Radio Operations; Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Presetting The Radio Stations - LG CM8450 Owner's Manual

24 Operating

Radio Operations

Be sure that FM antenna is connected. (Refer to
page 15)

Listening to the radio

1. Press FUNCTION until FM appears in the display
window.
The last received station is tuned in.
2. Auto tuning :
Press and hold TUNING-/+ on the remote
control or Y/U on the unit for about two
seconds until the frequency indication starts to
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change, then release. Scanning stops when the
unit tunes in a station.
Manual tuning :
Press TUNING-/+ on the remote control or
Y/U on the unit repeatedly.
3. Adjust the volume by rotating volume knob on
the unit or by pressing VOL +/- on the remote
control repeatedly.

Improving poor FM reception

Press T on the unit or d/M on the remote
control. This will change the tuner from stereo to
mono and usually improve the reception.

Presetting the Radio Stations

You can preset 50 stations for FM.
Before tuning, make sure to turn down the volume.
1. Press FUNCTION until FM appears in the display
window.
2. Select the desired frequency by pressing
TUNING -/+ on the remote control or
Y/U on the unit.
3. Press PROGRAM/MEMORY on the remote
control. A preset number will blink in the display
window.
4. Press PRESET.FOLDER W/S on the remote
control to select the preset number you want.
5. Press PROGRAM/MEMORY on the remote
control. The station is stored.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 to store other stations.
7. To listen a preset station, press
PRESET.FOLDER W/S or 0 to 9 numerical
buttons on the remote control.
Or

Deleting all the saved stations

1. Press and hold PROGRAM/MEMORY on the
remote control for two seconds.
"ERASEALL" will flash up on the unit display.
2. Press PROGRAM/MEMORY on the remote
control to erase all the saved radio stations.
Seeing information about a
Radio station
The FM tuner is supplied with the RDS (Radio Data
System) facility. This shows information about the
radio station being listened to. Press RDS/SET on
the remote control repeatedly to cycle through the
various data types:
PS
(Programme Service Name)
The name of the channel will appear in
the display.
PTY
(Programme Type Recognition)
The programme type (e.g. Jazz or News)
will appear in the display.
RT
(Radio Text)
A text message contains special
information from the broadcast station.
This text may scroll across the display.
CT
(Time controlled by the channel)
This shows the time as broadcast by the
station.
You can search the radio stations by programme
type by pressing RDS/SET on the remote control.
The display will show the last PTY in use. Press
PTY one or more times to select your preferred
programme type. Press and hold C/V. The
tuner will search automatically. When a station is
found the search will stop.