-NDR2 airs a PTY-POP programme.

-The system will switch to the linked station NDR2 for the duration of the “POP” programme.

During CD or CDC operation, the set will also switch to the programme offering the selected PTY within the broadcasting net- work.

After the PTY programme the system will remain in the radio mode.

Notice:

As earlier mentioned, these functions are currently only supported by a limited number of RDS stations.

Receiving traffic programme stations with RDS-EON

The abbreviation “EON” stands for En-

Traffic announcement priority

hanced Other Networks, meaning the

on/off

exchange of information within a radio net-

If the priority for traffic announcement pro-

work.

grammes is activated, “TA” will light up in

Many FM broadcasters offer traffic messag-

the display.

es for their service area at regular intervals.

To switch the priority on or off:

All traffic programme stations transmit a

• Press TIM for approximately two sec-

special carrier signal alongside their pro-

grammes, which is decoded by your car ra-

onds until you hear a beep.

dio. If this signal is identified, “TP” will ap-

When pressing TIM while a message is be-

pear in the display (Traffic Programme).

ing broadcast, this message will be interrup-

In addition to these, there are also stations

ted. The unit will then switch back to the pre-

which do not actually transmit traffic pro-

vious condition, though the recording of this

grammes themselves, but by using RDS-

message in the TIM memory will remain

EON they offer the possibility to receive the

uninterrupted.

traffic messages broadcast by another traf-

If you press the TIM button once again,

fic programme station in the same radio

“RECORD” will appear in the display for

network.

approximately two seconds.

If you wish to have the priority for traffic an-

When interrupting an EON message, the

nouncements activated while listening to

radio will not continue to record the an-

one of these stations (e.g. NDR3), “TA” must

nouncement since it will switch back to the

appear on the display panel.

programme heard before.

If a traffic announcement is broadcast, the

The priority for other traffic messages re-

radio will automatically switch to the linked

mains active.

traffic programme station (in this case,

Please note that several buttons have no

NDR2) for the duration of the message (EON

function while a traffic announcement is

message) and return to the original pro-

broadcast.

gramme (NDR3) afterwards.

 

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Blaupunkt RDM 126 Receiving traffic programme stations with RDS-EON, Traffic announcement priority, On/off