Samsung HT-TX500R/XET, HT-TX500T/ADL manual About RDS broadcasting Con’t, Convenient Functions

About RDS broadcasting (Con’t)

PTY (Program Type) indication and PTY-SEARCH function

One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a particular kind of program from the preset channels by specifying the PTY codes.

To search for a program using the PTY codes

Before you start, remember...

•The PTY Search is only applicable to preset stations.

•To stop searching any time during the process, press PTY SEARCH while searching.

•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is cancelled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

•When pressing the buttons on the primary remote control, make sure that you have selected the FM station using the primary remote control.

1 Press PTY SEARCH while listening to an FM station.

2 Press the PTY- or PTY+ until the PTY code you want appears on the display.

• The display gives you the PTY codes described to the right.

3 Press PTY SEARCH again, while the PTY code selected in the previous step is still on the display.

• The center unit searches 15 preset FM stations, stops when it finds the one you have selected, and tunes in that station.

Convenient Functions

Sleep Timer Function

You can set the time that the Home Theater will shut itself off.

Press the SLEEP button.

Each time the button is pressed, the preset time changes as follows :

10 ➝ 20 ➝ 30 ➝ 60 ➝ 90 ➝ 120 ➝ 150 ➝ OFF.

To confirm the sleep timer setting, press the SLEEP button.

The remaining time before the Home Theater will shut itself off is displayed.

Pressing the button again changes the sleep time from what you have set earlier.

To cancel the sleep timer, press the SLEEP button until <OFF> appears on the display.

Adjusting Display Brightness

You can adjust the brightness of the display on the main unit so it won't interfere with your movie viewing.

Press the DIMMER button.

Each time the button is pressed, the brightness of front display will be adjusted.

GB

Display	Program Type
NEWS	News including an announced opinion and
	report
AFFAIRS	Several matters including a current incident,
	documentary, discussion and analysis.
	Information including weights and measures,
INFO	returns and forecast, matters interesting the cus-
	tomer, medical information, etc.
SPORT	Sports
EDUCATE	Education
DRAMA	Drama-Radio serial, etc.
	Culture-National or local culture including the
CULTURE	religious problem, social science, language,
	theater, etc.
SCIENCE	Natural science and technology
VARIED	Others-Speech, amusing program (quiz, game),
	interview, comedy and satirical play, etc.
POP M	Pop music
ROCK M	Rock music
M.O.R.M	Current contemporary music considered to be
	“easy listening.”
LIGHT M	Light classical music- Classical music and
	instrumental and chorus music

Display	Program Type
CLASSICS	Heavy classical music-Orchestra music,
	symphony, chamber music and opera
OTHER M	Other music - Jazz, R&B country music
WEATHER	Weather
FINANCE	Finance
CHILDREN	Children’s programmes
SOCIAL A	Social affairs
RELIGION	Religion
PHONE IN	Phone in
TRAVEL	Travel
LEISURE	Leisure
JAZZ	Jazz Music
COUNTRY	Country Music
NATION M	National Music
OLDIES	Oldies Music
FOLK M	Folk Music
DOCUMENT	Documentary

BUZZER/HOLD FUNCTION

Each time you press and hold the DIMMER button for more than 2 seconds,

the following functions are selected in order: BUZZER ➝ HOLD

BUZZER : Turns off the buzzer that rings each time you press any of the top buttons on the main unit.Each time you press and release the DIMMER but-ton, it toggles between BUZZER ON and OFF.

HOLD : Locks the top buttons on the main unit. Each time you press and release the DIMMER button, it toggles between HOLD ON and OFF.

Mute Function

This is useful when answering a doorbell or telephone call.

Press the MUTE button.

“ ” appears in the display.

To restore the sound, press the MUTE button again.

MISCELLANEOUS

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