Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Memorizing Stations - Pioneer ELITE X-Z9 Mode D'emploi

Using the tuner

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Chapter 5
Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and
AM radio broadcasts.
1 Press TUNER to switch to the tuner, then press
repeatedly to select the FM or AM band.
The display shows the band and frequency.
2 Tune to a frequency.
There are three tuning modes — manual, auto, and high-
speed:
• Manual tuning – Press TUNE
change the displayed frequency.
• Auto tuning – Press and hold TUNE
frequency display starts to move, then release. The
tuner will stop on the next station it finds. Repeat to
keep searching.
• High-speed tuning – Press and hold TUNE
until the frequency display starts to move rapidly.
Keep the button held down until you reach the
frequency you want. If necessary, fine tune the
frequency using the manual tuning method.

Improving poor FM reception

If you're listening to an FM station in stereo but the
reception is weak, you can improve the sound quality by
switching to mono.
1 Tune to an FM radio station then press SETUP .
2 Use the
ENTER .
3 Use the
press ENTER .
4 Use the
press ENTER .
The mono indicator (
reception mode.
Select FM Auto above to switch back to auto-stereo
mode (the stereo indicator (
stereo broadcast).
Note
1 You can also use the number/character buttons to do this.
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repeatedly to
buttons to choose 'Tuner Setup' press
buttons to choose 'FM Auto/Mono'
buttons to select 'FM Mono' then
) lights when the tuner is in mono
) lights when receiving a

Memorizing stations

You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always
have easy access to your favorite stations without having
to tune in manually each time.

Automatically saving station presets

1 Press SETUP .
2 Use the
press ENTER .
3 Use the
press ENTER .
Auto tuning starts in the FM band, stopping when a
until the
strong signal is received.
4 When auto tuning stops at a station, press ENTER to
save the station as a preset.
Auto tuning resumes. After the FM band is finished, auto
tuning continues in the AM band. Press
to exit.
Auto tuning stops automatically after the AM band is
finished, or after the limit of 30 presets has been reached.
When this happens, the tuner automatically switches to
preset Station-1.

Manually saving station presets

1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.
For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo reception as
necessary. This setting is saved along with the preset.
2 Press SETUP .
3 Use the
press ENTER .
4 Use the
then press ENTER .
5 Use the
you want then press ENTER .

Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the tuner function is selected.
2 Use the ST
buttons to choose 'Tuner Setup' then
buttons to choose 'Auto Preset' then
(stop) anytime
buttons to choose 'Tuner Setup' then
buttons to choose 'Station Memory'
buttons to select the station preset
buttons to select a station preset.
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