Blaupunkt RCR 127 Receiving traffic programme stations with RDS-EON, On/off, Beep tone

The abbreviation “EON” stands for En-

Traffic announcement priority

hanced Other Networks, meaning the ex-

on/off

change of information within a radio network.

If the priority for traffic announcement pro-

Many FM broadcasters offer traffic messag-

grammes is activated, “TA” will light up in

es for their service area at regular intervals.

the display.

All traffic programme stations transmit a

To switch the priority on or off:

special carrier signal alongside their pro-

• Press the TA button.

grammes, which is decoded by your car ra-

dio. If this signal is identified, “TP” will ap-

When pressing TA while a message is be-

pear in the display (Traffic Programme).

ing broadcast, this message will be inter-

In addition to these, there are also stations

rupted. The unit will then switch back to the

which do not actually transmit traffic pro-

previous condition. The priority for all other

grammes themselves, but by using RDS-

traffic messages remains active.

EON they offer the possibility to receive the

Please note that several buttons have no

traffic messages broadcast by another traf-

function while a traffic announcement is

fic programme station in the same radio

broadcast.

network.

If you wish to have the priority for traffic an-

Beep tone

nouncements activated while listening to

If you leave the reception area of the traffic

one of these stations (e.g. NDR3), “TA” must

appear on the display panel.

programme station currently tuned into, you

If a traffic announcement is broadcast, the

will hear a beep tone approximately every

radio will automatically switch to the linked

30 seconds.

traffic programme station (in this case,

This tone will also be released when press-

NDR2) for the duration of the message and

ing a preset button which has no traffic pro-

return to the original programme (NDR3)

gramme allocated to it.

afterwards.