Sony ST-SB920: Receiving Broadcasts

Advanced Tuner Operations

z If you enter a frequency not covered by the tuning

interval

Receiving Broadcasts

The entered value is automatically rounded up or down

to the closest covered value.

This tuner lets you enter a station’s frequency directly

Tuning intervals for direct tuning are:

by using the numeric buttons (Direct Tuning). If you

FM: 50 kHz intervals

don’t know the frequency of the station you want, see

AM: 9 kHz intervals

“Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations (Automatic

Tuning)” on this page.

Before you begin, make sure you have:

Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations

• Connected an FM/AM aerial to the tuner as

(Automatic Tuning)

indicated on pages 4 and 5.

With automatic tuning you can quickly tune in a

station without having to know its frequency.

TUNE MODE

TUNING / SELECT

MEMORY

DISPLAY

MENU

TUNE MODE

TUNING / SELECT

1 Press BAND repeatedly to select FM (FM 1 or FM

FM MODE BAND

RETURN

ENTER

SHIFT DIRECT

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2) or AM.

2 Press TUNE MODE so that “AUTO” appears in

BAND

Numeric

DIRECT

the display.

buttons

3 Turn TUNING/SELECT slightly and release it

1 Press BAND repeatedly to select FM* (FM 1 or

when the frequency numbers start changing.

FM 2) or AM (MW).

Turn the control to the right for a higher

frequency; turn it to the left for a lower frequency.

2 Press DIRECT.

When the tuner locates a station, it stops

automatically, “TUNED” appears in the display.

3 Press the numeric buttons to enter the frequency.

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

4 Repeat step 3 until you tune in the appropriate

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station.

To store the station, see “Presetting Radio

Stations” on page 10.

To receive other stations

Repeat steps 1 to 3.

z If you cannot tune in the station you want

* FM 1 is received in POLAR mode (Stereo Plus) and FM 2

(Manual Tuning)

is received in PILOT TONE mode (see page 6).

With manual tuning you can search through all stations

broadcasting on each band, and tune in stations with

extremely weak signals that you might not be able to

z When you tune in AM stations

receive with automatic tuning.

Adjust the direction of the AM loop aerial for optimum

1 Press BAND repeatedly to select FM (FM 1 or FM 2)

reception.

or AM.

2 Press TUNE MODE repeatedly until “AUTO” and

“PRESET” go off.

z If the STEREO indicator remains off

3 Turn TUNING/SELECT until you tune in the station

Press FM MODE when an FM stereo broadcast is

you want.

received.

Turn the control to the right for a higher frequency;

turn it to the left for a lower frequency.

z If an FM stereo programme is distorted

The STEREO indicator flashes. Press FM MODE to

Note

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

When you reach the highest or lowest frequency of any

stereo effect but the distortion will be reduced. To

band, tuning stops.

return to stereo mode, press this button again.

z If you cannot tune in a station and the entered

numbers are flashing

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

press DIRECT and reenter the frequency you want.

If the entered numbers are still flashing, the frequency is

not used in your area.

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