If the system is unable to find a station of- fering the selected programme type, the dis- play will show “NO PTY” and a beep tone will be released. The station received be- fore starting seek tuning will be tuned in. You can assign different programme types to each preset position. Please refer to the next chapter “Storing programme types”.
b)Using the << >> buttons of the rocker switch
When PTY is switched on, you can se- lect a programme type using buttons << >>.
•Press << or >>; the programme type selected last will be displayed for three seconds.
•During this period press >> (for- wards) or << (backwards) to select the desired type.
•Press << or >> as many times as required.
If you wish to listen to a station offering the selected PTY,
•press 
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to start seek tuning op- eration.
If the system is unable to find a station of- fering the selected programme type, the dis- play will show “NO PTY” and a beep tone
will be released. The station received be- fore starting seek tuning will be tuned in.
Storing programme types
One programme type was assigned to each of the preset buttons
If desired, you can also store other availa- ble programme types.
To do so, make sure that “PTY” lights up in the display.
•If necessary, press the PTY button to switch on the function.
•Select a programme type using but- tons << >> and
•hold down the desired preset button
Now the selected programme type can be recalled by pressing this preset. For this the PTY function must be active.
Scanning stations with PTY-SCAN
Condition: “PTY” must appear in the display.
•Press the SC button.
All received stations offering the selected programme types will be scanned.
To switch off
•Press SC once again.
PTY priority
Situation:
PTY is switched on and lights up in the dis- play.
No station offering the selected programme type can currently be received (with seek tuning or scan).
The set will switch back to the previous sta- tion.
As soon as a programme with such PTY can be received within the broadcasting network, the unit will switch over to the correspond- ing station for the duration of the pro- gramme.
Example:
German broadcasting network NDR:
-Station tuned in: NDR3.
-“PTY” lights up in the display.
-Programme type “POP” selected.
-Seek tuning is started.
-No station with
-The display shows “NO PTY” and
-automatically switches back to NDR3.
-NDR2 airs a
-The system will switch to the linked station NDR2 for the duration of the “POP” programme.
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