Receiving traffic announcements, PTY list

Section

02Operating this unit

Receiving traffic announcements

TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re- ceive traffic announcements automatically, no matter what source you are listening to. TA can be activated for both a TP station (a sta- tion that broadcasts traffic information) or an enhanced other network’s TP station (a station carrying information which cross-references TP stations).

1Tune in a TP or enhanced other net- work’s TP station.

TP indicator will light.

2Press TA to turn traffic announcement

standby on.

# To turn traffic announcements standby off,

Switching the RDS display

%Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch be- tween the following settings:

Program service name—PTY information— Frequency

PTY (program type ID code) information is

listed on this page.

# PTY information and the frequency appear on

the display for eight seconds.

# If a PTY code of zero is received from a station or the signal is too weak for this unit to pick up the PTY code, you cannot switch to PTY informa- tion display.

PTY list

press TA again.

3Use VOLUME to adjust the TA volume when a traffic announcement begins.

The newly set volume is stored in memory and recalled for subsequent traffic announce- ments.

4Press TA while a traffic announcement is being received to cancel the announce- ment.

The tuner returns to the original source but re- mains in the standby mode until TA is pressed

again.

# You can also cancel the announcement by pressing SOURCE, BAND, a, b, c or d while a traffic announcement is being received.

Notes

!You can also turn the TA function on or off in the menu that appears with the pressing of

FUNCTION.

!The system switches back to the original source following traffic announcement recep- tion.

!Only TP and enhanced other network’s TP sta- tions are tuned in during seek tuning or BSM when TA is on.

Specific	Type of program
NEWS	News
AFFAIRS	Current affairs
INFO	General information and advice
SPORT	Sports
WEATHER	Weather reports/meteorological infor-
	mation
FINANCE	Stock market reports, commerce,
	trading, etc.
POP MUS	Popular music
ROCK MUS	Contemporary modern music
EASY MUS	Easy listening music
OTH MUS	Non-categorized music
JAZZ	Jazz
COUNTRY	Country music
NAT MUS	National music
OLDIES	Oldies, golden oldies
FOLK MUS	Folk music
L.CLASS	Light classical music
CLASSIC	Classical music
EDUCATE	Educational programs
DRAMA	Radio plays and serials
CULTURE	National or regional culture
SCIENCE	Nature, science and technology
VARIED	Light entertainment
CHILDREN	Children’s
SOCIAL	Social affairs
RELIGION	Religious affairs or services
PHONE IN	Phone in
TOURING	Travel programs; not for traffic an-
	nouncements
LEISURE	Hobbies and recreational activities
DOCUMENT	Documentaries

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