Sony STR-DE245: Receiving Broadcasts

Receiver Operations

To receive other stations

Repeat Steps 3 to 5.

Receiving Broadcasts

This receiver lets you enter a station’s frequency

If the STEREO indicator remains off

directly by using the numeric buttons on the remote

Press FM MODE when an FM stereo broadcast is

(direct tuning). If you don’t know the frequency of the

received.

station you want, see “Receiving broadcasts by

scanning stations (automatic tuning)”.

If an FM stereo programme is distorted

The STEREO indicator flashes. Press FM MODE to

Before you begin, make sure you have:

change to monaural (MONO). You will not have the

• Connected an FM/AM aerial to the receiver as

stereo effect but the distortion will be reduced. To

indicated on page 5.

return to stereo mode, press this button again.

• Set the SPEAKERS button to ON.

If you cannot tune in a station and the entered

?/1 (power)

MASTER VOLUME TUNING +/–

numbers are flashing

Make sure you’ve entered the right frequency. If not,

press D. TUNING and re-enter the frequency you want

on the remote. If the entered numbers still flash, the

frequency is not used in your area.

To watch FM simulcast TV programmes

Make sure that you tune in the simulcast programme

FM MODEFM/AMTUNER

both on the TV (or the VCR) and on the receiver.

If you enter a frequency not covered by the tuning

interval

The entered value is automatically rounded up or down

to the closest covered value.

numeric buttons

Tuning intervals for direct tuning are:

FM: 50 kHz intervals

AM: 9 kHz intervals

D. TUNING

Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations

1 Press ?/1 (power) to turn on the receiver.

(automatic tuning)

If you don’t know the frequency of the radio station

2 Press TUNER.

you want, you can have the receiver scan all the

The last received station is tuned in.

receivable stations to locate the one you want.

3 Press FM/AM to select FM or AM stations.

1 Press TUNER.

The last received station is tuned in.

4 Press D. TUNING on the remote.

2 Press FM/AM to select FM or AM.

5 Press the numeric buttons on the remote to enter

the frequency.

3 Press TUNING + or –.

Example 1: FM 102.50 MHz Example 2: AM 1350 kHz

Press the + button for a higher frequency; press

the – button for a lower one. When you tune past

02501

3501

either end of the band, the receiver automatically

jumps to the opposite end. Every time a station is

received, the receiver stops scanning. To continue

6 When you tune in AM stations, adjust the

scanning, press the button again.

direction of the AM loop aerial for optimum

reception.

GB

13