Owner manual

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Receiver Basic Operation
1. Switch the receiver “ON” by depressing the Power ON/OFF control knob.
2. Depress the AM/FM Band Selector(22) to the desired position.In the AM mode, the
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. AM1or AM2 lndicator(25)will be visible.In the FM mode, one of FM1, FM2 or FM3
. indicator will appear on the LCD Display (5) (25).
3. Depress the CD button (21) to toggle the functions of the radio .When a tape is insert .
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ed in the cassette mechanism, the sequence displayed will be: Radio—*CDC—*Tape-- .
. .When a tape is not inserted: Radio—*CDC—+Radio.
4. Manually tune the receiver using the Manual Up - Down Tuning Control (10). A slight . .
. . clockwise rotation tunes the radio up-wards and counter clockwise rotation tunes
. down-wards. View the currently tuned station on the LCD Display (5) (26).
5. To adjust Bass, Treble, Balance Fader levels, depress volume control (1) until desired .
. . feature is shown on the display. When desired feature is shown, adjust the level of each
. . feature by turning the Power ON/OFF control (1) clockwise or counter clockwise to . . .
. . increase or decrease levels.
6. Depress the CD button (21) to the desired mode: CDC, Radio.
Programming The Preset Memory
The USA-5 features 12 and 18 FM station memory presets. Using the numbered buttons
located across the bottom of the display will access these presets.
A-FM Programming
1. Set the AM/FM Band Selector (22) in the FM position (one of the FM bands) and view
. the FM Band Indicator on the LCD Display(5).
2. Select the station desired by using the Manual UP- Down Tuning Control (10) or the .
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seek Auto Tuning Button(20) or the Scan Auto Tuning Button(11).
3. Depress one of the 6 preset buttons for approximately 5 seconds.Then the sound will
. fade out momentarily and return again.The station is now programmed at that button .
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and the Preset Channel will appear on the LCD display (5).
4. Repeat above 2-3 steps to program another station on another button. Repeat above .
. steps until 6 stations are programmed in FM 1 and 6 in FM 3 for a total of 18 stations.
B-AM Programming
1. Repeat the steps 2-3 above but with the AM/FM Band Selector (22) in the AM band.
2. Repeat above 2-3 steps until you program 6 stations in the AM1 and AM2 bands on
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. each button.
Digital Display
The USA-5 features a multi-mode liquid crystal digital display (5).lt will perform as fol-
lows under various operating conditions (Page 7).
1. When the USA-5 is switched OFF and/or ignition key is switched OFF.the internal
. circuitry will continue to keep the stations that you have preset.
2. When the U5A-5 is switched ON in the radio mode,the display will indicate the
. currently tuned station.The time can be recalled by pressing the Time/Frequency . .
. recall button (20) The radio will revert back to the current station display after approxi .
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mately 5 seconds.
Receiver Special Functions
1. Automatic Mono/Stereo(Built-ln)& Stereo Indicator
. The built-in Automatic Mono/Stereo (FMO -Frequency Modulation Optimizer) is used .
. to improve stereo FM reception in weak signal areas without manually changing the .
. . mode.
When the FM station is too weak to receive a clear stereo signal, and noise and interfer-
ence increases, the USA-5 will change its mode to Mono automatically. When the USA-5
is tuned to a strong FM signal,the Stereo Indicator (24) will appear on the LCD.
2. USA/EURO FREQUENCY SELECTOR
This feature is used to select how the radio receives signals for either in the USA or a
European style of broadcast.
(1) Disconnect the main power and the memory power.
(2) Move the channel space switch to “USA” position.This changes the channel space to
. 200KHz for FM and 10KHz for AM. Move channel space switch to “EUR” position to
. . change the channel space to 50KHz for FM and 9KHz for AM.
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