Sony MHC-ECL77BT Owner's Manual

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Tuner
Listening to the radio
Select the tuner function.
For North American model
Press TUNER (or FUNCTION on the 
unit repeatedly) to select the FM 
function.
For other models
Press TUNER (or FUNCTION on the 
unit) repeatedly to select the FM or 
AM function.
Perform tuning.
For automatic scanning
Press PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE 
repeatedly until “AUTO” appears, 
and then press TUNING+/TUNING–. 
Scanning stops automatically when 
a station is found.
If the scanning does not stop, press 
 to stop scanning, then perform 
manual tuning (below).
For manual tuning
Press PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE 
repeatedly until “MANUAL” appears, 
and then press TUNING+/TUNING– 
repeatedly to tune to the desired 
station.
When you tune to a station that 
provides RDS services, the station 
name appears on the display 
(European model only).
Hint
To reduce static noise on a weak FM stereo 
station, press REPEAT/FM MODE repeatedly 
until “MONO” appears to turn off stereo 
reception. You will lose stereo effect, but 
reception will improve.
Presetting radio stations
Tune to the desired station.
Press TUNER MEMORY to 
select the tuner memory 
mode.
Press PRESET+/PRESET– 
repeatedly to select the 
desired preset number.
If another station is already 
assigned to the selected preset 
number, the station is replaced by 
the new station.
Press   to store the station.
Repeat steps 1 through 4 to 
store other stations.
The preset stations are retained 
for about half a day even if you 
disconnect the power cord or if a 
power failure occurs.
For North American model
You can preset up to 20 FM 
stations.
For other models
You can preset up to 20 FM and 
10 AM stations.
To tune to a preset radio station
If you registered a radio station to a 
preset number 1 to 4, the radio station 
will be tuned in by just pressing the 
TUNER MEMORY NUMBER (1 to 4) 
when the tuner function is selected.
If you registered a radio station to a 
preset number 5 or higher, press PLAY 
MODE/TUNING MODE repeatedly 
until “PRESET” appears then press 
PRESET+/PRESET– repeatedly to select 
the desired preset number.