Clarion XMD3 Car Stereo System User Manual


 
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XMD3
Seek tuning
1.
Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).
If MANU is lit in the display, press and hold the [ BAND ] button
for 1 second or longer. MANU in the display goes off and seek
tuning is now available.
2. Press the [ a ] or [ d ] button to automatically seek a station.
When the [ d ] button is pressed, the station is sought in the
direction of higher frequencies; if the [ a ] button is pressed,
the station is sought in the direction of lower frequencies.
Manual tuning
There are 2 ways available: Quick tuning and step tuning.
When you are in the step tuning mode, the frequency changes one
step at a time. In the quick tuning mode, you can quickly tune the
desired frequency.
1.
Press the [BAND] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).
If MANU is not lit in the display, press and hold the [BAND]
button for 1 second or longer. MANU is lit in the display and
manual tuning is now available.
2. Tune in a station.
Quick tuning:
Press and hold the [ a ] or [ d ] button for 1 second or longer
to tune in a station.
Step tuning:
Press the [ a ] or [ d ] button to manually tune in a station.
Recalling a preset station
A total of 24 preset positions (6-FM1, 6-FM2, 6-FM3, 6-AM) exist
to store individual radio stations in memory. Pressing the corre-
sponding [ DIRECT ] button recalls the stored radio frequency
automatically.
1.
Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).
2. Press the corresponding [ DIRECT ] button to recall the stored
station.
Press and hold one of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or
longer to store that station into preset memory.
Manual memory
1. Select the desired station with seek tuning, manual tuning or
preset tuning.
2. Press and hold one of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or
longer to store the current station into preset memory.
Auto store
Auto store is a function for storing up to 6 stations that are auto-
matically tuned in sequentially. If 6 receivable stations cannot be
received, a previously stored station remains unoverwritten at the
memory position.
1.
Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired band (FM or AM).
2. Press and hold the [ P/A ] button for 2 seconds or longer. The
stations with good reception are stored automatically to the
preset channels.
If auto store is performed in the FM bands, the stations are stored
in FM3 even if FM1 or FM2 was chosen for storing stations.
Radio Operations
FM reception
For enhanced FM performance the
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tuner includes signal
actuated stereo control, Enhanced Multi AGC, Impulse noise reduction
curcuits and Multipath noise reduction circuits.
Changing the reception area
This unit is initially set to USA frequency intervals of 10kHz for AM and
200kHz for FM. When using it outside the USA, the frequency reception
range can be switched to the intervals below.
U.S. standard Europe Other
(Initial setting) standard countries
Frequency
10 kHz 9 kHz 9 kHz
AM spacing
Frequency 530 to 531 to 531 to
range 1,710 kHz 1,602 kHz 1,629 kHz
Frequency
200 kHz
Seek:100 kHz
50 kHz
FM spacing
Manual:50kHz
Frequency 87.9 to 87.5 to 87.0 to
range 107.9 MHz 108 MHz 108 MHz
Setting the reception area
Any station preset memories are lost when the reception area is
changed.
1. Press the [ BAND ] button and select the desired radio band
(FM or AM).
U.S. standard (initial setting)
2-1. While pressing the [ A-M ] button, press and hold the
number 1 of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or
longer.
Europe standard (new setting)
2-1. While pressing the [ A-M ] button, press and hold the
number 3 of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or
longer.
Other countries (new setting)
2-1. While pressing the [ A-M ] button, press and hold the
number 2 of the [ DIRECT ] buttons for 2 seconds or
longer.
Listening to the radio
1. Press the [ PWR ] button and select the radio mode. The
frequency or PS appears in the display.
PS: Programme service name
2. Press the [ BAND ] button and select the radio band. Each time
the button is pressed, the radio reception band changes in the
following order:
FM1 FM2 FM3 AM FM1...
3. Press the [ a ] or [ d ] button to tune in the desired station.
Mute
Use this function to turn off the sound immediately.
1. Press the [ M ] button.
The sound turns off and MUTE appears in the display.
2. Press the [ M ] button again to cancel the mute mode.
Tuning
There are 3 types of tuning mode available, seek tuning, manual
tuning and preset tuning.