JVC LVT1112-001A manual To search for a program using the PTY codes, Description of the PTY codes

Tuner operations

Searching for a program by PTY codes

One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a particular kind of program from the preset channels (see pages 23 and 24) by specifying the PTY codes.

To search for a program using the PTY codes

Before you start, remember...

•The PTY Search is only applicable to preset stations.

•To stop searching any time during the process, press PTY SEARCH while searching.

•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

1Press PTY SEARCH while listening to an FM station.

“PTY SELECT” flashes on the display.

2Press PTY 9 or PTY ( until the PTY code you want appears on the display while “PTY SELECT” is flashing.

• For details, see “Description of the PTY codes.”

3Press PTY SEARCH again, while the PTY code selected in the previous step is still on the display.

While searching, “SEARCH” and the selected PTY code alternate on the display.

The receiver searches 30 preset FM stations, stops when it finds the one you have selected, and tunes in that station.

To continue searching after the first stop

Press PTY SEARCH again while the indications on the display are flashing.

•If no program is found, “NOT FOUND” appears on the display.

PTY codes		None
	Alarm !			News
	TEST			Affairs
	Document		Info (Information)
	Folk M (Music)			Sport
	Oldies		Educate (Education)
	Nation M (Music)			Drama
	Country			Culture
	Jazz			Science
	Leisure			Varied
	Travel			Pop M (Music)
	Phone In			Rock M (Music)
	Religion			Easy M (Music)
				Light M	(Music)
	Social
	Children			Classics
	Finance		Other M (Music)
		Weather

Description of the PTY codes:

News:	News.
Affairs:	Topical program expanding or enlarging upon the
	news—debate or analysis.
Info:	Programs the purpose of which is to impart advice in
	the widest sense.
Sport:	Programs concerned with any aspect of sports.
Educate:	Educational programs.
Drama:	All radio plays and serials.
Culture:	Programs concerning any aspect of national or
	regional culture, including language, theater, etc.
Science:	Programs about natural sciences and technology.
Varied:	Used for mainly speech-based programs such as
	quizzes, panel games and personality interviews.
Pop M:	Commercial music of current popular appeal.
Rock M:	Rock music.
Easy M:	Current contemporary music considered to be “easy-
	listening.”
Light M:	Instrumental music, and vocal or choral works.
Classics:	Performances of major orchestral works, symphonies,
	chamber music, etc.
Other M:	Music not fitting into any of the other categories.
Weather:	Weather reports and forecasts.
Finance:	Stock Market reports, commerce, trading, etc.
Children:	Programs targeted at a young audience.
Social:	Programs about sociology, history, geography,
	psychology and society.
Religion:	Religious programs.
Phone In:	Involving members of the public expressing their
	views either by phone or at a public forum.
Travel:	Travel information.
Leisure:	Programs about recreational activities.
Jazz:	Jazz music.
Country:	Songs which originate from, or continue the musical
	tradition of the American Southern States.
Nation M:	Current popular music of the nation or region in that
	country’s language.
Oldies:	Music from the so-called “golden age” of popular
	music.
Folk M:	Music which has its roots in the musical culture of a
	particular nation.
Document:	Programs concerning factual matters, presented in an
	investigative style.
TEST:	Broadcasts for testing emergency broadcast
	equipment or unit.
Alarm !:	Emergency announcement.
None:	No program type, unidentified program, or difficult to
	categorize into particular types.

Classification of the PTY codes for some FM stations may be different from the above list.

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