Bose® Wave SoundTouch Manual De Propietario

Listening to Radio

Press 

Radio to turn on the radio to the station last 

selected. Press 

Radio as necessary to select FM or AM.

When you select FM radio, Radio Data System (RDS) information 

for the current station is displayed. This is controlled by the RADIO 

TEXT setting in the setup menu. To disable RDS and view only the 

station frequency, change the RADIO TEXT setting to OFF. See 

"Turning RDS on or off" on page 23.
RDS information displayed (RADIO TEXT- ON):

RDS information

Station 

frequency

When you press 

Radio, Seek/Track, or Tune/mP3 to tune to a 

radio station, the frequency appears in the center of the display 

while you are tuning.

Station frequency 

while tuning

•  Press 

Seek/Track 

 to find a lower-frequency 

station with a strong signal; 

•  Press 

Seek/Track 

 to find a higher-frequen-

cy station with a strong signal.

•  Press 

Tune/mP3 < to manually tune to a lower 

frequency.

•  Press 

Tune/mP3 > to manually tune to a higher 

frequency.

•  Press and hold 

Tune/mP3 < to rapidly lower 

the frequency. 

•  Press and hold 

Tune/mP3 > to rapidly increase 

the frequency.

Note:  If AM reception is weak, rotate your Wave

®

 SoundTouch™ 

music system clockwise or counterclockwise to improve 

AM reception. If FM reception is weak, make sure the power 

cord is straightened as much as possible. To improve FM 

reception, you can install an external FM antenna. See 

 "Using an external antenna" on page 21.

You can store up to six FM and six AM radio stations 

for quick recall using the 

Presets buttons.

1.  Tune to the station you want to save as a preset.
2.  Press and hold one of the six Presets buttons until you hear 

a double tone and the preset number and station frequency 

appear on the display.

3.  Press one of the Presets buttons to quickly tune to a 

 previously stored FM or AM station.

Note:  Storing a preset will replace any station previously stored to 

that preset number.

Talk radio broadcasts can be greatly affected by either the 

 microphone selection or the boosting of low frequencies by some 

radio stations. They do so in an attempt to improve speech when 

heard through conventional radios. In high-quality audio products, 

this results in sound that is unnatural or bass heavy. By selecting 

the TALK RADIO mode, your Wave

®

 SoundTouch

TM

 music system 

automatically adjusts to compensate for artificially boosted low 

frequencies.

When the radio is playing, press 

Play mode twice to turn 

the TALK RADIO mode on (

TALK RADIO– ON) or  

off (

TALK RADIO– OFF).

Note:  The TALK RADIO setting is automatically cancelled when 

you tune to another station, switch to another source, or 

turn your Wave

®

 SoundTouch™ music system off.