This article is for those who wish to program radio stations into their Pioneer Compact Stereo Xr P170C and 270C. Many owners of this compact stereo system acquire it second-hand with no manual, and this article will help to explain one of the functions that can be done on the device.
Before starting, get another radio to find the approximate stations you will want to assign to the 24 available channel numbers. Write them down. If your Pioneer stereo is on cable, the FM selections will be assigned a different frequency, so take this into account. There are only 24 channel numbers so remember to leave room for some AM stations, if desired. If you enter in 24 FM stations and then try to enter an AM one in, it will overwrite the FM assigned to that channel number.
This stereo system is amazingly unintuitive to program in radio stations for the remote.
1Press the Tuner/Band button until an FM or AM frequency is showing, whichever band you want to do.Ad
2Use the two double arrow buttons just below the Tuner/Band button to tune in the desired frequency.
3Press the big button to the right that is shaped like a baseball home plate. This button has opposing arrows on it. Press either end; it does not really matter. A channel number will now appear.
4If the channel number that appears is OK with you, then press the big button again, the one shaped like the baseball home plate. The station frequency you selected is now assigned to that channel number. So remember, the first press of the big button assigns a channel number, the second press then locks it into memory.
5If you want a different channel number than the one that comes up on the first press of the big button, then use the double arrow tuner buttons to go up or down on the channel numbers. Once you have the number you want, press the big button for the second time to lock it into the memory.
6To proceed to the next station assignment, wait for the flashing to stop and the last frequency to come up. Use the double arrow tuner buttons to find the next station on your list. Now repeat instructions 3 to 5 to get it into the memory.Ad
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