PTY Standby Reception
PTY
Press PTY briefly to activate PTY Standby Reception.
The PTY indicator lights up (as follows).
•If you press the button while listening to an FM RDS station supporting
PTY signals, the PTY indicator lights up with its frame. This receiver now stands by for the selected PTY signal reception.
•If you press the button while listening to an FM RDS station NOT
supporting PTY signals, the PTY indicator lights up without its frame. In this case, PTY Standby Reception does not work.
To use PTY Standby Reception, tune into a station supporting PTY signals by pressing 
¢ or 4 
. “Search” (or “Local Search”: see page 6) appears on the display, and the unit searches for a station supporting PTY signals. When a station supporting the signal is tuned in, the PTY indicator is lit with its frame. NOW this receiver stands by for the selected PTY signal reception.
•If you press the button while listening to any other source than AM, this unit starts searching for an FM station supporting PTY signal in the background — without affecting your listening to the source currently selected. (During this background search, the PTY indicator remains lit without its frame.)
– The PTY indicator comes to light up with its frame when an FM station supporting PTY signal is tuned in the background. This receiver now stands by for the PTY signal reception.
–The PTY indicator keeps lit without its frame when an FM station supporting PTY signal is NOT tuned in the background. In this case, this receiver cannot stand by for PTY signal reception.
How PTY Standby Reception works:
If a program of the selected PTY starts broadcasting while the PTY Standby Reception is activated, the selected PTY code name flashes and the unit tunes into the station broadcasting the program. The program of the selected PTY can be heard.
To deactivate PTY Standby Reception, press PTY briefly again.
Each time you press the button, PTY Standby Reception turns on and off.
To select your favorite program for PTY Standby Reception
You can select your favorite program for PTY Standby Reception to store in memory. When shipped from the factory, “News” is stored for PTY Standby Reception.
• See also “Changing the general settings (PSM)” on page 26.
1Press and hold SEL (Select) for more than 2 seconds so that “PSM” appears on the display.
2Press 
¢ or 4 
to select “PTY Standby,” if not shown on the display.
3Select one of
The selected PTY code name appears on the display and is stored into memory.
4Press SEL (select) again to finish the setting.
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