Listening To The Radio; Improving Fm Sound; Saving Station Presets; Listening To Station Presets - Pioneer VSX-821-k Manual De Instrucciones

04 Basic playback
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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. Once you are tuned to a station you
can memorize the frequency for recall later—see Saving
station presets below for more on how to do this.
PARAMETER
CH TOP
DVR/BDR CD CD-R
MENU
ADAPTER iPod USB VIDEO 1
VOL
VIDEO 2 TUNER SIRIUS
HOME
MENU
SETUP
iPod CTRL
CATEGORY
1
Press TUNER to select the tuner.
2
Use BAND to change the band (FM or AM), if necessary.
Each press switches the band between FM (stereo or mono)
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 / for about a second. The
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 / for high speed tuning.
Release the button at the frequency you want.

Improving FM sound

If the TUNE or ST indicators don't light when tuning to an FM
station because the signal is weak, set the receiver to the
mono reception mode.
 Press BAND to select FM MONO.
This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy
the broadcast.
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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 unit can
memorize up to 30 stations.
AUDIO MASTER
TUNER EDIT
TOOLS VOLUME
MENU
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
ENTER
BD
BAND
RETURN
DVR/BDR
MUTE
DTV/ TV
ADAPTER iPod USB VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
1
Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Listening to the radio on page 28 for more on this.
2
Press TUNER EDIT.
The display shows PRESET, then a blinking MEM and station
preset.
Press PRESET / to select the station preset you
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want.
You can also use the number buttons.
4
Press ENTER.
The preset number stop blinking and the receiver stores the
station.
Note
• If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power
outlet for over a month, the station memories will be lost
and will have to be reprogrammed.
• Stations are stored in stereo. When the station is stored
in the FM MONO mode, it shows as ST when recalled.
AUDIO TUNER EDIT MASTER
PARAMETER TOOLS VOLUME
MENU
TOP
MENU
TV
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
ENTER
INPUT SELECT
INPUT
HOME
DVD TV
MENU
SETUP BAND
iPod CTRL
RETURN
CATEGORY
CH DTV/ TV
CD CD-R
BASS TRE
MEMORY
VOL
TUNER SIRIUS
HDD DVD VCR
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Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See
Saving station presets above if you haven't done this already.
 Press PRESET / to select the station preset you
want.
• You can also use the number buttons on the remote
control to recall the station preset.

Naming preset stations

For easier identification, you can name all of your preset
stations.
1
Choose the station preset you want to name.
See Listening to station presets above for how to do this.
MUTE
2
Press TUNER EDIT twice.
The cursor at the first character position is blinking on the
display.
3
Input the name you want.
Choose a name up to eight characters long.
DISP
• Use PRESET / to select character position.
• Use TUNE / to select characters.
• The name is stored when ENTER is pressed.
Tip
• To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press
ENTER while the display is blank. Press TUNER EDIT
while the display is blank, to keep the previous name.
• Once you have named a station preset, Press DISP to
show the name. When you want to return to the frequency
display, press DISP several times to show the frequency.