JVC KS-FX815: RADIO BASIC OPERATIONS

RADIO BASIC OPERATIONS

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MO

To stop searching before a station is received,

Listening to the radio

press the same button you have pressed for

searching.

You can use either automatic searching or manual

searching to tune into a particular station.

Searching a station manually:

Searching a station automatically:

Manual search

Auto search

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Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM).

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Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM).

F1 F2 F3 AM

F1 F2 F3 AM

(FM1) (FM2) (FM3)

(FM1) (FM2) (FM3)

FM1 and FM2: 87.5 MHz – 108.0 MHz

Note:

FM3: 65 MHz – 74 MHz

This receiver has three FM bands (FM1, FM2,

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

FM broadcast.

2

Press and hold ¢ or 4 until

Selected band appears.

Note:

“MANU” (manual) starts flashing on

This receiver has three FM bands (FM1, FM2,

the display.

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

FM broadcast.

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Start searching a station.

Press ¢ to search

stations of higher

Selected band appears.

frequencies.

Press 4 to search

stations of lower

frequencies.

When a station is received, searching

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stops.

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Tune into a station you want while

Storing stations in memory

“MANU” is flashing.

You can use one of the following two methods to

Press ¢ to tune

store broadcasting stations in memory.

into stations of higher

• Automatic preset of FM stations: SSM (Strong-

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frequencies.

station Sequential Memory)

• Manual preset of both FM and AM stations

Press 4 to tune

into stations of lower

FM station automatic preset: SSM

frequencies.

You can preset 6 local FM stations in each FM band

(FM1, FM2 and FM3).

• If you release your finger from the button,

the manual mode will automatically turn off

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Select the FM band (FM1 – 3) you want

after 5 seconds.

• If you hold down the button, the frequency

to store FM stations into.

keeps changing (in 50 kHz intervals

Each time you press the

(87.5 MHz – 108 MHz), in 30 kHz intervals

button, the FM band

(65 MHz – 74 MHz) for FM and 9 kHz intervals

changes as follows:

for AM – MW/LW) until you release the button.

F1 F2 F3 AM

(FM1) (FM2) (FM3)

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to

receive:

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Press and hold both buttons for more

Press MO RND (monaural/random) while

than 2 seconds.

listening to an FM stereo broadcast.

• Each time you press the button, the MO

indicator lights up and goes off alternately.

Lights up when receiving

an FM broadcast in stereo.

MO

“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 the MO indicator is lit on the display, the

When automatic preset is over, the station stored

sound you hear becomes monaural but the

in number button 1 will be automatically tuned into.

reception will be improved (the ST indicator

goes off).

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Manual preset

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Repeat the above procedure to store

You can preset up to 6 stations in each band (FM1,

other stations into other preset

FM2, FM3 and AM) manually.

numbers.

Ex.: Storing an FM station of 88.3 MHz into the

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preset number 1 of the FM1 band

• A previously preset station is erased when a new station

is stored in the same preset number.

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Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM) you

• Preset stations are erased when the power supply to

want to store stations into (in this

the memory circuit is interrupted (for example, during

example, FM1).

battery replacement). If this occurs, preset the stations

Each time you press the

again.

button, the FM band

changes as follows:

Tuning into a preset station

F1 F2 F3 AM

(FM1) (FM2) (FM3)

You can easily tune into a preset station.

Remember that you must store stations first. If you

have not stored them yet, see “Storing stations in

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Tune into a station of 88.3 MHz.

memory” on page 8.

Press ¢ to tune

1

Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM).

into stations of higher

frequencies.

Press 4 to tune

into stations of lower

F1 F2 F3 AM

frequencies.

(FM1) (FM2) (FM3)

2

Select the number (1 – 6) for the preset

station you want.

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3

Press and hold the number button (in

this example, 1) for more than 2

seconds.

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Other convenient tuner functions

(only for KS-FX815)

Scanning broadcast stations

SCAN

When you press SCAN while listening

to the radio, station scanning starts.

Each time a broadcast is tuned into,

Selected band/preset number and

scanning stops for about 5 seconds

“MEMO” (memory) appear

alternately for a while.

(tuned frequency number flashes on the

display), and you can check what

program is now being broadcast.

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same button again to stop scanning.

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