “DIRECT ACCESS TUNING” or “STATION
SCAN TUNING”.
For an FM station, make sure that the IF band and FM
mode settings are appropriate. If necessary, change the
settings manually by pressing the FM iF BAND key and
FM MODE key. These settings will be also memorized.
2 Prags the MEMORY PRESET key. The [ii] (memory)
indicator will appear for a few seconds.
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3 While the indicator is displayed, press the desired number
key. The number of the pressed key will appear.
The frequency is now memorized.
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Repeat these steps for each number key.
Notes
¢ if the memory indicator has.gone.off, the station cannot
be memorized. Press the MEMORY. PRESET key again
and proceed to step 3.
¢ If you preset another station to a key on which you have
already preset a station, the first station will be erased.
You cannot erase a station without presetting another
station.