Manual

Listening to Radio Broadcasts

FM AM

FM MODE TUNINGT/&

One of the features of the TX-DS898 thai is most frequently used is

its ability to play FM and AM broadcast radio stations. The TX=

DS898 provides a nmnber of lislening modes perfect for lislening to

the radio and getting the most out of your audio system. Also, by

presetting radio stalions that you listen to frequently, you can select

them easily by pressing the CH +/= button on the remole controller.

i Tuning into a radio station

1. Press either the AM or FM input

source button.

2. Using the TUNING • and • buttons

on the front panel, tune into the

station you desire.

"FM STEREO" Tuned

(Lights red) in stereo Auto mode

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Listening to a stereo radio station (FM mode)

When you tune inlo a radio stalion, • TUNED •

iodicalor appears in the display. If you tune into

an FM station in slereo, then "FM STEREO"

appears. If the signal is weak, it ]nay be

impossible to tune into the station in slereo. In

such a case, press tile FM MODE button on the

front panel. The AUTO indicalion disappears

and the radio station is output in the monaural

mode. To return Io stereo, press the FM MODE

button again. "AUTO" appears. Some inter=

station noise may be heard, but the sound will

not cut in and out as it would if stereo was

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selected.

Band Frequency

• The tuner frequency changes in 50 kHz increments for FM

and 10 kHz increments for AM.

• When tuning into FM stations, you can press the TUNING •

or • button continuously for more than 0.5 seconds to scan

for an FM station in the direction of the button you pressed

(FM aulo tuning mode). After you release the button and a

stalion is received in stereo, the scanning stops.