Using The Tuner; Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Stereo Sound; Tuning Directly To A Station - Pioneer 7.1 VSX-AX2AV-S Operating Instructions Manual

Using the tuner

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Chapter 6:
Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and
AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and
manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the
frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a
station below. Once you are tuned to a station you can
memorize the frequency for recall later—see Saving
station presets on page 30 for more on how to do this.
SYSTEM OFF
RECEIVER INPUT SOURCE
SELECT
CD TV VIDEO 2
DVD SAT VIDEO 1 TV CONT
DVR2 CD-R MULTI IN ROOM2/3
DVR1 i Pod TUNER RECEIVER
1 Press the TUNER button to select the tuner.
2 Use the BAND button to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM and AM.
3 Tune to a station.
There are three ways to do this:
Automatic tuning
To search for stations in the currently selected band,
press and hold TUNE
receiver will start searching for the next station,
stopping when it has found one. Repeat to search for
other stations.
Manual tuning
To change the frequency one step at a time, press
TUNE
.
High speed tuning
Press and hold TUNE
Release the button at the frequency you want.

Improving FM stereo sound

If the TUNED or STEREO indicators don't light when
tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak, press
the MPX button to switch the receiver into mono
reception mode. This should improve the sound quality
and allow you to enjoy the broadcast.
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SELECT
D.ACCESS CLASS REC
+10
DISC
A
ENTER
MPX EON REC STOP
AV PARAMETER CH LEVEL
B C
TOP MENU ì
MENU
TUNE
AUDIO SUBTITLE
ST ST
T.EDIT
DISP
ENTER
SETUP RETURN
STATUS SIGNAL SEL
TUNE
PTY SEARCH
BAND
GUIDE
TV CONTROL MULTI OPE THX STANDARD
INPUT SHIFT
TV CH VOL
TV VOL PHASE MCACC
SELECT
for about a second. The
for high speed tuning.

Tuning directly to a station

Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency of the
station you want to listen to. In this case, you can simply
enter the frequency directly using the number buttons on
the remote control.
1 Press the TUNER button to select the tuner.
2 Use the BAND button to change the band (FM or
AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM and AM.
3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).
MUTE
4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of
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the radio station.
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For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0, 6, 0, 0.
SBch STEREO
If you make a mistake halfway through, press D.ACCESS
ADV. SURR
twice to cancel the frequency and start over.
S.DIRECT

Saving station presets

If you often listen to a particular radio station, it's
convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for
easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station.
This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time. This
receiver can memorize up to 30 stations, stored in three
banks, or classes, (A, B and C) of 10 stations each. When
saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting (see page 30) is
also stored.
SYSTEM OFF
RECEIVER INPUT
SELECT
CD TV VIDEO 2
DVD SAT VIDEO 1
DVR2 CD-R MULTI IN
DVR1 i Pod TUNER
SLEEP VIDEO
1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio on page 30 for more on this.
2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).
The display shows STATION MEMORY, then a blinking
memory class.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes then
press ST
You can also use the number buttons to select a station
preset.
4 Press ENTER .
After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop
blinking and the receiver stores the station.
SOURCE
D.ACCESS CLASS
+10
DISC
AV PARAMETER CH LEVEL
TOP MENU ì
MENU
TUNE
ST ST
T.EDIT
ENTER
SETUP RETURN
TUNE
PTY SEARCH
BAND
GUIDE
TV CONTROL
TV CONT
INPUT
VOL
TV VOL TV CH
SELECT
ROOM2/3
RECEIVER
ANALOG REC
to select the station preset you want.
REC
MUTE
A
MPX EON REC STOP
B C D E
AUDIO SUBTITLE
HDD DVD
DISP CH CH
STATUS SIGNAL SEL SBch STEREO
MULTI OPE THX STANDARD ADV. SURR
SHIFT
PHASE MCACC S.DIRECT