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Radio station memory presets with stored audio effects

  • US 5,530,924 A
  • Filed: 07/05/1994
  • Issued: 06/25/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An audio system comprising:

  • a radio tuner selectably tunable to a plurality of broadcast stations;

    audio system operator inputs including a plurality of memory presets for selecting a selected broadcast station and at least one treatment selector for selecting a desired audio effect;

    an audio processor coupled to said radio tuner and said treatment selector, said audio processor treating an audio signal derived from said broadcast station with said desired audio effect;

    a memory storing broadcast stations corresponding to each of said memory presets, respectively, and storing a desired audio effect corresponding to each of said memory presets, respectively; and

    a control responsive to an activation of a respective memory preset to send a tuning command to said radio tuner corresponding to a stored broadcast station associated with said respective memory preset and to send a treatment command to said audio processor corresponding to a stored audio effect associated with said respective memory preset, wherein said control updates a respective stored audio effect in response to an activation of said treatment selector when a currently tuned-in broadcast station was accessed by activation of one of said memory presets.

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