Tuner operations
Description of the PTY codes:
News: News.
Affairs: Topical program expanding or enlarging upon the
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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. |
Classification of the PTY codes for some FM stations may be different from the above list.
Switching to broadcast program of your choice temporarily
Another convenient RDS service is called “Enhanced Other Network.”
This allows the system to switch temporarily to a broadcast program of your choice (TA, NEWS, and/or INFO) from a different station except in the following cases:
•When you are listening to
•When the system is in standby mode.
Before you start, remember...
The Enhanced Other Network function is only applicable to preset stations.
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Press TA/NEWS/INFO repeatedly until the program type (TA/NEWS/INFO) indicator you want appears on the display window.
Each time you press the button, the indicator on the display window changes to show the following:
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ATT RESUME TUNED STEREO AUTO MUTING RDS TA NEWS INFO
INFO NEWS TA RDS MUTING AUTO STEREO TUNED RESUME ATT
The program type indicator
]TA ] NEWS ] INFO ]TA/NEWS ]TA/INFO
]NEWS/INFO ]TA/NEWS/INFO ] None
](back to the beginning)
•TA: Traffic Announcement in your area.
•NEWS: News.
•INFO: Program the purpose of which is to impart advice
in the widest sense.
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