Sony XR-4740RDS Locating a station by programme type, Setting the clock automatically

Locating a station by programme type

You can locate the station you want by selecting one of the programme types shown below.

Note

If the countries or regions where EON data is not transmitted, you can use this function only for the stations you have tuned in once.

	Programme types	Display
	News	NEWS
	Current Affairs	AFFAIRS
	Information	INFO
	Sports	SPORT
	Education	EDUCATE
	Drama	DRAMA
	Culture	CULTURE
	Science	SCIENCE
EN
	Varied	VARIED
	Popular Music	POP M
	Rock Music	ROCK M
	Middle of the Road Music	M.O.R. M
	Light Classical	LIGHT M
	Classical	CLASSICS
	Other Music Type	OTHER M
	Weather	WEATHER
	Finance	FINANCE
	Children's programms	CHILDREN
	Social Affairs	SOCIAL A
	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 M
	Documentary	DOCUMENT
	Not specified	NONE

Note

You can not use this function in some countries where no PTY (Programme Type selection) data is available.

1 Press (PTY) during FM reception until “PTY” lights up on the display.

￿￿ INFO

The current programme type name appears if the station is transmitting the PTY data. “- - - - -” appears if the received station is not an RDS station or if the RDS data has not been received.

2 Press (PTY) repeatedly until the desired programme type appears.

The programme types appear in the order as shown in the above table. Note that you cannot select “NONE” (Not specified) for searching.

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3 Press either side of (SEEK/AMS). The unit starts searching for a station broadcasting the selected programme type. When the unit finds the programme, the programme type appears again for five seconds.

“NO” and the programme type appear alternately for five seconds if the unit cannot find the programme type and it returns to the previous station.

Setting the clock automatically

By receiving CT (Clock Time) data, the clock of this unit can be set automatically.

During FM reception, press (2) while pressing (SEL).

“CT” will be displayed, and the clock will be set.

FM1	CT
	￿ 100

To cancel the CT function

Repeat the above procedure.

Notes

∙The CT function may not work even though an RDS station is being received.

∙The time set by the CT function may not be exact.

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