Blaupunkt RDM 169 Traffic information station reception with RDS-EON, On/off

Traffic information station reception with RDS-EON

If the station you are tuned into does not	The abbreviation “EON” stands for En-	Traffic announcement priority
transmit radio text, “No Text” will appear in	hanced Other Networks, which means that	on/off
the display.	information is exchanged within a radio net-	If the priority for traffic announcement pro-
	work.
		grams is activated, “TA” will light up in the
Switching radio text off	Many FM radio stations provide their serv-
		display.
• Press TU, NEXT and RT (radio text)	ice area with traffic messages at regular in-	To switch the priority on or off:
one after the other.	tervals.
		• Press TU to access menu level 2.
The red arrow in front of “RT” will disappear. Along with their programs, all traffic infor-
		• Press the TA button.
	mation stations transmit a special carrier sig-
		If you press STOP while a message is be-
	nal, which is decoded by your car radio. If
		ing broadcast, this message will be inter-
	this signal is identified, “TP” will appear in
	the display (Traffic Program).	rupted. The unit will then switch back to the
	In addition to these, there are also stations	previous mode. The priority for other traffic
		messages remains active.
	which do not actually transmit traffic infor-
	mation themselves, but by using RDS-EON	Warning beep
	it is possible for them to forward the traffic
	messages broadcast by another traffic in-	If you leave the reception area of the traffic
	formation station in the same radio network.	information station you are currently tuned
	If you want to have the priority for traffic an-	into, you will hear a warning beep at inter-
		vals of approx. 30 seconds.
	nouncements activated while listening to
	one of these stations (e.g. NDR3), “TA” This warning beep will also be emitted if you
	(Traffic Announcement priority) must appear	press a preset button for a station which
		does not send the traffic information signal.
	on the display panel.
	If a traffic announcement is broadcast, the	Switching the warning beep off
	radio will automatically switch to the linked
		a) Tune into another station offering traf-
	traffic program station (in this case, NDR2)
	for the duration of the message and return	fic information:
	to the original program (NDR3) afterwards.	• Press the rocker switch or
		• press a preset button which has a traf-
		fic information station allocated to it.

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