Hitachi ax-m70mp3 User Manual

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Listening to Radio Broadcasts

You can listen to FM and AM stations. Stations can be tuned in manually, automatically, or from
preset memory storage.
Caution:

Caution:

Caution:Before listening to the radio, please check that both the FM and AM antennas are

correctly connected.

TTuning in a Station

uning in a Station

1. Repeatedly press the function button (FUNCTION) on the unit or direct press the AM/FM

switch button (AM/FM) on the remote control to select tuner function.

2. Press the AM/FM switch button (AM/FM) to select the band.
3. Select a station using one of the following methods.
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Manual T

Manual Tuning

uning

Press the tuning backward button (TUNING-) or tuning forward button (TUNING+) repeat-
edly to move from frequency to frequency until you find the station you want.

Auto T

Auto Tuning

uning

If you press and hold the tuning backward button (TUNING-), tuning forward button (TUNING+)
for one second or more, the frequency changes down, or up, automatically until a station is
found.

Preset T

Preset Tuning (P

uning (P

uning (Possible only after presetting stations)

ossible only after presetting stations)

Press the presetting stations button (PRESET) on the unit or press the channel select
backward button (CH-), channel select forward button (CH+) on the remote control to select
the desired preset number. Its band and frequency are displayed on the VFD.

Presetting Stations

You can preset up to 16 FM stations and up to 16 AM stations.
1. Tuning in the desired station.
2. Press the memory button (MEM), the “MEM” will flash on the VFD.
3. Press the presetting stations button (PRESET) on the unit or press the channel select

backward button (CH-) or channel select forward button (CH+) on the remote control to select
the preset number, the “MEM” will flash on the VFD.

PRESET

Increases cyclically the preset number

CH-

Decreases the preset number by 1

CH+

Increases the preset number by 1

4. Press the memory button (MEM) to store the station. After 1 second, the VFD returns to the

broadcast frequency display.

5. Repeat above steps 1 to 4 for each station you want to store in memory with a preset

number.

TTo change the FM Reception Mode

o change the FM Reception Mode

When you are tuned into an FM stereo broadcast, the “FM ST.” will display on the VFD and you
can hear stereo effects.
If an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive or noisy, you can select monaural mode. Recep-
tion improves, but you lose any stereo effect. Press the stereo/MONO select button (STEREO)
on the unit or stereo/MONO select button (ST./MO.) on the remote control so that the “FM ST.”
goes off on the VFD.
To restore the stereo effect, press the stereo/MONO select button (STEREO) on the unit or
stereo/MONO select button (ST./MO.) on the remote control so that the “FM ST.” will display on
the VFD.