Radio operations. SoundMax SM-CMD3012

Radio operations

Band selection

Press BND/RDM button on the RC or BND button on the panel to switch to the bands in the following order:

FM1 - FM2 - FM3 (OIRT) – MW1 (AM1) – MW2 (AM2).

Manual/automatic tuning

Manual tuning: Press and hold PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons on the RC or panel to enter manual tuning mode. MANUAL will be displayed. Press these buttons repeatedly to change the frequency upward or downward step by step.

Automatic tuning: Press repeatedly PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons on the RC or panel to start automatic seeking for an available radio station downward or upward. After being found the station will be played.

To stop seeking, press one of these buttons again.

Programming stations

There are 6 numbered preset buttons, under which you can store and recall stations for each band (18 FM,

12 AM). Select the needed station, then press and hold a preset button. The station will be saved in the memory under the corresponding number. To recall a stored station, press the corresponding preset button.

Auto memory store/Preset scan

Auto store: Select a band, press and hold AS/PS button on the panel or P.SCN/RPT button on the RC to enter auto store mode. The radio will automatically store 6 stations to the 6 preset memories of the current band. To stop auto store, press the button again.

Note: During auto station preset, the unit will search and store stations with the strong signal first, and then weaker signal stations until the memories are full.

Preset scan: Select a band, press AS/PS button on the panel or P.SCN/RPT button on the RC to scan all preset stations in the memories of the current band. To stop preset scan, press the button again.

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Stereo/Mono reception

In FM mode, press STEREO/MONO button on the RC to select stereo or mono signal reception mode.

On-screen display

Press OSD button on the RC to show enabled PTY function icon.

RDS background

RDS service availability varies with areas. Please understand if RDS service is not available in you area, the following service is not available.

AF (Alternative frequencies) function

Press and hold AF/TA button on the RC or BND button on the panel to enable AF function. When the radio signal strength is poor, enabling the AF function will allow the unit to automatically search another station with the same PI (Program Identification) as the current station but with stronger signal strength.

Note: AF indicator on the display will flash until RDS information is received. If RDS service is not available in your area, turn off the AF mode.

TA (Traffic alarm) function

Press AF/TA button on the RC or press and hold MODE button on the panel to activate the traffic alarm function.

When TA function is activated, it will search the station with TA information automatically. If there is no TA information, it will search the station with TP information automatically, if there is no TP information either, it will return to the previous station after searching.

When receiving the station with TP information but without TA information, TP icon is on and TA icon keeps blinking; when receiving the station with TP and TA information, both TP and TA icons are on.

When playing in other mode and TA information is received, it will change to the radio mode automatically.

After playing over, it will return to the previous mode. Press AF/TA button on the RC or press and hold

MODE button on the panel once to ignore the received TA information, do it twice to turn off the function.

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PTY (Program type) function

Press PTY/PROG button on the RC to open PTY program type list, and repeat pressing PTY/PROG button to select a PTY type. After selecting the program type you want, press number buttons 1 - 6 on the RC or on the panel to start search. Press it again to stop the PTY search. If PTY code is different or not available, "PTY

NONE" blinks on the display.

Other functions

Press MENU button on the panel or RC to enter Setting Menu. Press UP/DOWN cursor buttons on the RC or

VOLUME+/- buttons on the panel to select RDS SETUP page. Press ENTER button or RIGHT cursor button on the RC or press OK button on the panel to enter the page. Press LEFT/RIGHT cursor buttons on the RC or

VOLUME+/VOLUME- buttons on the panel to select an item, and then press OK button on the RC or SEL button on the panel to adjust the setting.

Press ENTER button or RIGHT cursor button on the RC or OK button on the panel to confirm, press MENU button to return to last settings list.

RDS SETUP

TA ALARM/SEEK: In TA SEEK mode, the unit will seek for traffic announcement program; in TA ALARM mode, the alarm is set off.

PI SOUND/MUTE: Choose either PI sound or PI mute. PI sound refers to the reception noise when the

AF function tries to scan alternative frequency.

RETUNE S/L: RETUNE refers to the time period the unit allows for radio scan when reception is interrupted. SHORT represents a time period of 30 seconds and LONG represents a time period of 90 seconds.

MASK DPI/ALL: During MASK DPI mode, the unit will mask only the AF which has different PI, this is the default mode; during MASK ALL mode, the unit will mask the AF which has different PI and no RDS signal with high field strength.

EON TA DX/LOCAL: EON (Enhanced Other Networks) - This unit is equipped with the latest technology of EON control, so that when you are listening to Radio or CD, if there is any travel announcement from a nearby local station, the radio will already know the frequency of that radio station. Then it will receive the station, turn up the volume, or interrupt the playback for the duration of the

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announcement. At the end of the announcement the radio will return to its previous state ready for the next announcement.

REG ON/OFF: When REG is available (On), the receiver accepts regional variants of the tuned station display. When REG is unavailable (Off), the receiver ignores regional variants.

TA VOL: You can set the default volume of TA announcement. Support 50 levels. Default level is 50.

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