Receiving Traffic Information

1Press and hold TA for at least 2 seconds so that the “TA” indicator lights up.

2Press or to select your desired traffic information station.

When a traffic information station is tuned in, the “TP” indicator lights up.

Traffic information is heard only when it is being broadcast. If traffic information is not being broadcast, the unit is set in the standby mode. When a traffic information broadcast begins, the unit automatically receives it and the display shows “T. INFO”. When the traffic information broadcast is over, the unit will automatically set in the standby mode.

Notes

If the traffic information broadcast signal falls below a certain level, the unit remains in the receiving mode for 1 minute. If the signal remains below a certain level for over 1 minute, the “TA” indicator blinks.

If you do not want to listen to the traffic information being received, lightly press BAND to skip that traffic information message. The TA mode will remain in the ON position to receive the next traffic information message.

If the volume level is changed while receiving traffic information, the changed volume level will be memorized. When traffic information is received next time, the volume level will be automatically adjusted to the level memorized.

In the TA mode, the SEEK tuning selects only the TP stations.

PTY (Program Type) Tuning

1Press FUNC. so that the (F) indicator lights up.

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

The Program 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 RBDS station can be received, the display shows “No PTY”.

Note

If no operation is performed for 5 seconds after pressing 3 PTY, the PTY mode will be automatically canceled.

3Press or within 5 seconds after activating the

PTY mode to choose the desired program type while the PTY (program type) is being displayed.

Each press scrolls the program type by one.

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

The chosen program 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.

5Press FUNC. to activate the normal mode. The (F) indicator goes out.

Note

Operate the unit while the (F) indicator lights up. If no operation is performed for 5 seconds, the (F) indicator goes out.

Receiving Traffic Information While Playing CD or Radio

1Press and hold TA for at least 2 seconds so that the “TA” indicator lights up.

2Press or to select a traffic information station if necessary.

When a traffic information broadcast starts, the unit automatically mutes the CD player 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 “TA” indicator 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.

3Press and hold TA for at least 2 seconds to deactivate the Traffic Information mode.

The “TA” indicator goes out.

Using iTunes tagging

iTunes Tagging lets you tag songs you hear on RBDS stations with your new CDA-117 and then preview, buy, and download them later from your iTunes Tagged playlist the next time you sync your iPhone/iPod.

Note

For details on the iPhone/iPod models usable with this unit, refer to “Connecting an iPhone/iPod” on page 32.

1Tune in the desired RBDS station.

If there is tag information, “Tag” appears in the display.

2Press Tag while desired song is broadcasting.

The “Tag” blinks at the same time the unit beeps for 2 times and “Tagging …” is displayed.

3When completed, “Tag stored” is displayed and the “Tag”

indicator lights up at the same time the unit beeps for 2 times*.

* When completed, “Tag count X” (X is the total amount of stored tag information) is displayed if no iPhone/iPod is connected.

Notes

When Beep is set to OFF, there will be no beep sound during operation. For details, refer to “Sound (Beep) Guide Function” on page 21.

During tagging, the iPhone/iPod takes priority to save the tag information. If no iPhone/iPod is connected, the tag information is saved to this unit.

When the memory of iPhone/iPod is full, “iPod Memory Full” is displayed and the unit beeps 2 times. The tag information will be stored to the unit.

During tagging, changing the source or RBDS station or traffic information, etc., is received, the tagging will be canceled; however, “Cannot Tag” will not be displayed in this case.

This unit can store up to 50 pieces of tag information. When the memory of the unit is full, “Tuner Memory Full Connect iPod” may be displayed and the unit beeps 2 times.

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