User's Manual Part 2

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8.1 Scanning for stations
The first time you select DAB radio mode, Or if the station list is empty, M3+
STEREO automatically performs a full scan to see what stations are
available. You may also need to start a scan manually to update the list of
stations for one of the following reasons:
Available stations change from time to time.
If reception was not good for the original scan (for example the antenna was
not up), this may result in an empty or incomplete list of available stations.
If you have poor reception of some stations (burbling), you may wish to list
only stations with good signal strength.
To start a scan manually, select Menu > Scan.
Once the scan is complete, the radio shows a list of available stations.
To remove stations that are listed but unavailable, select Menu > Prune
invalid.
8.2 Selecting stations
To listen to or change a station, turn the Select control to view a list of stations
and press to select. Once selected, the station plays and the screen shows
information about the station, track or show as broadcast.
Presets
To store a DAB preset, press and hold Preset until the display shows the Save
preset screen.
Select one of the 20 presets (on the remote) to save the currently playing
station.
To select a preset, press Preset briefly, then select one of the listed preset
stations.
When a preset station is playing, it shows ☆1,2,3 etc in the bottom middle of
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the screen.
8.3 Now playing information
While the stream is playing, the screen shows its name and DLS (Dynamic
Label Segment) information broadcast by the station giving real-time
information such as programme name, track title and contact details. Stereo
broadcasts are indicated with an icon at the top of the screen. To view further
information, press Info .
Each time you press Info , another set of information is displayed, cycling
through DLS text, programme type, ensemble name/frequency, signal
strength/error rate, bit rate/codec/channels and today's date.
8.4 Settings
Dynamic range compression
Some DAB broadcasts offer dynamic range compression (DRC). This feature
allows radios to compress the dynamic range of the output audio stream, so
that the volume of quiet sounds is increased, and the volume of loud sounds is
reduced. This can be useful if you are listening to music with a high dynamic
range in a noisy environment (for example, classical music while cooking).
To change the DRC of the M3+, select Menu > DRC, and then DRC high, DRC
low or DRC off.
Note: The M3+'s DRC setting does have any effect if DRC data is not included
in the broadcast.
Station order
You can choose the order of the DAB station list to be either Alphanumeric,
Ensemble or Valid. Ensemble lists groups of stations that are broadcast
together on the same ensemble, for example BBC or South Wales local. Valid
lists valid stations first, alphanumerically, then off-air stations.
To change station order, select Menu > Station order > then Alphanumeric,
Ensemble or Valid.
9. FM radio mode
FM radio mode receives analogue radio from the FM band and displays RDS
(Radio Data System) information about the station and show (where
broadcast).
To enter FM mode, either press mode to choose FM Radio or select Menu
>Main menu >FM.