Roadmaster VRCD220S manual TA Travel Announcements, TP Traffic Program, PTY Program Type

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RDS Operation

station. This means you do not have to re-tune the radio when driving between different transmitter coverage areas. When AF is on, it means RDS information is received; when AF is flashing, it means RDS information is not yet received.

TA - Travel Announcements

Press the TA button and the unit will be activated for reception of traffic announce- ments from local radio stations.

To choose the TA mode, press the “SEL” Button for 2 seconds, the display will show “TA SEEK”. Press the “+/-” Buttons to choose between “TA SEEK” and “TA ALARM”, after chooisng, please leave the unit idle for the new mode setting to take effect. In “TA SEEK” mode, the unit will seek for traffic announcement program when “TA” is pressed; in “TA ALARM” mode, no “TA/TP” is displayed and the alarm is turned off.

TP - Traffic Program

The “TP” Function is used to allow the user to find only those stations that regularly broadcast traffic bulletins.

PTY - Program Type

This “PTY” function allow you to select the type of program you wish to listen to, and will search for a station broadcasting that type of program. Press the “PTY” button once to show the music type. Then press the 1-6 buttons to choose the different music types available.

Press the “PTY” button twice to show Talk Show programing you can search for, then press a number button 1-6 to choose a different Talk Show type program. Each number button can display 3 Talk Show programs for you to choose.

There are up to 31 pre-defined program types that allows users to find programing by genre.

MASK DPI - MASK ALL

Press the “SEL” Button for 2 seconds, the display will show “TA SEEK”. Press the

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sound select button again so that the unit will show “MASK DPI”.

Press the “+/-” Buttons to toggle between “MASK DPI” and “MASK ALL” mode. Then leave the unit idle for the new setting to take effect.

During “MASK DPI” mode, the unit will mask only the “AF” which has differ- ent “PI”, this is the default mode; during “MASK ALL” mode, the unit will mask the AF which has different PI and no RDS sig- nal with high field strength.

RETUNE S/L - SHORT/LONG

This function is to set the initial duration of automatic TA Search -- Press and hold the “SEL” button until “TA SEEK” is shown on the LCD, then Press the “+/-” Buttons to cycle through the menu selec- tions until “RETUNE_S” is shown, use the VOL +/- button to choose “RETUNE_S” or “RETUNE_L”. The default is “RETUNE_S”.

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Contents VRCD220S Welcome Precautions Care of DiscsThis unit will only play the following discs Remove Mark Polarity of the Speaker Wires Remove the Old Unit from the DashboardInstallation DIN FRONT-MOUNT Method aDIN REAR-MOUNT Method B PartsWiring Connections Location of the Controls To Remove the FaceplateBasic Operation Radio Operation RDS OperationTA Travel Announcements TP Traffic ProgramPTY Program Type CD Operation MP3 & WMA Disc Operation Search ModesSimple Track Search Track SearchMaintenance Cleaning the Unit File SearchRCA Output Character SearchSimple Troubleshooting Guide SpecificationsLimited Warranty Conditions of WarrantyVRCD220S English Proof Manual.indd 10/15/08 113419 AM