Arcam T31 User Manual

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T31 AM/FM RDS TUNER

1 – 9

2 – 10

3 – 11

4 – 12

5 – 13

6 – 14

7 – 15

8 – 16

TUNING

BAND

RDS

MONO

STORE

POWER

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4

3

2

5

8

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6 7

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

Preset Memory buttons 

1

Directly select up to 32 preset stations (16 AM, 16 FM). Press briefly 
for stations 1–8, press and hold for more than one second for stations 
9–16.

BAND 

2

Selects FM or AM frequency band. The appropriate letters appear on 
the display.

RDS 

3

Switches  between  RDS  modes  on  FM  if  RDS  is  available.  See  the 
section ‘RDS: Radio Data System’.

MONO 

4

Selects mono or stereo output. Stereo is only available on FM radio 
stations. If a weak station is received in stereo the background hiss can 
be reduced (and in most cases eliminated) by selecting ‘MONO’.

In  mono  mode,  FM  muting  is  suppressed  when  tuning  between 
stations and the ‘FM MUTE’ indicator is switched off.

STORE 

5

The  STORE  button  allows  you  to  assign  radio  stations  to  preset 
numbers. See the instruction ‘Storing a preset’

Preset indicator 

6

Indicates the number of the preset currently selected.

Signal strength 

7

A seven-step indicator shows the strength of a tuned station. Good 
FM  reception  and  locking  onto  RDS  data  generally  requires  five  or 
more bars.

Tuning 

8

Switches between Tune and Preset mode for the down/up buttons. 
Preset mode is indicated by PRESET on the display.

Tune down/up 

9

Used to either scroll through presets, or to tune up and down the 
broadcast  band,  depending  on  the  current  mode.  See ‘Tuning  to  a 
station’ for more details.

Frequency/ RDS display 

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Indicates the frequency of the selected station in MHz (FM) or kHz 
(AM); it also displays RDS information when present.

POWER 

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Switches the mains power to the unit on or off.

Power indicator 

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This glows green to show that the unit is ready for use. The indicator 
glows  red  in  standby  mode  when  the  tuner  is  switched  off  via  the 
remote control, or configured in a custom installation.

OPERATION

The T31 radio tuner can be controlled from the front panel buttons or 
from the remote control handset (see ‘Using the remote control’).

Pressing the 

 button toggles between the two tuning modes 

of the unit – ‘Preset’ or ‘Tune’. The selected mode is briefly shown in 
the display.

In Preset mode, press the 

5

 or 

6

 buttons on the front panel (or 

< or > on the remote control handset) to cycle up and down the 

preset stations. 

See ‘Storing a preset’ and ‘Deleting unused presets’, below.

Press the

5

 or 

6

 buttons on the front panel (or 

< or > on the 

remote control handset) for longer than one second to engage 
automatic tuning. The tuner searches for a radio station signal of 
sufficient strength and stops. To skip to the next station, press one of 
the buttons again. Automatic tuning is available for both the FM and 
AM bands.

Tap the 

5

 or 

6

 buttons for manual tuning. This can be used for 

tuning to a specific frequency. It is also useful if you are trying to 
select a station that is too weak for the auto search mode. 

Regardless of the mode used to tune your T31, when it is accurately 
tuned to a station ‘TUNED’ lights up in the display.