buttons Mercury Mercury Cougar 1996 s User Guide

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How to tune radio stations
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There are four ways for you to tune in a
particular station. You can manually locate the
station using the ªSCAN/TUNEº button,
ªSEEKº the station, ªSCANº to the station or
select the station by using the memory buttons,
which you can set to any desired frequency.
These four methods are described below.
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Using the ªTUNEº function
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You can change the frequency up or down
one increment at a time (FM changes in
increments of 200 kHz; AM changes in
increments of 10 kHz) by first pressing the
ªSCAN/TUNEº button twice (display shows
ªTUNEº), then Ðwithin approximately five
secondsÐ pressing and releasing either the
right (
a) or left (
b) side of the ªSEEKº
button. To change frequencies quickly, press
andhold downeither the right or left side of
the ªSEEKº button.
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Manual tuning adjusts your radio to any
allowable broadcast frequency, whether or
not a station is present on that frequency.
(SeeAll About Radio Frequenciesin this
section.)
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Using the ªSEEKº function
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This feature on your radio allows you to
automatically select listenable stations up or
down the frequency band. Press the right
(
a) side of the ªSEEKº button to select the
next listenable station up the frequency band.
Press the left (
b) side of the button to select
the next listenable station down the
frequency band. By holding the button down,
listenable stations can be passed over to reach
the desired station.
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Using the ªSCANº function
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Pressing the ªSCAN/TUNEº button once
enters the scan mode (display will indicate
ªSCNº). Pushing the right (
a) side of the
ªSEEKº button will begin the scan mode up
the frequency band, stopping on each
listenable station for approximately a
five-second sampling. Pushing the left (
b)
side of the ªSEEKº button will begin the scan
mode down the frequency band, again
stopping on each listenable station for
approximately a five-second sampling.
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To stop the scan mode on the presently
sampled station press the ªSCAN/TUNEº
button again.
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Setting the Station Memory Preset buttons
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Your radio is equipped with 6 station
memory buttons. These buttons can be used
to select up to 6 preset AM stations and 12
FM stations (6 in FM1 and 6 in FM2).
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Follow the easy steps below to set these buttons
to the desired frequencies:
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1. Select a band, then select a frequency.
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2. Press one of the memory buttons and hold
the button until the sound returns. That
station is now held in memory on that
button.
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3. Follow the two steps above for each station
memory preset button you want to set.
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Using the Automatic Memory Load feature
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If no stations are in memory preset, you can
activate theAuto Memory Loadfeature by
pressing and holding the ªAUTO PRESETº
buttonfor approximately three seconds.
Auto Memory Load sets all memory buttons
in AM, FM1 and FM2 sequentially by seeking
out the first six strong stations for the
respective band and storing them in memory
buttons 1-5. (FM2 will store the second set of
strong stations from the FM band.)
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With Auto Memory Store, you can
continually set strong stations into your
memory buttons without losing your existing
memory presets, which is especially handy
while traveling. Your radio will automatically
set your memory buttons to the strong local
stations so you don't have to continually
manually tune to existing stations.
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Activate Auto Memory Store by pushing the
ªAUTO PRESETº button once. Your radio
will set the first five strong stations of the
band you are in (AM, FM1 or FM2) into the
memory buttons. The display will show
ªAUTOº, then run through the frequencies,
stopping momentarily on the stations being
set into the memory buttons. The radio is
now in the ªAUTOº mode and this display
will show ªAUTOº each time a preset is
activated.
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NOTE: If there are less than five strong
stations in the frequency band, the
remaining unfilled buttons will store
the last strong station detected on the
band.
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