You can also show the RDS information on the TV screen.

From the remote control ONLY:

1. Press PTY SEARCH while

To use this function, you need to connect the TV to the MONITOR OUT jack on the rear panel (see page 14), and set

listening to an FM station.

PLAY

the TV’s input mode to the proper position to which the receiver is connected.

From the remote control ONLY:

Press TEXT DISPLAY while listening to an

TEXT

FM station.

DISPLAY

 

The following information appears on the TV screen.

Selected station

Program service

Program type

Radio text

To erase the RDS information, press EXIT.

EXIT

Note:

The on-screen display will disappear in the following case:

if no operation is done for about 10 minutes.

if you do any operation other than explained in this section.

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 page 25) by specifying the PTY codes.

To search for a program using the PTY codes

Before you start, remember...

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

When pressing the buttons on the remote control, make sure that you have selected the FM station using the remote control. If not, the RDS operation buttons do not work for RDS operation.

(Pressing FM/AM activates the remote control for RDS operation.)

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

/ REW

PLAY

FF/

FM/AM

 

 

PTY(

PTY SEARCH

PTY9

 

STOP

PAUSE

 

DISPLAY MODE

TA/NEWS/INFO

PTY SEARCH

“PTY SELECT” flashes on the display.

ANALOG

RDS

TUNED

STEREO

AUTO MUTING

L

R

 

 

 

SPEAKERS 1

SUBWFR

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

dB

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

/ REW

FF/

PTY( PTY9

Each time you press the button, the PTY codes change as follows:

None News Affairs Info Sport Educate Drama Culture

Science Varied Pop M(usic) Rock M(usic) Easy M(usic) Light M(usic) Classics

Other M(usic) Weather Finance Children Social Religion Phone In Travel Leisure Jazz Country Nation M(usic) Oldies

Folk M(usic) Document TEST Alarm! (back to the beginning)

• For details about each PTY code, see page 72.

3. Press PTY SEARCH again, while

PLAY

the PTY code selected in the

PTY SEARCH

previous step is still on the display.

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

ANALOG

RDS

TUNED

STEREO

AUTO MUTING

L

R

 

 

 

SPEAKERS 1

 

 

 

 

SUBWFR

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

dB

ANALOG

RDS

TUNED

STEREO

AUTO MUTING

L

R

 

 

 

SPEAKERS 1

 

 

 

 

SUBWFR

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

dB

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, “NOTFOUND” appears on the display.

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