Owner's Manual

Notes on Use

• Fading and drifting: The range of FM is about 40 km (25 miles),

except for the high-power stations. If the vehicle moves away from

the transmitter, the signal tends to fade out and/or draft. This is

common to FM broadcasting and might be accompanied by

distortion. Fading and drifting can be minimized by tuning to a

stronger signal.

• Static and flutter: When the line-of-Sight link between the

transmitter and vehicle is blocked by large building or the like, the

broadcast sound may be companied by static or flutter. You may

also experience fluttering while driving along a tree-lined road.

The effects of static and fluttering on the sound can be reduce by

decreasing treble.

• Multipath: Due to the reflection characteristics of FM signals,

direct and reflected signals may reach the antenna simultaneously

(this is called multipath) and cancel each other. As the car moves

through such a spot, a momentary flutter or loss of reception may

occur.

• Station swapping: When two FM stations are located close to each

other in the frequency spectrum and the current signal is

interrupted by an electronic dead spot caused by selected until the

original signal returns. Station swapping can also occur as the

vehicle moves away from a station and towards another with a

stronger signal.

When listening to FM broadcasts in a

moving vehicle, the reception

conditions constantly changes with

buildings, terrain, distance from the

transmitter and noise from other

vehicles. The following phenomena of

FM reception are normal and do not

indicate a problem with the radio itself.

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