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RDS features

Function of the KRC-X858

 

Program Type (PTY) Function

 

type of programs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Music

2. Speech

3. News

Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected

 

 

4. Sports

5. Classical

6. Jazz

kinds of programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Press the 38(PTY) button.

 

NOTE

Changing the Preset Button Settings for Program Type

 

After selecting the type of program to be stored in a certain

 

 

"PTY" is displayed once the program type selection mode is

 

 

 

 

preset button, press that button for at least two seconds.

 

 

entered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The previously stored data for that button are erased and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE

 

 

 

 

new program type is stored.

 

 

 

You cannot use this function while the traffic bulletin is received.

3 Seeking the Selected Program Type

 

2

Select the type of program to be received

 

Press the 4 or ¢ button to make a seek of frequencies

 

 

• Press either the FM or AM buttons repeatedly to select the

 

with your selected type of program.

 

 

 

type of program you want to listen to.

 

The display blinks and the seek starts.

 

 

 

The selection includes:

 

 

"PTY" blinks in the display for about 30 seconds.

 

 

 

 

Speech

(Speech)

 

If you make no key input in 30 seconds, the PTY selection

 

 

 

 

Music

(Music)

 

mode will turn off automatically.

 

 

 

1.

News

(NEWS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Information

(INFORM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If no program can be found, "NO PTY" is displayed.

 

 

3.

Sports

(SPORTS)

 

 

 

 

If you want to select another type of program, repeat steps 2 and

 

 

4.

Talk

(TALK)

 

 

 

 

3 above.

 

 

 

 

5.

Rock

(ROCK)

 

 

 

 

 

Switching to Other Stations with the Same Type of Program:

 

 

6.

Classic Rock

(CLS ROCK)

 

 

7.

Adult Hits

(ADLT HIT)

 

When "PTY" is blinking in the display, perform auto seek

 

 

8.

Soft Rock

(SOFT RCK)

 

tuning.

 

 

 

 

9.

Top 40

(TOP 40)

 

The tuner scans for another station with the same type of

 

 

10.

Country

(COUNTRY)

 

program.

 

 

 

 

11.

Oldies

(OLDIES)

Canceling Program Type Function During Its Operation:

 

 

12.

Soft

(SOFT)

 

Press the 38(PTY) button.

 

 

 

13.

Nostalgia

(NOSTALGA)

Confirming Program Type:

 

 

 

 

14.

Jazz

(JAZZ)

 

 

 

 

 

Press the DISP button.

 

 

 

 

15.

Classical

(CLASSICL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The program type of the station currently tuned to will be

 

 

16.

R&B

(R & B)

 

 

 

 

displayed for five seconds. During that time, "E" will blink in the

 

 

17.

Soft R&B

(SOFT R&B)

 

 

 

 

display.

 

 

 

 

18.

Language

(LANGUAGE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.

Religious Music

(REL MUSC)

 

NOTE

 

 

 

 

 

20.

Religious Talk

(REL TALK)

 

If you tune to frequencies for which no program type has been

 

 

21.

Personality

(PERSNLTY)

 

stored, "No Entry" will be displayed.

 

 

 

22.

Public

(PUBLIC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Speech.....1~4, 18, 20~22, Music.....5~17, 19)

 

 

 

 

 

You can select the type of program directly by pressing a preset button. The buttons are factory-set to the following

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Kenwood KRC-X858, KRC-708 Program Type PTY Function, Switching to Other Stations with the Same Type of Program

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