Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Memorizing Stations - Pioneer PDX-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 (FM/AM) 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 +/– repeatedly to
change the displayed frequency.
• Auto tuning – Press and hold TUNE +/– until the
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 to choose 'Tuner Setup' then press
ENTER.
3 Use to choose 'FM Auto/Mono' then press
ENTER.
4 Use to select 'FM Mono' then 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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) 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 DISPLAY repeatedly to display the current
tuner frequency.
2 Press SETUP.
3 Use to choose 'Tuner Setup' then press
ENTER.
4 Use to choose 'Auto Preset' then press
ENTER.
Auto tuning starts in the FM band, stopping when a
strong signal is received.
5 When auto tuning stops at a station, press ENTER
to save the station as a preset.
If you don't wish to save the station, press CLEAR.
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 FM or AM 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 to choose 'Tuner Setup' then press
ENTER.
4 Use to choose 'Station Memory' then press
ENTER.
5 Use to select the station preset you want
then press ENTER.

Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the tuner function is selected.
2 Use ST +/– to select a station preset.
(stop) anytime
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