AM 3.) Tune to the desired frequency as follows: • Manual Tuning Repeatedly press the or buttons until the frequency of the desired station appears on the display. • Automatic Tuning Press and hold the or buttons until the display begins to move, then release the buttons. The tuner will search up or down the band for the next strong station and stop on that station. Repeat this procedure until the tuner stops on your desired station. 4.) Adjust the VOLUME and EQ controls as desired. 5.) If you tuned to an FM Stereo station the STEREO indicator will appear in the display. 6.) When you are finished listening press the POWER button on the main unit or remote control to return to the Standby (Power Off) mode. The STANDBY LED Indicator comes “On”. 11 ES50_ib071403.p65 11 14/7/2003, 11:40 Antenna Information AM The AM antenna is inside the cabinet. IF AM reception is unsatisfactory try rotating the entire unit until you find the position that provides the best reception. FM Vary the direction of the FM antenna to find the position that provides the best reception. FM antenna 12 ES50_ib071403.p65 12 14/7/2003, 11:40 PRE-SETTING STATIONS IN THE TUNER MEMORY This system includes a 20 station preset memory. You can store up to 10 FM stations and 10 AM stations in the tuner memory for immediate recall. The procedure for storing stations in memory is as follows: 1.) Follow step 3 under LISTENING TO THE RADIO in page 11 to select the first station you wish to memorize. Example: FM 103.5 MHz. 2.) When the desired station appears on the display press the MEMORY button on the front panel or the remote control. The Channel # “01” indicator appears and the “MEMORY” indicator flashes in the display. 3.) Press the MEM-UP/REPEAT button on the front panel or remote control to select a preset channel number. (Example: Preset channel # 03.) 4.) Press the MEMORY button on the front panel or the remote control once more to enter the station in preset memory number 03. 5.) Repeat steps 1 through 4, selecting a different preset number in Step 3 each time until you have entered up to 10 FM stations in the tuner memory. 6.) Press the STOP/BAND button to select the AM band and follow the same procedure to enter up to 10 AM stations in the tuner memory. 13 ES50_ib071403.p65 13 14/7/2003, 11:40 RECALLING PRESET STATIONS Turn the unit ‘On’ and select the desired band. Press the MEM-UP/REPEAT button on the front panel or the remote control repeatedly to scroll through the preset memories until the display shows the desired station. CHANGING PRESET STATIONS To change any preset station memory select the desired band and tune to the new station you wish to memorize. Press the MEMORY button and then press the MEM-UP/REPEAT button to display the memory number you wish to change. Press the MEMORY button again to enter the new station in the memory. The new station is memorized and the previous station is deleted from the memory. 14 ES50_ib071403.p65 14 14/7/2003, 11:40 PLAYING COMPACT DISCS IMPORTANT: This CD player can play normal CDs plus CD Recordable (CD-R) and CD Rewriteable (CD-RW) discs. However the playability of CD-R and CD-RW discs may be affected by the type of software that was used in ‘ripping’ the tracks from the original discs and ‘burning’ the tracks onto the blank media. Playability may also be affected by the quality and condition of the blank media you use for recording. 100% compatibility cannot be guaranteed. This is not an indication of any problems with your player. 1.) Press the POWER button to turn the system ‘On’. 2.) Press the CD button on the top panel of the main unit or the FUNCTION button on the remote controls to select the CD function. 3.) Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the top panel to open the CD door. The main display shows “– – – –”. If you have not already done so, remove the ‘dummy CD’ from the player and discard it. 4.) Place a CD properly seated on the center spindle with the printed label side facing upward. Gently pressing down on the disc near the center hole to make sure that it is properly seated on the spindle. 5.) Close the CD door. The disc will spin and ‘00 00:00’ will flash in the display as the player reads the table of contents on the disc. Within a few seconds the disc will stop spinning and the display will show the total playing time and total tracks on the disc. Track Number Playing Time Note: If the disc is inserted upside down or if the disc is badly scratched and unreadable, playback will not be possible. In this case the main display will show “no dISC”. Remove the disc and re insert it properly, or try another disc. 15 ES50_ib071403.p65 15 14/7/2003, 11:40 6.) Press the PLAY/PAUSE button on the top panel of the main unit or on the remote control to begin playback on track 1. The display will show the elapsed playing time of each track as it plays. 7.) Adjust the VOLUME and EQ controls as desired. 8.) When the last track has played the player stops automatically and the display again sh...