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semble lists groups of stations that are broadcast
together on the same ensemble, for example BBC
or South Wales local. Valid lists valid stations first,
alphanumerically, then off-air stations.
To change station order, select Menu > Station
order > then Alphanumeric, Ensemble or Valid.

8 FM radio mode

FM radio mode receives analogue radio from the
FM band and displays RDS (Radio Data System)
information about the station and show (where
broadcast).
To enter FM mode, either press Mode until the
display shows FM Radio or select Menu >Main
menu >FM.

8.1 Selecting stations

To find a station, press Select. The frequency
display starts to run up as R4 scans the FM band.
Alternatively, you can scan up or down by pressing
and holding the >> or <<buttons or tune manu-
ally with quick presses, or by turning the Select
control.
Presets to store an FM preset, press and hold
Preset until the display shows the Save preset
screen. Select one of the 10 presets to save the
currently playing station.
To select a preset, press Preset briefly, then
select one of the listed Preset stations. When a
preset station is playing, it shows Pn (P1, P2 etc) in
the bottom right of the screen.
8.2 Now playing information
While an FM station is playing, the screen shows
one of the two following sets data:
• If RDS information is available, by default the
service name (i.e. station name) is displayed.
You can cycle through further RDS information
by pressing Info .Each time you press Info,
another set of information is displayed, cycling
through RDS radio text, RDS programme type,
frequency and today's date.
• If no RDS information is available, the currently
tuned frequency is shown.
8.3 Settings

Scan settings

By default, FM scans stop at any available station.
This may result in a poor
signal-to-noise ratio (hiss) from weak stations. To
change the scan settings to stop only at stations
with good signal strength, select Menu > Scan
setting > Strong stations only?
> Yes.

Audio settings

By default, all stereo stations are reproduced in
stereo. For weak stations, this may result in a poor
signal-to-noise ratio (hiss). To play weak stations
in mono, select Menu >Audio setting > FM weak
reception: Listen in mono only > Yes.
9 AUX mode
Aux in mode plays audio from an external source
such as an MP3 player.
To play audio with Aux in mode,
1. Connect the external audio sourceto the AuxIn
3.5 mm stereo socket.
2. Either press Mode until the display shows AUX
in or select Menu> Main menu > AUX in.
3. Adjust the volume of R4 (and, if necessary, the
audio source device) as required.

10 Alarms and sleep

As well as a clock/calendar, there are two versatile
wake-up alarms with snooze facility, and a sleep
function to turn the system off after a set period.
Each alarm can be set to start in a particular
mode.
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