In-Dash High-Power AM/FM Stereo Cassette with Auto-Reverse (120-2108) Operation Faxback Doc. # 32410 BASIC OPERATION ADJUSTING THE CONTROLS When you listen to your stereo, you can adjust the following controls to suit your listening preferences. Turning the Stereo On or Off - Turn ON VOL clockwise until it clicks to turn on the stereo. To turn off the stereo, turn ON VOL counterclockwise until it clicks. Setting the Volume - Turn ON VOL clockwise to increase or counterclockwise to decrease the volume. WARNING: To protect your hearing do not listen at high volume levels. Slowly increase the volume to a comfortable listening level. Setting the Balance - While pulling out and holding PULL BAL, rotate it to adjust the balance between the right and left speakers. Setting the Bass - Rotate BASS to increase or decrease low sounds. Setting the Treble - Rotate TREBLE to increase or decrease high sounds. Setting the Fader - Rotate FADER to adjust the balance between the front and rear speakers. If you installed only one pair of speakers, rotate FADER to its center position until you feel it click and the tab on FADER points to the left. Tuning the Radio - Repeatedly press \/ or /\ to tune down or up a selected band (see "Using the Radio", below). SETTING THE CLOCK 1. Turn ON VOL clockwise until it clicks to turn on the stereo. 2. If necessary, press F/C (frequency/clock) until the clock display appears. NOTE: The display normally shows the frequency. 3. Press and hold down F/C, then repeatedly press \/ until the display shows the correct hour. To quickly advance the hour, press and hold down \/. 4. Continue holding down F/C, then repeatedly press /\ until the display shows the correct minute. To quickly advance the minute, press and hold down /\. 5. When the display shows the correct time, release F/C. CHANGING THE DISPLAY'S COLOR The display's backlight color can be green or amber. Follow these steps to change the display's color. 1. Turn off the stereo. 2. Remove the control panel. 3. Use a pointed object, such as a straightened paper clip, to slide the color selector switch to G (for green) or A (for amber). 4. Replace the control panel, then turn on the stereo. The display shows the color you selected. USING THE RADIO PLAYING THE RADIO 1. If the stereo is off, turn ON VOL clockwise until it click to turn it on. The radio automatically tunes to the last station selected. 2. Adjust ON VOL to a comfortable listening level. 3. Press BAND to select the desired band. AM 1 or AM 2 appears on the display when an AM band is selected. FM 1 , FM 2, or FM 3 appears when an FM band is selected. NOTE: Each time you press BAND, the radio automatically tunes to the last station selected in that band. 4. Tune to the desired station in one of the following ways. Manual Tuning: Repeatedly press /\ or \/ to tune up or down the selected band. Seek Tuning: Press SEEK to automatically tune to the next higher station with a strong signal. Scan Tuning: Press SCAN. The stereo scans the band, tuning to each strong station for about 5 seconds. The station's frequency flashes as the stereo tunes to it. Press SCAN again to the stop scanning. 5. Adjust ON VOL, PULL BAL, BASS TREBLE, and FADER as desired. NOTES: ST appears on the display when an FM broadcast is received in stereo. If the stereo does not find a strong station when seeking or scanning, it searches the band again and stops on weaker stations. To temporarily display the time, press F/C. The display shows the time for 5 seconds, then returns to the frequency display. You cannot display the time during scan tuning. MEMORY TUNING You can store up to 12 AM and 18 FM stations in memory. Each memory group (AM 1, AM 2, FM 1, FM 2, and FM 3) holds up to six stations. You can let the stereo search for six strong stations in a band and automatically store these into a memory group, or you can manually store stations into a memory group. AUTOMATICALLY STORING STATIONS 1. If the stereo is off, turn ON VOL clockwise until it clicks to turn it on. 2. Press BAND until the stereo displays the band and memory group where you want to store a group of stations. For example, to store the first group of AM stations into AM 1, press BAND until AM 1 appears. 3. Press and hold down AMS (automatic memory scan) for about 3 seconds. The stereo scans the selected band twice and stores the first six stations it finds. The band and memory group, frequency, CH, and the memory location number appear on the display. During the first scan, the stereo only searches for strong stations, and LOC appears on the display. During the second scan, the stereo also searches for weaker stations, and LOC disappears from the display. 