JVC KD-SX947R: RADIO OPERATIONS

RADIO OPERATIONS: JVC KD-SX947R

RADIO OPERATIONS

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Listening to the radio

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Start searching a station.

To search stations of

You can use either automatic searching or manual

higher frequencies

searching to tune in to a particular station.

Searching a station automatically:

Auto search

To search stations of

lower frequencies

1

Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM).

When a station is received, searching stops.

Each time you press the

button, the band changes as

To stop searching before a station is received,

follows:

press the same button you have pressed for

searching.

FM 1

FM 2

FM 3

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(F1)

(F2)

(F3)

Note:

Selected band appears*.

FM1 and FM2: 87.5 MHz – 108.0 MHz

FM3: 65.00 MHz – 74.00 MHz

Lights up when receiving an FM stereo

broadcast with sufficient signal strength.

* When “CLOCK” is set to “ON” (see page 33),

the current indication will soon change to the

clock time.

Note:

This receiver has three FM bands (FM1, FM2,

FM3). You can use any one of them to listen to

an FM broadcast.

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Searching a station manually:

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to

Manual search

receive:

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Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM).

1 Press MODE to enter the

functions mode while listening to

Each time you press the

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an FM stereo broadcast.

button, the band changes as

“MODE” flashes on the upper part

follows:

of the display.

FM 1

FM 2

FM 3

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2 Press MO (monaural), while

(F1)

(F2)

(F3)

“MODE” is still flashing on the

display, so that the MO indicator

Note:

lights up on the display.

This receiver has three FM bands (FM1, FM2,

Each time you press the button,

FM3). You can use any one of them to listen to

the MO indicator lights up and

an FM broadcast.

goes off alternately.

2

Press and hold ¢ or 4

until “MANU” (manual) starts

flashing on the display.

MO (monaural) indicator

When the MO indicator is lit on the display, the

sound you hear becomes monaural but the

reception will be improved.

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Tune in to a station you want while

“MANU” (manual) is flashing.

To tune in to stations

of higher frequencies

To tune in to stations

of lower frequencies

If you release your finger from the button,

the manual mode will automatically turns

off after 5 seconds.

If you hold down the button, the frequency

keeps changing—in 50 kHz intervals

(87.5 MHz — 108.0 MHz for FM 1 and FM

2), in 30 kHz intervals (65.00 MHz — 74.00

MHz for FM 3) and 9 kHz for AM—MW/LW

until you release the button.

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Manual preset

Storing stations in memory

You can preset up to 6 stations in each band

You can use one of the following two methods to

(FM1, FM2, FM3, and AM) manually.

store broadcasting stations in memory.

Automatic preset of FM stations: SSM (Strong-

Ex.: Storing FM station of 88.3 MHz into the

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station Sequential Memory)

preset number 1 of the FM1 band.

Manual preset of both FM and AM stations

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Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM) you

FM station automatic preset: SSM

want to store stations into (in this

example, FM1).

You can preset 6 local FM stations in each FM

band (FM1, FM2, and FM3).

Each time you press the

button, the band changes as

1

Select the FM band (FM1 – 3) you

follows:

want to store FM stations into.

FM 1

FM 2

FM 3

A M

Each time you press the

(F1)

(F2)

(F3)

button, the band changes as

follows:

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Tune in to a station (in this example,

FM 1

FM 2

FM 3

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of 88.3 MHz).

(F1)

(F2)

(F3)

To tune in to stations

of higher frequencies

2

Press and hold both buttons for

more than 2 seconds.

To tune in to stations

of lower frequencies

“- -SSM- -” appears, then disappears

when automatic preset is over.

Local FM stations with the strongest signals are

searched and stored automatically in the band

number you have selected (FM1, FM2, or FM3).

These stations are preset in the number buttons

—No.1 (lowest frequency) to No.6 (highest

frequency).

When automatic preset is over, the station stored

in number button 1 will be automatically tuned in.

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Press and hold the number button

Tuning in to a preset station

(in this example, 1) for more than 2

seconds.

You can easily tune in to a preset station.

Remember that you must store stations first. If

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you have not stored them yet, see “Storing

stations in memory” on pages 11 and 12.

1

Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM).

Each time you press the

button, the band changes as

follows:

Selected band/preset number

FM 1

FM 2

FM 3

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and “MEMO” (memory) appear

(F1)

(F2)

(F3)

alternately for a while.

2

Select the number (1 – 6) for the

preset station you want.

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Repeat the above procedure to store

other stations into other preset

numbers.

Notes:

A previously preset station is erased when a new

station is stored in the same preset number.

Preset stations are erased when the power supply to

the memory circuit is interrupted (for example,

during battery replacement). If this occurs, preset

the stations again.

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