Pioneer VSX-519V-K: Using the tuner

Using the tuner08

Chapter

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Using the tuner

High sp

eed tuning

Press and hold TUNE / for high speed

Listening to the radio

tuning. Release the button at the frequency

The following steps show you how to tune in to

you want.

FM and AM radio broadcasts using the

automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning

Improving FM stereo sound

functions. Once you are tuned to a station you

If the TUNE or ST indicators don’t light when

can memorize the frequency for recall later—

tuning to an FM station because the signal is

see Saving station presets below for more on

weak, press the BAND button to select FM

how to do this.

MONO and set the receiver to the mono

BD TV DVR

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reception mode. This should improve the

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Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station,

1 Press TUNER to select the tuner.

it’s convenient to have the receiver store the

2 Use BAND to change the BAND (FM or

frequency for easy recall whenever you want to

AM), if necessary.

listen to that station. This saves the effort of

Each press switches the band between FM

manually tuning in each time. This unit can

(stereo or mono) and AM.

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memorize up to 30 stations.

3 Tune to a station.

There are thr ee ways to do this:

Automatic tuning

To search for stations in the currently

selected band, press and hold TUNE /

for about a second. The receiver will start

searching for the next station, stopping

when it has found one. Repeat to search for

other stations.

Manual tuning

To change the frequency one step at a

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me, press TUNE /.

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1If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet for over a month, the station memories will be lost and will have

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Using the tuner 08

1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.

Tip

See Listening to the radio on page 38 for more

English

on this.

•To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and

2, and press ENTER while the display is

2 Press TUNER EDIT.

blank. Press TUNER EDIT while the display

The display shows PRESET, then a blinking

is blank, to keep the previous name.

MEM and station preset.

• Once you have named a station preset,

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3 Press PRESET / to select the station

Pres

s DISPLAY to show the na

me. When

preset you want.

you want to return to the frequency display,

You can also use the number buttons.

press DISPLAY several times to show the

frequency.

4 Press ENTER.

After pressing ENTER, the preset number stop

blinking and the receiver stores the station.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do

this. See Saving station presets on page 38 if

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you haven’t done this already.

1 Press PRESET / to select the station

preset you want.

• You can also use the number buttons on

the remote control to recall the station

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preset.

Naming preset stations

For easier identification, you can name all of

your preset stations.

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1 Choose the station preset you want to

name.

See Listening to station presets above for how

to do this.

2 Press TUNER EDIT twice.

Deutsch

The cursor at the first character position is

blinking on the display.

3 Input the name you want.

Choose a name up to eight characters long.

•Use the PRESET / buttons to select

character position.

•Use the TUNE / buttones to select

characters.

• The name is stored when ENTER is

pressed.

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Using the tuner08

An introduction to RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by

most FM radio stations to provide listeners with

various kinds of information—the name of the

station and the kind of show they’re

broadcasting, for example.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by

type of program. For example, you can search

for a station that’s broadcasting a show with

the program type, JAZZ.

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You can search the following program types:

NEWS – News

FINANCE – Stock market

Searching for RDS programs

AFFAIRS – Current Affairs

reports, commerce,

INFO – General

trading, etc.

You can search for a program type listed above.

Information

CHILDREN – Programs for

SPORT – Sport

1 Press

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to select

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EDUCATE – Educational

SOCIAL – Soci

al affairs

the FM band.

DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.

RELIGION – Programs

CULTURE – National or

concerning religion

2 Press

PTY SEARCH

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regional culture, theater,

PHONE IN – Public

SEARCH shows in the display.

etc.

expressing their views by

SCIENCE – Science and

phone

3 Press

PRESET /

to select the program

technology

TRAVEL – Holiday-type

type you want to hear.

VARIED – Usually talk-

travel rather than traffic

based material, such as

announcements

4 Press

ENTER

to search for the program

quiz shows or interviews.

LEISURE – Leisure interests

type.

POP M – Pop music

and hobbies

The system starts searching through the

ROCK M – Rock music

JAZZ – Jazz

station presets for a match. When it finds one,

EASY M – Easy listening

COUNTRY – Country

the search stops and the station plays for five

LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical

music

music

NATION M – Popular

seconds.

CLASSICS – ‘Serious’

music in a language other

5 If you want to keep listening to the

classical music

than English

OTHER M – Music not

OLDIES – Popular music

station, press ENTER within the five seconds.

fitting above categories

from the ’50s and ’60s

If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.

WEATHER – Weather

FOLK M – Folk music

If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner

reports

DOCUMENT –

Documentary

couldn’t find that program type at the time of

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the search.

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1 In addition, there are three other program types, ALARMTST, ALARM, and NO TYPE. ALARM and ALARMTST are used for

emergency announcements. NO TYPE appears when a program type cannot be found.

2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.

3RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been preset, or if the program type could not be found among the station

presets NO PTY is displayed. FINISH means the search is complete.

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Displaying RDS information

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Use the DISPLAY button to display the

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different types of RDS information available.

• Press

DISPLAY

for RDS information.

Each press changes the display as follows:

•Listening mode

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•Master volume

• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the

radio station. For example, a talk radio

station may provide a phone number as RT.

•Program Service Name (PS) – The name of

the radio station.

•Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the

kind of program currently being broadcast.

•Current tuner frequency (FREQ)

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1 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

• If you see NO TEXT in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will automatically

switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, NO NAME is displayed).

• In the PTY display, NO PTY may be shown.