Listen to the Digital Radio

10-5. Alphabet Search for service

You can select an alphabetic character from the service list.

1Press [1/6].

2Press and hold [Control] knob. Enter the Alphabet Search mode

3Select a character using [Control] knob.

Exiting from the Alphabet search mode Press and hold [1/6].

Notes on Alphabet search

• To search for a character other than A to Z and 1, enter “*”.

10-6. PTY (Program Type)

You can search for a station by selecting a Program Type.

1Press [Control] knob.

Enters the Function setting mode.

2Select “Settings” > “PTY Search” using [Control] knob.

For how to use [Control] knob, refer to <3-3. How to select the item> (page 9).

3Select a Program Type using [Control] knob.

Program Type	Display
Speech	“Speech”
Music	“Music”
News	“News”
Current Affairs	“Affairs”
Information	“Info”
Sport	“Sport”
Education	“Educate”
Drama	“Drama”
Culture	“Arts”
Science	“Science”
Varied	“Talk”
Pop Music	“Pop”
Rock Music	“Rock”
Easy Listening Music	“Easy”
Light Classical	“Light M”
Serious Classical	“Classics”
Other Music	“Other M”
Weather	“Weather”
Finance	“Finance”
Children’s programs	“Children”
Social Affairs	“Factual”
Religion	“Religion”
Phone In	“Phone In”
Travel	“Travel”
Leisure	“Leisure”
Jazz Music	“Jazz”
Country Music	“Country”
National Music	“Nation M”
Oldies Music	“Oldies”
Folk Music	“Folk”
Documentary	“Document”

Speech and music include the following types of programs.

Speech: Program type indicated by colored letters

Music: Program type indicated by black letters

“NO PTY” display

•When the selected Program Type is not found, “No PTY” appears. Select another Program Type.

Case where this function cannot be used

•This function cannot be used during reception of a traffic bulletin or AM broadcast.

10-7. Announcement setup

When a service set to ON begins, it will switch from receiving any source to receiving announcement.

1Press [Control] knob.

Enters the Function setting mode.

2Select “Settings” > “ASW Select” using [Control] knob.

For how to use [Control] knob, refer to <3-3. How to select the item> (page 9).

3Turn [Control] knob to select an announcement.

Program Type	Display
Time table of public transportation	“Travel”
Information with lower importance than Alarm	“Warning”
News	“News”
Weather news	“Weather”
Event information	“Event”
Unscheduled event information	“Special”
Radio program announcement	“Rad info”
Sports news	“Sports”
Financial and economic news	“Finance”

4Press [Control] knob.

Pressing the button each time switches the setting between On and Off.

”*” indicator lights up when an announcement program type is set to ON.

Exiting from the Function setting mode Press and hold [1/6].

4 Press [E] or [F] to select a station.

Exiting from the PTY mode.

Press [1/6].

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KDC-U7056DAB specifications

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