PTY Programme Type Tuning, 11-EN | Alpine CDA-9812RB, CDA-9812RR

PTY (Programme Type) Tuning

1 Press F/SETUP so that the “FUNC” indicator lights up. (Only the underlined portion of the “FUNC” indicator for CDA-9811R.)

2 Press 3/PTY to activate the PTY mode, while the unit is in Radio (FM receiving) mode.

The Programme Type of the station being currently received will be displayed for 5 seconds.

If there is no receivable PTY broadcast, “NO PTY” will be displayed for 5 seconds.

If no RDS station can be received, the display shows “NO PTY.”

•If no operation is performed within 5 seconds after pressing PTY, the PTY mode will be automatically cancelled.

3 Press g and f within 5 seconds after activating the PTY mode to choose the desired programme type while the PTY (programme type) is being displayed.

Each press scrolls the programme type by one.

LIGHT M ↔ CLASSICS ↔ OTHER M

4 Press 3/PTY within 5 seconds after selecting the programme type to start searching for a station in the selected programme type.

The chosen programme type display blinks during searching and lights when a station is found.

If no PTY station is found, “NO PTY” will be displayed for 5 seconds.

5 Press F/SETUP to activate the normal mode. The “FUNC” indicator (only the underlined portion of the “FUNC” indicator for CDA-9811R) goes out.

•Operate the unit while the “FUNC” indicator (only the underlined portion of the “FUNC” indicator for CDA-9811R) lights up. If no operation is performed within 5 seconds, the “FUNC” indicator (only the underlined portion of the “FUNC” indicator for CDA- 9811R) goes out.

Receiving Traffic Information While Playing CD or Radio

1 Press T.INFO so that the underlined portion of the “T.INFO” indicator lights up. (Only the upper lined portion of the “T.INFO” indicator for CDA-9813R/ CDA-9812RX.)

2 Press g and f to select a traffic information station if necessary.

When a traffic information broadcast starts, the unit automatically mutes the CD player/changer or the regular FM broadcast.

When the traffic information broadcast finishes, the unit automatically returns to the original source play before the traffic information broadcast began.

When traffic information stations cannot be received:

In the tuner mode:

When the TP signal can no longer be received for over 1 minute, the underlined portion of the “T.INFO” indicator (only the upper lined portion of the “T.INFO” indicator for CDA-9813R/CDA-9812RX) blinks.

In the CD mode:

When the TP signal can no longer be received, the traffic information station of another frequency will be selected automatically.

•The receiver is equipped with the EON (Enhanced Other Networks) function in order to keep track of additional alternate frequencies to the AF list. The underlined portion of the “EON” indicator (only the upper lined portion of the “EON” indicator for CDA-9813R/CDA-9812RX) lights up while an RDS EON station is being received. If the station being received does not broadcast the traffic information, the receiver automatically tunes in the related station that broadcasts the traffic information when it occurs.

3 Press T.INFO to deactivate the Traffic Information mode.

The underlined portion of the “T.INFO” indicator (only the upper lined portion of the “T.INFO” indicator for CDA- 9813R/CDA-9812RX) goes out.