F-250 Light Duty (1999 year). Manual — part 9

Seek function in radio mode
• Press

to find the next

listenable station down the
frequency band.

• Press

to find the next

listenable station up the
frequency band.

Scan function

The scan function works in radio
mode.

Scan function in radio mode

Press the SCAN control to hear a brief sampling of all listenable stations
on the frequency band. Press the SCAN control again to stop the scan
mode.

Radio station memory preset

The radio is equipped with six station memory preset controls. These
controls can be used to select up to six preset AM stations and twelve
FM stations (six in FM1 and six in FM2).

Setting memory preset stations

1. Select the frequency band with the AM or the FM select control.

2. Select a station. Refer to Tune adjust or Seek function for more
information on selecting a station.

3. Press and hold a memory preset control until the sound returns,
indicating the station is held in memory on the control you selected.

SEEK

TUNE

SCAN

1

2

3

4

5

6

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Bass adjust

The bass adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system’s bass output.

Treble adjust

The treble adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system’s treble output.

Speaker balance adjust

Speaker sound distribution can be
adjusted between the right and left
speakers.

Speaker fade adjust

Speaker sound can be adjusted
between the front and rear
speakers.

BASS

TREB

BAL

FADE

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Tape select
• To enter tape mode while in radio

mode, press the TAPE AMS
control.

Automatic Music Search

The Automatic Music Search feature
allows you to quickly locate the
beginning of the tape selection
being played or to skip to the next
selection.

To activate the feature, momentarily
depress the TAPE AMS button.
Then, press either REW (for the
beginning of the current selection) or FF (to advance to the next
selection). The tape deck stops and returns to play mode when the AMS
circuit senses a blank section on the tape.

In order to ensure proper operation of the AMS feature, the tape MUST
have a blank section of at least 4 seconds duration between programs.

Tape direction select

Press SIDE and 1–2 at the same
time to play the alternate side of a
tape.

Eject function

Press the control to stop and eject a
tape.

TAPE

AMS

CLK

TAPE

AMS

CLK

SIDE

REW

FF

1 - 2

EJ

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Dolby

姞 noise reduction

Dolby

威 noise reduction operates

only in tape mode. Dolby

威 reduces

the amount of hiss and static during
tape playback.

Press the

control to activate (and deactivate) Dolby

威 noise reduction.

The noise reduction system is manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

Setting the clock

Press CLK to toggle between
listening frequencies and clock
mode while in radio mode.

To set the hour, press and hold the
CLK control and press:

•

to decrease hours and

•

to increase hours.

To set the minute, press and hold
the CLK control and press:

4

TAPE

AMS

CLK

SEEK

SEEK

TUNE

TUNE

TAPE

AMS

CLK

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