Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Improving Poor Am Sound; Memorizing Stations - Pioneer HTS-260 Mode D'emploi

Listening to the radio

Chapter 6
Listening to the radio
Listening to the radio
The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and
lets you memorize your favorite stations so you don't have
to manually tune in every time you want to listen.
ENTER
SETUP
TUNE
ST
ENTER
SOUND
TUNE
SOUND
RETRIEVER
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 +/– 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 the (cursor left/right) buttons to choose
FM MODE then press ENTER .
3 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to select FM
MONO then press ENTER .
The mono indicator ( ) lights when the tuner is in mono
reception mode.
Select FM AUTO above to switch back to auto-stereo
mode (the stereo indicator (
stereo broadcast).
TUNER
SLEEP
CLEAR
SR
ST
TEST
TONE
) lights when receiving a

Improving poor AM sound

The simplest way to improve the sound quality of AM
radio is to make sure that the TV in the room is switched
off. Also try changing the position and direction of the
AM loop antenna.
Changing the noise cut mode
If you find that the sound quality is bad even after trying
the above, you may be able to improve it using a different
noise cut mode. Just choose the one that sounds best.
1 Tune to an AM radio station then press SETUP .
2 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to choose
NOISECUT then press ENTER .
3 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to select a
Noise cut mode (1, 2 or 3) then press ENTER .

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.
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 (cursor left/right) buttons to choose
ST.MEM. then press ENTER .
4 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to select the
station preset you want then press ENTER .

Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the tuner function is selected.
2 Use the ST +/– buttons to select a station preset.
• Alternatively, use the number buttons to select a
preset directly.
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