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Tuner operation

PTY (Program Type)

You can search for a station by selecting a Program
Type.
Program Type Display
Speech “Speech”
Music “Music”
News “News”
Information “Inform”
Sports “Sports”
Talk “Talk”
Rock “Rock”
Classic Rock “Cls Rock”
Adult Hits “Adlt Hit”
Soft Rock “Soft Rck”
Top 40 “Top 40”
Country “Country”
Oldies “Oldies”
Soft “Soft”
Nostalgia “Nostalga”
Jazz “Jazz”
Program Type Display
Classical “Classicl”
R & B “R & B”
Soft R & B “Soft R&B ”
Language “Language”
Religious Music “Rel Musc”
Religious Talk “Rel Talk”
Personality “Persnlty”
Public “Public”
College “College”
Spanish Talk “Habl Esp”
Spanish Music “Musc Esp”
Hip-Hop “Hip hop”
Weather “Weather”
•Speech and music include the following types of
programs.
Speech: Program type indicated by white letters
Music: Program type indicated by black letters
1 Enter the PTY mode
Press the [ ] button.
2 Select a Program Type
Turn the Control knob.
3 Search for the station broadcasting the
selected Program Type station
Push the Control knob rightward or leftward.
4 Exit the PTY mode
Press the [ ] button.
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•This function cannot be used during reception of a traffic
bulletin or AM broadcast.
•When the selected Program Type is not found, “No PTY” is
displayed. Select another Program Type.

Program Type presetting

You can store a Program Type in the Preset button
memory and recall it quickly.
1 Select the Program Type to preset
Refer to <PTY (Program Type)> (page 22).
2 Enter the Program Type preset mode
Press the [PRESET] button.
3 Select a number and store it in the memory
Turn the Control knob to select a memory
number (“1” – “6”), and then press and hold the
Control knob.
Canceling the Preset memory mode
Press the [ ] button.
Recalling a preset Program Type
1 Enter the PTY mode
Press the [ ] button.
2 Enter the Preset memory mode
Press the [PRESET] button.
3 Select the number you want to recall from the
memory
Turn the Control knob to select a recall number
(“1” – “6”), and then press the Control knob.
Function of KDC-X496, KDC-452U, KMR-550U