Listening To The Radio; Improving Poor Fm Reception; Improving Poor Am Sound; Memorizing Stations - Pioneer HTS-560DV Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to the radio

Chapter 7
Listening to the radio
Important
• Many of the buttons used extensively in this chapter
are used in conjuction with the SHIFT button.
The cursor buttons (
SETUP and number buttons should all be used with
SHIFT in the following explanations.
Listening to the radio
The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and
lets you memorize your favorite stations so you don't have
to manually tune in every time you want to listen.
DVD DTV PC/GAME AUX
TUNER
SR
SURROUND
ADVANCED
ENTER CLEAR
TOP MENU TUNE MENU
SOUND SETUP
ENTER
ST ST
RETURN
TEST MCACC
TONE
TUNE
1 Press TUNER to switch to the tuner, then press
repeatedly to select the FM or AM band.
The display shows the band and frequency.
2 Tune to a frequency.
There are three tuning modes—manual, auto, and high-
speed:
• Manual tuning: Press SHIFT+ TUNE +/– repeatedly
to change the displayed frequency.
• Auto tuning: Press and hold SHIFT+ TUNE +/– until
the frequency display starts to move, then release.
The tuner will stop on the next station it finds. Repeat
to keep searching.
• High-speed tuning: Press and hold SHIFT+ TUNE +/
– until the frequency display starts to move rapidly.
Keep the button held down until you reach the
frequency you want. If necessary, fine tune the
frequency using the manual tuning method.

Improving poor FM reception

If you're listening to an FM station in stereo but the
reception is weak, you can improve the sound quality by
switching to mono.
1 Tune to an FM radio station then press
SHIFT+ SETUP .
2
choose FM MODE then press SHIFT+ ENTER .
3
select FM MONO then press SHIFT+ ENTER .
), ENTER, TUNE +/–,
The mono indicator (
reception mode.
Select FM AUTO above to switch back to auto-stereo
mode (the stereo indicator (
stereo broadcast).

Improving poor AM sound

The simplest way to improve the sound quality of AM
radio is to make sure that the TV in the room is switched
off. Also try changing the position and direction of the
AM loop antenna.
SOUND
AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE RETRIEVER
Changing the noise cut mode
PLAY MODE ZOOM DISPLAY SLEEP
If you find that the sound quality is bad even after trying
TV
INPUT
the above, you may be able to improve it using a different
CHANNEL VOLUME
noise cut mode. Just choose the one that sounds best.
SHIFT TV CONTROL
1
SHIFT+ SETUP .
2
choose NOISECUT then press SHIFT+ ENTER .
3
select a Noise cut mode (1, 2 or 3) then press
SHIFT+ ENTER .

Memorizing stations

You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always
have easy access to your favorite stations without having
to tune in manually each time.
1
For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo reception as
necessary. This setting is saved along with the preset.
2
3
choose ST.MEM. then press SHIFT+ ENTER .
4
select the station preset you want then press
SHIFT+ ENTER .
Use the SHIFT+ (cursor left/right) buttons to
Use the SHIFT+ (cursor up/down) buttons to
) lights when the tuner is in mono
Tune to an AM radio station then press
Use the SHIFT+ (cursor left/right) buttons to
Use the SHIFT+ (cursor up/down) buttons to
Tune to an AM or FM radio station.
Press SHIFT+ SETUP .
Use the SHIFT+ (cursor left/right) buttons to
Use the SHIFT+ (cursor up/down) buttons to
) lights when receiving a
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