manual radio set Mercury Villager 1996 Owner's Manuals

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Radio Controls
[AS00900(ALL)06/95]
NOTE: The antenna will be in the up position when the
radio is playing and in the down position when the
radio is off or if a cassette or CD (if equipped with
CD changer) is playing.
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[AS01500(ALL)06/95]
How to turn the radio on and off
[AS01600(ALL)06/95]
Press the VOL-PUSH ON knob or the ªAM/FMº button to turn
on the radio. Press the ªVOL-PUSH ONº knob again to turn it
off.
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[AS01625(ALL)06/95]
How to adjust the volume
[AS01650(ALL)06/95]
Turn the ªVOL-PUSH ONº knob to increase/decrease volume.
Bars illuminate in the display to show the relative volume level.
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[AS01675(ALL)06/95]
NOTE: If the volume level is set above a certain listening
level when the ignition switch is turned off, when the
ignition switch is turned back on, the volume will
come back to a ªnominalº listening level. However, if
the radio power is turned off, the volume will remain
in the position it was set at when radio power is
switched back on.
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Selecting the AM or FM frequency band
[AS01800(ALL)06/95]
Push the ªAM/FMº button to select the desired frequency band.
When in the radio mode, pushing the button more than once
will alternate between AM, FM1 and FM2. These functions are
used with the station memory buttons described underHow to
tune radio stations.
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[AS01900(ALL)05/95]
How to tune radio stations
[AS02000(ALL)06/95]
There are four ways for you to tune in to a particular station on
the radio. You can manually locate the station by using the
ªTUNEº function, ªSEEKº to the station, ªSCANº to the station
or select the station by using the memory buttons, which you
can set to any desired frequency.
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Using the ªTUNEº button to select the tune function
[AS02200(ALL)06/95]
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 pressing the ªTUNEº button. To
change frequencies quickly, press andhold downeither the
right or left side of the ªTUNEº button.
[AS02300(ALL)05/94]
Manual tuning adjusts your radio to any allowable broadcast
frequency, whether or not a station is present on that
frequency. (SeeAll About Radio Frequencieslater in this
chapter.)
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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 button to scan radio stations
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Pressing the ªSCANº button once enters the scan mode by
stopping on each listenable station for a five-second
sampling. The radio band (AM/FM1/FM2) will blink to
indicate that the radio is scanning.
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To stop the scan mode on the presently sampled station
press the ªSCANº button again.
[AS03000(ALL)03/93]
Setting the station memory preset buttons
[AS03100(ALL)06/95]
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). Follow the easy steps
below to set these buttons to the desired frequencies:
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[AS03200(ALL)06/95]1.
Select a band, then select a frequency.
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[AS03400(ALL)06/95]2.
Press one of the memory preset buttons and hold the button
until the sound returns. That station is now held in memory
on that button.
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[AS03500(ALL)06/95]3.
Follow the two steps above for each station memory preset
button you want to set.
[AS03550(ALL)06/95]
NOTE: If the vehicle's battery is disconnected, the Station
Memory Preset buttons will need to be reset.
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Using the Automatic Memory Store feature (Supersound
only)
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Activate Auto Memory Store by pushing the ªAUTO SETº
button once. Your radio will set the first six strong stations
of the band you are in (AM, FM1 or FM2) into the memory
buttons. The display will show ªAUTO,º 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 selected by ªAUTO SETº is activated.
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[AS03950(ALL)06/95]
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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[AS04000(ALL)06/95]
NOTE: If there are fewer than six strong stations in the
frequency band, the remaining unfilled buttons will
store the last strong station detected on the band.
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After all stations have been filled, the radio will begin
playing the station stored on memory button 1.
[AS04200(ALL)06/95]
To deactivate the Auto Memory Store mode and return to
the manually-set memory button stations, simply push the
ªAUTO SETº button. Display will show ªAUTOº then
ªOFF.º
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Cassette Tape Player Controls
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How to insert a tape
[AS10400(ALL)06/95]
Your cassette tape player is equipped with power loading. Once
you insert a tape and push slightly (with theopen edge to the
right), the loading mechanism draws the tape the rest of the
way in and play will begin after a momentary tape tightening
process.
[AS10500(ALL)06/95]
NOTE: A cassette tape can be loaded with the ignition on
whether or not the radio power is on. Inserting a
cassette tape with the radio power off will turn the
audio system on. After the cassette is ejected, the
audio system will turn off. Also, the antenna will be
in the down position whenever the radio is not
playing (i.e., when a cassette or compact disc is
playing or when the radio power is off).
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How to locate a desired selection on the tape
[AS10700(ALL)05/94]
There are four ways to locate a desired selection on the tape.
You can use the fast forward, rewind, ªSEEKº or ªSCANº
function. Following are brief descriptions of each.
[AS10800(ALL)05/94]1.
Fast forwarding the tape
[AS10900(ALL)06/95]
To fast forward the tape, press the ªFFº button. The ª
Xº
display blinks while the tape fast forwards. The radio will
automatically begin playing until fast forward is manually
stopped (by pressing ªFFº button) or the end of the tape is
reached. (At the end of the tape, the direction automatically
reverses and plays the other side of the tape.)
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Rewinding the tape
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To rewind the tape, press the ªREWº button. The ª
Xº
display blinks while the tape rewinds. The radio will
automatically begin playing until rewind is manually
stopped (by pushing the ªREWº button) or the beginning of
the tape is reached.
[AS11200(ALL)05/94]3.
Using the ªSEEKº function with a cassette tape
[AS11300(ALL)06/95]
While in the tape mode, push the right (
a) side of the
ªSEEKº button to seek forward to the next selection on the
tape. Push the left (
b) side of the ªSEEKº button to seek
the previous tape selection. The ªTAPEº display blinks.
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NOTE: If you want to restart a currently playing tape
selection, press the left (
b) side of the ªSEEKº button
after three seconds into the current selection.
[AS11500(ALL)06/95]4.
Using the ªSCANº button to scan cassette selections
[AS11600(ALL)06/95]
Press the ªSCANº button to enter the scan mode (display
blinks ªSCº) to begin the forward scan mode on the tape
currently playing, stopping on each tape selection for a
five-second sampling.
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The scan mode continues to the other side of the tape after
one side of the tape has been played completely.
[AS11800(ALL)06/95]
To stop the scan mode on the presently sampled tape
selection, press the ªSCANº button again, or press ªTAPE,º
ªCDº (if equipped), ªTUNE,º or ªSEEK.º
[AS11900(ALL)03/93]
Reversing the direction
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The alternate track of the tape can be selected anytime by
pressing the ªSIDE 1-2º button.
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