Sunfire IV User Manual

User's Manual

CHAPTER 5

Tuner Operation

The Tuner is se lect ed either by 

rotating the manual input selector on 
the front panel, or by touching the 
TUNER button in the re mote’s TGIV 
mode. The front panel display shows 
the frequency of the last station you 
were lis ten ing to.

The FM Tuner can tune sta tions 

from 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 0.2 
MHz steps (.05 MHz steps for some 
in ter na tion al mod els). The AM Tuner 
range is 530 kHz to 1710 kHz in 10 
kHz steps (531 kHz to 1710 kHz in 
9 kHz steps for some in ter na tion al 
models).

Tuner and the OSD

Page 35 shows how to set up the 

Tuner using the on screen display.

Tuning Stations Manually

Use the front panel AM/FM button 

to select either the AM or FM band, 
and then use one of these three ways 
to tune stations manually:

1.   Touch UP or DOWN mo men -

tari ly to change the tuner by 
one frequency step.

2.   Hold UP or DOWN for a 

second or so, then release 
to start the scanning feature. 
The TGIV will scan to the next 
station, pause on it for a few 
seconds to allow you to hear 
what is offered there, and then 
scan to the next, and so on. 
Press ing UP or DOWN stops 
the scanning process.

3.   Hold UP or DOWN for an 

extended period to make the 
tuner speed across the band 
without stopping on a station. 
The tuner will begin scanning 
for stations when you release 
the button. Press ing UP or 
DOWN stops the scanning.

4.   When a station is tuned, it can 

be set as a preset for easy re-
call, see "Setting the Presets" 
in the next column.

Tuning Stations Directly

Use the AM/FM button to select 

either the AM or FM band and then 
press the DIRECT button. Within a few 
seconds, enter the sta tion’s frequency 
by using the preset number buttons. 
For ex am ple, to tune to radio station 
97.3, press DI RECT, then 9, then 7 
and then 3.

Setting the Presets

Once you have tuned in a sta-

tion, press and hold a preset button 
until the display fl ashes to show the 
memory has been set. Use the +10 
button to add presets higher than 9, 
and hold the last button pressed for a 
few seconds.

Press

Result       

5

Preset 5

+10, 0

Pre set 10

+10,+10, 7

Preset 27

+10,+10, +10, 3

Preset 33

Recalling a Preset Station

Once you have selected the Tuner, 

you can quickly recall a station by 
press ing its preset number, either on 
the front panel or by using the re-
mote’s numeric keypad, FAV buttons, 
or the channel up and down buttons.

Scanning Presets

To scan through the presets, press 

and hold the FM/AM button. Touch it 
again to stop the scan.

AM/FM

Direct

Down

Up

Preset

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