Harman-Kardon AVR 5550 owner manual RDS station, Program Search PTY

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data is being received. Please note that the accuracy of the time data is dependent on the radio station, not the AVR 5550.

Some RDS stations may not include some of these additional features. If the data required for the selected mode is not being transmitted, the Main Information Display ˜ will show a NO TYPE, NO TEXTor NO TIME message after the individual time out.

In any FM mode the RDS function requires a strong enough signal for proper operation. If you receive a partial message, or any of the RDS, PTY, CT or RT Indicators Q P O N going on and off, try slowly adjusting the antenna or tune to another stronger

RDS station.

Program Search (PTY)

An important feature of RDS is its capability of encoding broadcasts with Program Type (PTY) codes that indicate the type of material being broadcast. The following list shows the abbreviations used to indicate each PTY, along with an explanation of the PTY:

•(RDS ONLY)

•(TRAFFIC)

•NEWS: News

•AFFAIRS: Current Affairs

•INFO: Infomation

•SPORT: Sports

•EDUCATE: Educational

•DRAMA: Drama

•CULTURE: Culture

•SCIENCE: Sciencek

•VARIED: Varied Speech Programs

•POPM: Popular Music

•ROCKM: Rock Music

•M.O.R.M.: Middle-of-the-Road Music

•LIGHTM: Classical Music

•CLASSICS: Serious Classical Music

•OTHERM: Other Music

•WEATHER: Weather Information

•FINANCE: Financial Programs

•CHILDREN: Children’s Programs

•SOCIAL A: Social Affairs Programs

•RELIGION: Religious Broadcasts

•PHONE IN: Phone-In Programs

•TRAVEL: Travel and Touring

•LEISURE: Leisure and Hobby

•JAZZ: Jazz Music

•COUNTRY: Country Music

•NATIONAL: National Music

•OLDIES: Oldies Music

•FOLK M: Folk Music

•DOCUMENT: Documentary Programs

•TEST: Emergency Test

•ALARM: Emergency Broadcast Information

You may search for a specific Program Type (PTY) by following these steps:

1. Press the RDS button ^ until the current PTY is shown in the Main Information Display ˜.

2. While the PTY is shown, press the Preset Up/Down button # or hold them pressed to scroll through the list of available PTY types, as shown above starting with the PTY currently received. To simply search for the next station transmitting any RDS data, use the Preset Up/Down button # until RDS ONLY appears in the display.

3.Press any of the Tuning Up/Down buttons )K, the tuner begins to scan the FM band upwards or downwards for the first station that has RDS data that matches the desired selection, and acceptable signal strength for quality reception.

4.While the PTY Indicator P flashes in the display, the tuner will make up to one complete scan of the entire FM band for the next station that matches the desired PTY type and has acceptable reception quality. If no such station is found, the display will read NONEfor some seconds and the tuner will return to the last FM station in use before the search.

NOTE: Some stations transmit constant traffic information. To identify as traffic station, they transmit a specific traffic code constantly, which causes the TA Indicator M to light in the display. These stations can be found by selecting TRAFFIC, the option in front of NEWS in the list. The AVR 5550 RDS will find the next appropriate station, even if it is not broadcasting traffic information when the search is made.

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