AVR 18 (serv.man7) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 24

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Operation

4. Stations may also be tuned directly by
pressing the 

button 

T

, and then

pressing the 

S

that

correspond to the station’s frequency. The
desired station will automatically be tuned
as soon as all four (100MHz) or five (up
from 100MHz) frequency digits are
entered.

NOTE: When the FM reception of a
stereophonic station is weak, audio quality
will be increased by switching to Mono
mode by pressing the 

button

& ø

until the 

indicator in the

display goes out.

Preset Tuning
Up to 30 stations may be stored in the
AVR18 RDS’s memory for easy recall.

To enter a station to the memory, first tune
the station using the steps outlined above.
Then:

1. Press the 

button 

:

on the

remote. Note that 

and 

indicators will illuminate and flash in the
Information Display.

2. Within five seconds, press the 

S

corresponding to the location

where you wish to store this station’s
frequency.

3. Repeat the process after tuning any
additional stations to be preset.

Auto Preset
• Preset stations may also be programmed
automatically for the FM band. To
automatically enter each station that may
be tuned with acceptable quality into the
AVR18 RDS’s preset memories, first select
the FM band. Next, press and hold the

button 

X

until the 

and 

indicators begin to flash, and

the station frequency indication begins to

increase. Release the button and note that
the tuner will search the entire FM band,
and stop briefly at each station that has
acceptable signal strength. The AVR18 RDS
will automatically assign a preset number
to each station, and then search for the
next station. The automatic scan process
will stop when all 30 preset memory
locations have been filled or the entire FM
band has been scanned three times or the

button 

X

is pressed again.

NOTE: Using the automatic tuning mode
in areas with more than 30 FM stations
will completely fill the preset memories,
and over-write any previously memorized
presets for either AM or FM stations.

TIP: The automatic scan process may
enter stations that you do not wish to
retain in the memory, or it may enter the
same station on more than one frequency.
These unwanted stations may be removed
from the memory using the Preset Clear
function outlined below.

Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously
entered in the preset memory, press the

S

that correspond to

the desired station’s memory location.

• To manually tune through the list of
stored preset stations one by one, press the

buttons 

^ ®

on the front panel

or remote.

• To automatically scan through the
stations entered in the preset memory,
press the 

button 

% µ

on

the front panel or remote. The tuner will
run through the list of preset stations,
stopping for five seconds at each one. Press
the button again to stop the scan at your
desired station.

Clearing Preset Stations
Unwanted preset stations may be erased
from the unit’s memory to make it easier
to tune only those stations you want.

To remove a preset station from the AVR18
RDS’s tuner memory, first tune to the
station using the 

buttons 

^ ®

on the front panel or remote, or by
entering the preset number directly, using
the 

S

.

When the preset station to be removed has
been tuned, first press the 

button 

:

. The 

and 

indicators in the Information Display will
flash, and the actual preset number will
disappear from the display. Next, press the

button 

∆

within five seconds.

The preset station will be removed from
the memory, and the action will be
confirmed by the brief appearance of the
word 

CLEAR

and the preset number

location in the Information Display. That
memory location will now be empty, and
you may program a different station to
that location, or leave it empty.

The AVR18 RDS is equipped with RDS
(Radio Data System), which brings a wide
range of information to FM radio. Now in
use in many countries, RDS is a system for
transmitting station call signs or network
information, a description of station
program type, text messages about the
station or specifics of a musical selection
and the correct time.

As more FM stations become equipped with
RDS capabilities, the AVR18 RDS will serve
as an easy-to-use centre for both
information and entertainment. This
section will help you take maximum
advantage of the RDS system.