48 | KDC-BT73DAB/ KDC-BT53U/ KDC-5057SD English | 49

10-5. Alphabet Search for service

You can select an alphabetic character from the
service list.
1 Press [1/6].
2 Press and hold [Control] knob.
Enter the Alphabet Search mode
3 Select a character using [Control] knob.
Exiting from the Alphabet search mode
Press and hold [1/6].
Notes on Alphabet search
•To search for a character other than A to Z and 1, enter “*”.
Listen to the Digital Radio (KDC-BT73DAB)

10-6. 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.

10-7. Announcement setup

When a service set to ON begins, it will switch from
receiving any source to receiving announcement.
1 Press [Control] knob.
Enters the Function setting mode.
2 Select “Settings” > “ASW Select” using
[Control] knob.
For how to use [Control] knob, refer to <3-3. How
to select the item> (page 13).
3 Turn [Control] knob to select an
announcement.
Program Type Display
Time table of public transportation “Travel”
Information with lower importance than Alarm “Warning”
News “News”
Weather news “Weather”
Event information “Event”
Unscheduled event information “Special”
Radio program announcement “Rad info”
Sports news “Sports”
Financial and economic news “Finance”
4 Press [Control] knob.
Pressing the button each time switches the setting
between On and Off.
”*” indicator lights up when an announcement
program type is set to ON.
Exiting from the Function setting mode
Press and hold [1/6].