listening to radio
Tuning/Channel selection
The Solo is fitted with a FM, DAB/
DAB+ (digital radio) tuners. DAB/DAB+
When switching to the internal tuner
broadcasts are not available in all
source, the Solo enters the last used tuner
locations.
band, be it FM or DAB/DAB+. Repeatedly
This section deals with tuner operation, for
pressing RADIO cycles through the
information on setting up the tuner and
available tuner bands on your Solo.
installing aerials see "DAB/DAB+ and FM
aerial" on page E-14.
FM analogue radio
When a tuner input is selected, the OSD
shows a list of radio presets plus an
Incremental frequency tuning on FM radio
information panel giving all available
is done using the 9 and : buttons on the
information about the current frequency
remote control in RADIO device mode.
(for FM) or station (for DAB/DAB+).
You can scan to the next (or previous)
The front panel will also give the same
strong signal by using the < and > .You
information, pressing the INFO key
can stop a scan at any time by pressing
will cycle through the various items of
either 9 or : button.
information:
In Europe, the internal FM radio is capable
FM
of receiving RDS (Radio Data System)
Programme type (if available)
radiotext signals that are transmitted
<
on some stations. The RDS information
<
Radiotext (if available)
typically includes the radio station name,
Audio format
<
the music or speech genre as well as
Signal strength
<
additional information related to the
DAB/DAB+
current programme. On music stations
Programme type
<
this is often information on the currently
<
Radio text (if available)
playing track.
Bit-rate and CODEC of transmission
<
Audio format
<
<
Signal quality
Saving and selecting
presets
Preset selection uses the ' and , keys
DAB/DAB+ digital radio
on the remote to browse and O to select
Digital Audio Broadcasting
the preset when the remote is in RADIO
(DAB/DAB+) radio is becoming
device mode.
more widely available. See
The Solo is capable of storing up to 50
www.worlddab.org/country-information
presets. Pressing the OK key causes
for information on DAB/DAB+ availability.
the next available preset number to be
You will need to scan for available stations
displayed, then pressing the OK key again
before being able to listen to them.
stores the current frequency/channel in
To scan for DAB/DAB+ stations, first select
that preset. If a different preset number is
the DAB/DAB+ tuner then press and hold
required, press the ' or , keys until
the OK key. The Solo will then scan all the
the desired number is displayed before
DAB/DAB+ radio frequencies and compile
pressing the OK key for a second time.
a list of the stations that are available.
Deleting presets
When the scan is complete, you can scroll
through the station list using the < and
When in tuner browse mode (using '
> buttons on the remote control. To listen
and , to scroll through the presets), the
to the currently displayed station press
yellow button on the remote is used to
the O . If you do not press O within
delete the currently highlighted (but not
two seconds, the display will revert to
playing) station or frequency.
displaying the currently playing station.
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