JVC KD-R901: Listening to the radio

ENGLISH

9

OPERATIONS

Listening to the radio

1

Select “

FM

” or “

AM

.”

2

Search for a station to listen—Auto Search.

When a station is tuned in, searching stops. To stop searching, press the same button 

again.

•  You can also search for a station manually—Manual Search. Hold either one of the 

buttons until “M” appears on the display, then press it repeatedly.

•  When receiving an FM stereo broadcast with sufficient signal strength, the 

indicator lights up on the display.

  Improving the FM reception

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive, 

activate monaural mode for better reception.

•  See also page 30.

 <

Tuner

> 

 <

Stereo/Mono

> 

 <

Mono

>

Reception improves, but stereo effect will be lost. The 

 lights up on the display.

To restore the stereo effect,

 repeat the same 

procedure to select <

Stereo

>.

[Turn]

=

[Press]

  Storing stations in memory

Automatic presetting (FM)— SSM (Strong-

station Sequential Memory)

You can preset up to 18 stations for FM.

1

  While listening to a station, enter “SSM” 

screen.

2

  Select the preset number range you want to 

store.

3

Local FM stations with the strongest signals are 

searched and stored automatically.

• 

To stop searching,

 press 

4

/

¢

.

To preset other 6 stations,

 repeat from step 

1

 again.

Continued on the next page

“

SSM 01–06

”  

“

SSM 07–12

”  

“

SSM 13–18

”

EN02-09_KD-R901_003A_pre.indd   9

EN02-09_KD-R901_003A_pre.indd   9

5/2/09   10:35:21 AM

5/2/09   10:35:21 AM

ENGLISH

10

Manual presetting (FM/AM)

You can preset up to 18 stations for FM and 6 stations 

for AM.

Ex.:  Storing FM station of 92.5 MHz into preset number 

“4.”

1

2

  Select preset number “4.”

3

  Selecting preset station

[Turn]

=

[Press]

The following features are available only for FM 

Radio Data System stations.

  Searching for FM Radio Data 

System programme—PTY Search

You can tune in to a station broadcasting your favorite 

programme by searching for a PTY code.

1

The last selected PTY code 

appears.

2

  Select one of your favorite programme types 

or a PTY code.

3

  Start searching for your favorite programme.

If a station is broadcasting a programme of the 

same PTY code as you have selected, that station is 

tuned in.

PTY codes

News, Affairs, Info, Sport, Educate, Drama, Culture, 

Science, Varied, Pop M (music), Rock M (music), 

Easy M (music), Light M (music), Classics, Other 

M (music), Weather, Finance, Children, Social, 

Religion, Phone In, Travel, Leisure, Jazz, Country, 

Nation M (music), Oldies, Folk M (music), Document

  Using the standby receptions

TA Standby Reception

TA Standby Reception allows the unit to switch 

temporarily to Traffic Announcement (TA) from any 

source other than AM.

The volume changes to the preset TA volume level if 

the current level is lower than the preset level (see 

page 30).

or

EN10-19_KD-R901_003A_1.indd   10

EN10-19_KD-R901_003A_1.indd   10

5/2/09   11:07:01 AM

5/2/09   11:07:01 AM

ENGLISH

11

OPERATIONS

To activate TA Standby Reception

The TP (Traffic Programme) 

indicator either lights up or 

flashes.

•  If the TP indicator lights up, TA Standby Reception is 

activated.

•  If the TP indicator flashes, TA Standby Reception is 

not yet activated. (This occurs when you are listening 

to an FM station without the Radio Data System 

signals required for TA Standby Reception.)

  To activate the reception, tune in to another station 

providing these signals. The TP indicator will stop 

flashing and remain lit.

To deactivate the TA Standby Reception

The TP indicator goes off.

PTY Standby Reception

PTY Standby Reception allows the unit to switch 

temporarily to your favorite PTY programme from any 

source other than AM.

To activate and select your favorite PTY code for 

PTY Standby Reception,

 see page 30.

The PTY indicator either lights up or flashes.

•  If the PTY indicator lights up, PTY Standby Reception 

is activated.

•  If the PTY indicator flashes, PTY Standby Reception is 

not yet activated.

  To activate the reception, tune in to another station 

providing these signals. The PTY indicator will stop 

flashing and remain lit.

To deactivate the PTY Standby Reception,

 select 

<

Off

> for the PTY code (see page 30). The PTY 

indicator goes off.

•  When a DAB tuner is connected, TA/PTY Standby 

Reception also searches for services. (See also 

page 30.)

•  The unit will not switch to Traffic Announcement or 

PTY programme when a call connection is established 

through “

BT FRONT/BT REAR

.”

  Tracing the same programme—

Network-Tracking Reception

When driving in an area where FM reception is not 

sufficient enough, this unit automatically tunes in to 

another FM Radio Data System station of the same 

network, possibly broadcasting the same programme 

with stronger signals (see the illustration below).

When shipped from the factory, Network-Tracking 

Reception is activated.

To change the Network-Tracking Reception 

setting,

 see <

AF Regional

> on page 30.

•  When the DAB tuner is connected, refer to “Tracing 

the same programme—Alternative Frequency 

Reception (DAB AF)” on page 24.

Programme A broadcasting on different frequency areas 

(01 – 05)

  Automatic station selection—

Programme Search

Usually when you select a preset number, the station 

preset in that number is tuned in.

If the signals from the FM Radio Data System preset 

station are not sufficient for good reception, this 

unit, using the AF data, tunes in to another frequency 

possibly broadcasting the same programme as the 

original preset station is broadcasting.

•  The unit takes some time to tune in to another 

station using programme search.

•  See also page 30.

EN10-19_KD-R901_003A_3.indd   11

EN10-19_KD-R901_003A_3.indd   11

16/2/09   11:59:16 AM

16/2/09   11:59:16 AM