4. Briefly press AMS when the stereo has stored all the stations you want, or when you want to stop searching for stations. NOTES: After the stereo stores six stations or scans the band twice, it tunes to the first stored station and begins to play. If the stereo does not find enough stations to fill the current memory group while searching, it tunes to the first stored station and begins to play. If a station has a weak signal or interference, the stereo might not store it automatically. If this happens, you can manually store the station (see "Manually Storing Stations", below). MANUALLY STORING STATIONS 1. If the stereo is off, turn ON VOL clockwise until it clicks to turn it on. 2. Press BAND until the stereo displays the band and memory group where you want to store a station. For example, to store AM stations into AM 1, press BAND until AM 1 appears. 3. Use any of the tuning methods described in Step 4 of "Playing the Radio", above, to tune to the station you want to store. 4. Press and hold down the desired memory location button until the volume briefly mutes and the displayed memory location number changes to the number of the button you pressed. The station is now stored in that memory location. The band and memory group, the frequency, the memory location number, and CH appear on the display. NOTE: The volume briefly mutes while the radio stores the station, but returns to normal after the station is stored. SELECTING A STORED STATION To select a stored station, press BAND to select the correct band and memory group. Then briefly press the desired memory location button. CAUTION: Do not hold down the memory location button. This stores the currently tuned station into that location. SCANNING STORED STATIONS The stereo's automatic memory scan (AMS) scans all stored stations in both AM or all three FM memory groups, pausing for 5 seconds at each station. 1. Press BAND until the stereo displays the band (AM or FM) and memory group you want to scan. 2. To start automatic memory scan, briefly press AMS. As the stereo scans each memory location in the band, the band and memory group, the frequency, and CH are displayed, and the memory location number flashes. CAUTION: Do not hold down AMS. This causes the stereo to automatically search and store stations into the selected band and memory group. 3. To stop scanning when the stereo pauses at a station you want to listen to, briefly press AMS or the station's memory location button. The memory location number stops flashing. CAUTION: Do not hold down AMS. This causes the stereo to automatically search and store stations into the selected band and memory group. NOTE: If you do not press a memory location button or AMS, the stereo scans both AM or all three FM memory groups repeatedly. USING THE CASSETTE PLAYER PLAYING A CASSETTE WARNING: To protect your hearing, always turn ON VOL to its lowest level before you begin listening to a tape. CAUTION: Avoid using C-120 cassette tapes. They are very thin and can easily become tangled in the tape-handling parts. Follow these steps to play a cassette tape. 1. Take up any slack by turning the cassette's hub with your finger or a pencil. (Avoid touching the tape.) 2. If the stereo is off, turn ON VOL clockwise until it clicks to turn it on. 3. Insert the tape into the cassette compartment with its open edge to the right and the desired side facing up. > or < appears on the display, and the tape begins to play. 4. If you are playing a metal or CrO2 (Type II) tape, press METAL/1 until MTL appears on the display. 5. Adjust ON VOL, PULL BAL, BASS, TREBLE, and FADER as desired. 6. Press the eject button all the way in to stop the tape and eject it. The radio plays. CAUTION: We recommend you press the eject as soon as you finish playing a tape or before you leave your vehicle, to release the tape from the tape handling parts. This reduces the possibility of a tape being inadvertently tangled or damaged. NOTES: When the tape reaches the end, the cassette player automatically changes the tape's direction and plays the other side of the tape. Play continues until you press eject. During play, you can switch to the other side of the cassette by pressing << and >> halfway in. FAST-FORWARD and REWIND To fast-forward or rewind the current side, firmly press << or >> depending on which side of the tape is playing. The button locks and the tape quickly winds. Play resumes when the end of the tape side is reached. To stop fast-forward or rewind before the end of the tape, gently press and release the opposite button. Play continues. NOTE: Fast-forward always quickly moves the tape in the same direction the tape is currently playing, and rewind always quickly moves the tape in the opposite direction. (YO/EB 4/17/96)