RDS Operations

English

announcement broadcast reception is cancelled and the unit goes into the TA standby mode.

●Cancelling the TA standby mode

With “TP” and “TA” lit in the display, press the

[TA] button. The “TA” in the display goes off and the TA standby mode is cancelled.

∗If “TP” is not lit, pressing the [TA] button searches for a TP station.

●Searching for a TP station

When “TP” is not lit, if you press the [TA] button, “TA” in the display lights and the unit automatically receives a TP station.

Note:

•If a TP station is not received, the unit continues the search operation. Pressing [TA] button again goes off “TA” in the display and stops TP station searching.

Auto store function for TP stations

You can automatically store up to 6 TP stations into preset memory. If the number of TP that can be received is less than 6, broadcast stations already stored in memory are left without being overwritten.

Selecting PTY

1.When you press the [PTY] button, the unit goes into PTY select mode.

2.Press any one of the [DIRECT] buttons. Al- ternatively, turn the [ROTARY] knob clock- wise or counterclockwise to select the de- sired PTY.

∗Below are the factory default settings stored for the [DIRECT] buttons.

Preset

 

PTY item

number

ENGLISH

Contents

1

NEWS

News

2

INFO

Information

3

POP M

Pop Music

4

SPORT

Sport

 

 

 

5

CLASSICS

Serious Classical Music

6

EASY M

Easy Listening Music

3.The PTY select mode is cancelled automati- cally 7 seconds after a PTY is selected.

With “TA” lit in the display, press and hold the [P/A] button for 2 seconds or longer.The TP stations with the good reception sensitivity are stored into preset memory.

∗Even if you select FM1 or FM2, a TP station is stored into memory for FM3.

PTY

This function enables you to listen to a broadcast of the selected programme type when it starts even if the unit is on a function mode other than radio.

∗Some countries do not yet have PTY broadcast.

∗In the TA standby mode, a TP station has priority over a PTY broadcast station.

●Setting the PTY standby mode

When you press the [PTY] button, “PTY” lights in the display and the PTY standby mode is turned on. When the selected PTY broadcast starts, the PTY item name appears in the display.

●Cancelling the PTY standby mode

When you press and hold the [PTY] button for 1 second or longer, “PTY” goes off in the display and PTY standby mode is cancelled.

●Cancelling a PTY interrupt broadcast

Press the [PTY] button during the PTY interrupt broadcast, the PTY interrupt is cancelled and the unit returns to PTY standby mode.

PTY seek

1.When you press the [PTY] button, the PTY select mode is turned on.

2.Select PTY.

3.Press the [a] or [d] button. If you press the [d] button, the unit seeks a PTY broad- cast moving up the frequencies; if you press the [a] button, it seeks moving down the frequencies.

∗If no station with the selected PTY broadcast can be received, the unit returns to the PTY select mode.

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