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In order to switch this function on or off,
• press the AF button briefly.
While searching for the strongest reception signal, the radio may switch to mute briefly.
Station tuning Automatic tuning /
• Press / ; the car radio will automati- cally search for the next station.
When keeping the upper or lower part / of the rocker switch depressed, seek tuning will speed up in upwards or downwards di- rection.
AF - Alternative frequency
Certain radio programmes are split up at times into regional programmes offering lo- cal information. The 1st programme broad- cast by NDR, for example, offers pro- grammes with different contents in the
northern states of Germany Schleswig- The AF (Alternative Frequency) function Holstein, Hamburg and Lower Saxony at makes sure that the strongest frequency of certain times of the day.
the currently selected programme is always If you are listening to one programme and
tuned in automatically.move to an area where another linked re- This function is activated when “AF” appears gional programme becomes stronger, the
in the display.unit will switch to that programme.
If you wish to continue listening to the first programme,
• press the AF button for approximately two seconds.
“REG ON”appears in the display.
REG - regional programme
With this car radio you can select between the following wavebands:
FM 87.5 - 108 MHz
MW 531 - 1602 kHz
LW 153 - 279 kHz
• Select the desired waveband by pres- sing the FMT or M•L button.
To toggle between MW and LW:
• Press M•L.
Selecting a waveband
The Radio Data System offers you more convenience when listening to FM radio sta- tions.
More and more radio stations have begun to broadcast RDS information alongside their programmes.
As soon as a programme has been identi- fied, the station name including a regional identifier, if applicable, will appear in the dis- play, for example, NDR1 NDS (regional pro- gramme in Lower Saxony, Germany).
When RDS is activated, the preset buttons become programme buttons. You now know exactly which programme you have tuned into, making it easy to find the desired sta- tion quickly.
But RDS offers you further advantages:
If “SEARCH” appears in the display when If you leave the service area of the regional switching on the radio or recalling one of the programme tuned into, or if you would like stored frequencies, the unit is automatically to take advantage of the full RDS service,
searching for an alternative frequency. switch to “REG OFF”.
“SEARCH” will disappear from the display • Press the AF button for approximately
when the alternative frequency has been two seconds until “REG OFF”appears.
found or after the frequency band has been “REG ON” or “REG OFF” will be briefly dis-
run through completely.played each time the radio is switched on. If the reception quality of the selected pro-
gramme becomes too bad:
• Tune into another station.

Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)

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Blaupunkt RCM 128 operating instructions Radio operation with RDS Radio Data System