Alpine CDE-9850Ri owner manual Receiving Traffic Information, PTY Programme Type Tuning, 10-EN

Receiving Traffic Information

1 Press TA so that the “TA” indicator lights up.

2 Press 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 “TRF-INFO” for a few seconds.

When the traffic information broadcast is over, the unit will automatically set in the standby mode.

•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 TA 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 (Programme Type) Tuning

1 Press FUNC. so that the “FUNC” indicator lights up.

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 10 seconds.

If there is no receivable PTY broadcast, “NO PTY” will be displayed for 10 seconds.

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

•If no operation is performed within 10 seconds after pressing 3 PTY, the PTY mode will be automatically cancelled.

3 Press or within 10 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.

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4 Press 3 PTY within 10 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 10 seconds.

5 Press FUNC. to activate the normal mode. The “FUNC” indicator goes out.

•Operate the unit while the “FUNC” indicator lights up. If no operation is performed within 10 seconds, the “FUNC” indicator goes out.

Receiving Traffic Information While Playing CD or Radio

1 Press TA so that the “TA” indicator lights up.

2 Press 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.

•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 “EON” indicator 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 TA to deactivate the Traffic Information mode.

The “TA” indicator goes out.

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