Blaupunkt RCR 128 Traffic programme station reception with RDS-EON, Traffic announcement priority

Traffic programme station reception with RDS-EON

The abbreviation “EON” stands forEn-	Traffic announcement priority
hanced Other Networks, which means that	on/off
information is exchanged within a radio net-	If the priority for traffic announcement pro-
work.
	grammes is activated, “TA” will light up in
Many FM radio stations provide their serv-
	the display.
ice area with traffic messages at regular in-
	To switch the priority on or off:
tervals.
Along with their programmes, all traffic pro-	• Press the AF·TA button. “TA” appears.
gramme stations transmit a special carrier	If you press AF·TA while a message is be-
signal, which is decoded by your car radio.	ing broadcast, this message will be inter-
If this signal is identified, “TP” will appear in	rupted. The unit will then switch back to the
the display (Traffic Programme).	previous mode. The priority for other traffic
In addition to these, there are also stations	messages remains active.
which do not actually transmit traffic infor-	Please note that several buttons have no
mation themselves, but by using RDS-EON	function while a traffic announcement is
it is possible for them to forward the traffic	broadcast.
messages broadcast by another traffic
programme station in the same radio net-	Warning beep
work.
If you want to have the priority for traffic	If you leave the reception area of the traffic
announcements activated while listening to	programme station currently tuned into, you
one of these stations (e.g. NDR4), “TA” must	will hear a warning beep after approximate-
appear on the display panel.	ly 30 seconds.
If a traffic announcement is broadcast, the	This alarm tone will also be emitted if you
radio will automatically switch to the linked	press a preset button for a station which
traffic programme station (in this case,	does not send the traffic programme signal
NDR2) for the duration of the message and	(TP).
return to the original programme (NDR4)
afterwards.

Switching the warning beep off

a)Tune into another station offering traf- fic information:

•Press the rocker switch or

•press a preset button which has a traffic programme station allocated to it.

Alternatively:

b)Switch off the priority for traffic an- nouncements:

•Press TA.

“TA” will disappear from the dis- play.

Automatic seek tuning start

(Cassette operation)

If you leave the reception area for the traffic programme station you have tuned into while you are listening to a cassette, the system will automatically start searching for a new traffic programme.

If no such station is found within approxi- mately 30 seconds, a warning beep will sound every 30 seconds. To switch the warning beep off, proceed as described above.

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