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HD Radio Operations
About HD Radio
™
technology
HDRadiotechnologyallowsCD-qualitydigital
broadcastingofyourlocalAMandFMradio
stations.HDRadiobroadcastscaninclude
multiplechannelsonthesamefrequency,
whichiscalledmulticasting.Withmulticasting,
you can receive up to eight additional
multicastchannels:HD1–HD8.
With an HD Radio tuner connected, you
willreceiveHDRadiodigitalbroadcasts
automaticallywhentunedtoastationthat
oersHDRadiotechnology.
NOTE: Not all FM or AM stations oer
HD Radio (digital) broadcasting. You can
receive both analog and digital stations
with the unit.
Accessing radio mode
Press the [SRC]buttononthefrontpanelor
remotecontroltoswitchtotheRADIOsource,
andHDicomwilllightwhenaTHD300is
connected.
Select a band
Press the [BAND]buttontochangebetween
threeFMandoneAMbands.Eachband
stores up to six preset stations.
Tuning
- Seek Tuning
Press and hold the [ ] or [ ]buttonto
seek the next/previous station automatically.
- Manual Tuning
Press the [ ] or [ ]buttontomovethe
radiofrequencynumberupordownonestep.
HD radio multicast channels
To tune to an HD Radio multicast channel,
tune to the main signal and then press the
[MENU]buttononthefrontpanel.PTYis
displayed.SelectPTYorSUBCHbyrotating
the [VOLUME]knobandpresstoconrm.
• SelectPTYtypefromthecategorylistby
rotating the [VOLUME]knobandpressit.
• SelectSUBCHbyrotatingthe[VOLUME]
knobandpressit.
• Multichannelisavailablewhenadigital
signalisdetected,theDIGITALicon
willlight.Ifthedigitalsignalbecomes
unavailable,theunitwillreverttoAnalog
reception.
Preset stations
Uptosixstationsoneachbandcanbe
storedaspresets,whichcanthenbeinstantly
recalledbypressingtheassociatedpreset
button.Tostoreastation,turntheradioon
andselectthedesiredbandandstation.
Pressandholdthedesiredpresetbutton
(numberedonethroughsixonthefaceofthe
radioorremotecontrol)formorethantwo
seconds.Whenstored,thepresetnumber
willappearinthedisplay.Thestationisnow
storedandcanberecalledbypressingthe
correspondingpresetbutton.Repeatforthe
remainingvepresetsonthecurrentband
andforpresetsontheotherfourbands.
NOTE: Multicast stations can be stored as
presets, but the unit must be in Digital or
Auto reception mode to receive them.
Preset scan
Press the [PS/AS]buttontoscanandplayall
preset stations for 10 seconds each. Press
the [PS/AS]buttonagaintostopscanning
and play the current station.
Automatic store (AS)
Press and hold the [PS/AS]buttontoselect
six strong stations and store them in the
currentbandusingtheautostorefunction.
After entering the stations into memory, the
unitwillautomaticallystopateachstationfor
veseconds,allowingyoutoprevieweach
selection. When using the auto store function,
thenewstationsreplaceanystationsalready
stored in preset memory.
NOTE:
Youcanstoptheautostorefunctionatany
timebypressingthe[PS/AS]buttonagain.