Switching Temporarily to a Program Type of Your Choice
The Enhanced Other Networks function allows the unit to switch temporarily to a broadcast program of your choice (TA, News, and Info) from a different station.
•The function only works when you are listening to a preset FM RDS stations providing the data.
To activate the Enhanced Other Networks function
REMEMBER you must preset FM RDS stations to use the function. If not yet done, see page 13.
•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start over from step 1.
On the remote control ONLY:
1 Press TA/News/Info until the data | /Info |
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advice in the widest sense.
OFF: The function is canceled.
2 Wait for about 3 seconds after specifying the data type.
The data type on the display stops flashing and remains lit. Now, the function is activated. See “How the Enhanced Other Networks function actually works.”
How the Enhanced Other Networks function actually
works:
CASE 1
If there is no station broadcasting the program you have selected
The unit continues tuning in to the current station.
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When a station starts broadcasting the program you have selected, the unit automatically switches to the station. The received PTY code on the display starts flashing.
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When the program is over, the unit goes back to the previously tuned station, but the function still remains activated.
CASE 2
If there is a station broadcasting the program you have selected
The unit tunes in to the program. The received PTY code on the display starts flashing.
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When the program is over, the unit goes back to the previously tuned station, but the function still remains activated.
CASE 3
If the FM station you are listening to is broadcasting the program you have selected
The unit continues to receive the station but the received PTY code on the display starts flashing.
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When the program is over, the received PTY code stops flashing and remains lit on the display, but the function still remains activated.
More about the Enhanced Other Networks function
•The data sent from some stations may not be compatible with this unit and also some stations may not include Enhanced Other Networks data. In this case, the function may not work correctly.
•While listening to a program tuned into by the function, the station does not change even if another network station starts broadcasting a program of the same data.
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