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9-6. PTY (Program Type)

You can search for a station by selecting a Program
Type.
1 Press [Control] knob.
Enters the Function setting mode.
2 Select “Settings” > “PTY Search” using
[Control] knob.
For how to use [Control] knob, refer to <3-3. How
to select the item> (page 13).
3 Select a Program Type using [Control] knob.
Program Type Display
Speech “Speech”
Music “Music”
News “News”
Current Affairs “Affairs”
Information “Info”
Sport “Sport”
Education “Educate”
Drama “Drama”
Culture “Arts”
Science “Science”
Varied “Talk”
Pop Music “Pop”
Rock Music “Rock”
Easy Listening Music “Easy”
Light Classical “Light M”
Serious Classical “Classics”
Other Music “Other M”
Weather “Weather”
Finance “Finance”
Children’s programs “Children”
Social Affairs “Factual”
Religion “Religion”
Phone In “Phone In”
Travel “Travel”
Leisure “Leisure”
Jazz Music “Jazz”
Country Music “Country”
National Music “Nation M”
Oldies Music “Oldies”
Folk Music “Folk”
Documentary “Document”
Speech and music include the following types of
programs.
Speech: Program type indicated by colored letters
Music: Program type indicated by black letters
4 Press [E] or [F] to select a station.
Exiting from the PTY mode.
Press [1/6].
“NO PTY” display
•When the selected Program Type is not found, “No PTY”
appears. Select another Program Type.
Case where this function cannot be used
•This function cannot be used during reception of a traffic
bulletin or AM broadcast.
Exiting from the Function setting mode
Press and hold [1/6].

9-5. Tuner setting

You can set up the tuner.
1 Press [SRC] to select a Tuner (“TUNER”) source.
Refer to <Source selection> (page 14).
2 Press [Control] knob.
Enters the Function setting mode.
3 Select “Settings” using [Control] knob.
For how to use [Control] knob, refer to <3-3. How
to select the item> (page 13).
4 Select a Tuner setting item using [Control]
knob.
Display Description
“Local Seek” Only stations whose reception is good are searched in
auto seek tuning. (FM only)
“ON” / “OFF”
“Seek Mode” Sets the seek mode.
“Auto1”: Automatic search for a station.
“Auto2”: Search in order of the stations in the preset
memory.
“Manual”: Normal manual tuning.
“MONO” You can reduce the noise when stereo broadcasts are
received as monaural.
“ON” / “OFF”
“TI” Switches to the traffic information automatically when
the traffic bulletin starts.
“ON” / “OFF”
“News
Interrupt”
Automatically receives news bulletin when it starts. Set
the time during which interrupt is to be disabled after
start of another news bulletin.
Changing “00MIN” to “90MIN” turns this function ON.
If news bulletin starts when this function is ON, “NEWS”
appears and news is received. If “20MIN” is has been
set, reception of another news bulletin will not start
for 20 minutes.
The news bulletin volume is the same level that was set
for Traffic Information.
“OFF” / “00MIN” – “90MIN”
“AF” When the reception is poor, automatically alternate
to another frequency broadcasting the same program
in the same Radio data system network with better
reception.
“ON” / “OFF”
“Regional” Sets whether to switch to the station only in the
specific region using the “AF” control.
“ON” / “OFF”
“Auto TP Seek” When traffic information station reception is poor,
automatically searches for a station that can be received
better.
“ON” / “OFF”
(Colored text: Factory setting)
5 Select a setting using [Control] knob.
Returns to the previous item.