TA Traffic An nounc ement (Prio rity For Tr affic I nform ation )
When th e TA functio n is acti vated , the
TA symbol ap pears i n the dis play .
Durin g radio o perat ion in on e FM
frequ ency ba nd the se arch fo r a traffi c
annou nceme nt stat ion is st arted
autom atica lly (TA SEEK ) .
If an FM sta tion is b eing re ceive d whic h
trans mits the l atest t raffi c annou nce-
ments fr om time t o time, t he TP dis play
light s up.
When th e TA functio n is swit ched on ,
the FM tra ffic au tomat icall y inter rupt
CD oper ation ( the wor d TRAFF IC
appea rs in the d ispla y).
The vol ume lev el is inc rease d to the
minim um valu e for the tr ansm issio n of
traffi c annou nceme nts.
After th e traff ic anno uncem ents ha s
finis hed, th e progr am that w as
previ ously r unnin g is resu med.
Interr uptio n of the TA Fun ction :
If you wou ld lik e to inte rrupt th e curre nt
traffi c annou nceme nt, tou ch the TA
secti on on scr een bri efly . Thi s does
switc h off the TA mod e .
AF FUNC TION(Alte rnati ve Freq uenci es)
AF is a func tion th at work s with th e help
of RDS (R adio Da ta Syste m) and ca n
only be u sed wit h FM stati ons. Th e radio
searc hes in th e backg round f or the be st
frequ ency re cepti on of the st ation t hat
has bee n tuned i nto .
PI MUTE :
the sou nd of ano ther sta tion i s
suppr essed .
In Radi o mode, t ouch th e curso r button
to switc h the TA func tion ON a nd OFF .
In Radi o mode, t ouch th e curso r button
to switc h the AF fun ction O N and OFF .
Touch the AF se ction o n touch s creen o r
swing a nd keep t he SEL kno b in the
TA/AF dir ectio n for abo ut 2 seco nds ,
the AF fun ction i s activa ted. Th e AF
symbo l appea rs in the d ispla y .
When th e AF functi on has b een swi tched
on, the ra dio co ntinu ously t ests the
signa l stren gth of the A F freque ncy .
The test i nterv al for ea ch AF freq uency
depen ds on the s ignal s treng th of the
curre nt stati on and va ries fr om a few
minut es in the c ase of we ak sign als.
Whene ver the n ew AF freq uency i s
stron ger tha n the stat ion tha t is curr ently
tuned i n , the rad io swit ched to th is
frequ ency fo r a short ti me for a sh ort
time an d the mes sage
“NEW FRE QUENC Y “ is disp layed f or
one or tw o secon ds.
PTY FUN CTION
In Radi o mode, to uch scr een of “P TY”
range t o selec t the Prog ram typ e .
PTY Sele ction o f the pro gram ty pe
besid es the sta tion s name, so me FM
statio ns also t ransm it info rmati on on the
type of pr ogram . This in forma tion ca n
be disp layed b y your ca r radio .
Examp les of suc h types o f progr am are :
SPORT NE WS POP WE ATHER .. ....
With PTY f uncti on you ca n speci fical ly
selec t statio ns tran smitt ing a par ticul ar
type of pr ogram . Touch the P TY on scr een
repea tedly t o call up t he PTY sel ectio n
menu. Th e messa ge “PTY S EEK” th en
appea rs brie fly in th e displ ay .
When PTY h as been s elect ed the ra dio
start se archi ng for co rresp ondi ng PTY
infor matio n and sto ps when t he PTY
infor matio n has bee n found , “NO PTY”
appea rs in the d ispla y. If the PTY
infor matio n being s earch ed for no l onger
exists , the PTY f uncti on auto matic ally
switch es to nor mal mod e .
Touch S creen O perat ion
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