Panasonic SC-DK20 User Manual

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Radio operations
RQT6345
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2
1
4
4
1
2
3
REV MODE/
FM MODE/BP
UP
DOWN
VOL
A
TUNER
BAND
MHz
-- dB
MIN
0 dB
MAX
TUNE MODE
3
MHz
TUNED STEREO
REV MODE/ 
 FM MODE  BP
MONO
The radio: manual tuning
Radio stations can be tuned manually by selecting the station’s
frequency or they can be preset into channels to make it easy to tune
(
➡ 
page 29).
1
Press [TUNER, BAND] to select “FM”
or “AM”.
The unit comes on automatically.
Each time you press the button:
FM
AM
2
Press [
L
, TUNE MODE] to select
“MANUAL”.
Each time you press the button:
MANUAL
PRESET
3
Press [
g
/
(
3
] or [
)
/
f
4
]
to select the frequency of the required
station.
If you press and hold [
g
/
(
1
] or [
)
/
f
2
] for a
moment, the frequency starts changing automatically and
stops when a station is found. It may also stop if there is out-
side interference.
Press and hold [
g
/
(
1
] or [
)
/
f
2
] again to re-
start. You can also stop the frequency changing by pressing
[
g
/
(
1
] or [
)
/
f
2
].
“TUNED” is displayed when a radio station is tuned.
“STEREO” is displayed when a stereo FM broadcast is being
received.
4
Adjust the volume.
If noise is excessive in FM
Press [REV MODE/FM MODE/BP] to dis-
play “MONO”.
This mode improves sound quality if reception is weak but broad-
casts are heard in monaural.
Press [REV MODE/FM MODE/BP] again to cancel the mode.
The mode is also canceled when you changed the frequency.
Leave “MONO” off for normal listening.
Stereo and monaural broadcasts are automatically played as they
are received.
Allocation settings
(For areas except Australia and N.Z.)
Each country allocates broadcast bands according to their particular
system.
For Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa, and Asia:
This unit can receive AM broadcasts allocated in 10- or 9-kHz steps.
For U.S.A. and Canada:
This unit can receive FM broadcasts allocated in 0.1- or 0.2-MHz
steps.
To change the step
1
Press and hold [TUNER, BAND].
After a few seconds the display changes to a flashing display of
the current minimum frequency.
2
Continue to hold [TUNER, BAND] down.
When the minimum frequency changes, release the button.
To return to the original step, repeat the above steps.
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