Turning Emergency Alarm On or Off

1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3 seconds.

2 Press the Preset 3 button repeatedly to select the PTY31 ON or PTY31 OFF mode.

In the PTY31 ON mode, the unit will make an emergency announcement when the unit receives the PTY31 (Emergency Broadcast) signal.

3 Press the SETUP button to activate the selected mode.

Receiving Traffic Information

1 Press the T.INFO button to activate the Traffic Information mode.

The display shows "T-INFO" when the Traffic Information mode is activated.

2 Press the DN g or f UP button 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 5 seconds and returns to the PS display.

When 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 unit produces an alarming sound.

If you do not want to listen to the traffic information being received, lightly press the T. INFO button to skip that traffic information message. The T. INFO 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.

PTY (Programme Type) Tuning

1 Press the "F" button.

The function indicator at the top side of the "F" button will turn off.

2 Press the PTY button to activate the PTY mode. The Programme 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 RDS station can be received, the display shows "NO RDS."

NOTE

If no button is pressed within 5 seconds after pressing the PTY button, the PTY mode will be automatically cancelled.

3 Press the DN g and f UP buttons within 5 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 the PTY button within 5 seconds after selecting the programme type to start searching for a station in the selected programme type. The chosen programme type indicator blinks during searching and lights when a station is found.

If no station is found, "NO PTY" will be displayed for 5 seconds.

5 Press the "F" button to activate the normal mode. The function indicator at the top side of the "F" button will illuminate.

Receiving Traffic Information While Playing Tape or Radio

1 Press the T.INFO button repeatedly until the T.INFO indicator appears in the display.

2 Press the DN g and f UP buttons to select a traffic information station if necessary.

When a traffic information broadcast starts, the unit automatically mutes the tape 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, an alarm will be sounded after 1 minute.

In the Tape mode:

When the TP signal can no longer be received, the traffic information station of another frequency will be selected automatically.

NOTE

The receiver is equipped with the EON (Enhanced Other Networks) function in order to keep track of additional alternative frequencies to the AF list. The EON indicator appears 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 the T.INFO button to deactivate the Traffic Information mode.

The T.INFO indicator disappears.

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