8
RADIO OPERATION
The radio is capable of receiving
monaural AM broadcasts and
monaural and stereo FM
broadcasts. A stereo indicator will
appear on the radio display
whenever an FM stereo signal is
received. To select the wave band
you wish to hear, simply press any
one of the numbered station recall
buttons located along the top of the
radio faceplate - 1 through 6 for
FM, 7 through 0 for AM. To tune to
a specific station, use any of the
following methods:
Seek and Scan Tuning
: The seek
bar, located on the right side of the
radio face-
plate, can be
used to tune in
broad- cast frequencies within AM
or FM wave bands. Pressing the
bar up will cause the radio to lock
onto stations tracked in ascending
frequencies; pressing it down will
track
stations in descending order.
The scan bar, located directly to the
right of the seek bar, allows
sampling of radio stations within a
wave band for approximately five
seconds each. If no action is taken
during the five-second period, the
radio will tune to the next station.
Pressing either the seek bar or the
scan bar a second time will cause
the radio to stay tuned to the station
being sampled.
Sensitivity Control:
This feature
enables you to choose two tuning
sensitivity levels by pressing the
sensitivity control button located on
the far right side of the radio
faceplate. The level you select will
be indicated by an L (local) or a D
(distant) appearing on
the right side of the
radio display. In the
local mode, the radio will seek and
scan only the strongest signals. In
the distant mode, it will seek and
scan less powerful signals as well.
Direct Frequency Tuning:
To tune directly to a specific
frequency, switch to your desired
wave band - AM or FM - as
described, then press the function
control button, which is identified
by a star "*" and located just to the
right of the radio display. The
display will go blank. Next, press the
numbered buttons corresponding to
the digits of your desired station. For
example, to select the frequency
98.5, you would first press the
function control button to clear the
display. Then you would press
button numbers 9, 8 and 5 in
consecutive order. The display
would then read 98.5, and the
station at that frequency would
begin playing. The driver, of
course, should not use the direct
frequency method when the vehicle
is in motion.
