
Listening to radio broadcasts
Presetting RDS stations (RDS AUTO MEMORY)
This function automatically stores up to 40 RDS stations in the preset memory. In order to use the PTY function, the RDS stations must be stored in the preset memory using the RDS AUTO MEMORY function.
MEMORY
1Press the PTY key to activate the PTY search mode.
When an RDS broadcast is received, the program type is shown on the display. If no PTY data is available, or if the station is not an RDS station, “NONE” is displayed.
BAND | INPUT SELECTOR |
1Use the INPUT SELECTOR knob to select the tuner.
2Use the BAND key to set the broadcast band to “FM”.
3Press and hold the MEMORY key for more than 2 seconds.
2While the “PTY” indicator is lit, use the MULTI CONTROL knob or MULTI CONTROL %/ fi keys, or TUNING 1 / ¡ keys to select the program type of your choice.
Program type table
Program Type Name | Display | Program Type Name | Display |
Pop Music | POP M | Weather | WEATHER |
Rock Music | ROCK M | Finance | FINANCE |
Easy Music | EASY M | Children’s Program | CHILDREN |
Light Classical Music | LIGHT M | Social Affairs | SOCIAL |
Serious Classical Music | CLASSICS | Religion | RELIGION |
Other Music | OTHER M | Phone In | PHONE IN |
News | NEWS | Travel | TRAVEL |
Current Affairs | AFFAIRS | Leisure | LEISURE |
Information | INFO | Jazz Music | JAZZ |
Sport | SPORT | Country Music | COUNTRY |
Education | EDUCATE | National Music | NATION M |
Drama | DRAMA | Oldies Music | OLDIES |
Culture | CULTURE | Folk Music | FOLK M |
Science | SCIENCE | Documentary | DOCUMENT |
Varied Speech | VARIED |
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•After a few minutes, up to 40 RDS stations are preset in order from channel “01”.
•Stations already stored in the preset memory may be replaced by RDS stations. (i.e., If the RDS AUTO MEMORY function detects 15 RDS stations, the stations currently preset at numbers 01~15 will be replaced by the RDS stations.)
Tuning by Program TYpe (PTY search)
This function lets you set the tuner to automatically search for stations which are currently broadcasting the type of program (genre) you want to listen to.
Under certain receiving conditions, it may take more than 1 minute to complete the search.
MULTI
CONTROL %/fi
TUNING 1/¡
PTY
“NO PROG” is displayed if this operation is attempted before performing the RDS Auto Memory operation.
3Press the PTY key to start searching.
EXAMPLE : Searching for a Rock Music broadcast.
Display while searching.
Blinks | Program type name display |
Display when a station is received.
Goes out
Station name display
•No sound is heard while “PTY” is blinking.
•If the desired program type cannot be found, “NO PROG” is displayed, then after several seconds the display returns to the original display.
To select another program type
Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3.
Preparations
•Execute the RDS auto memory procedure.
•Set the broadcast band to FM.
•Tune to an RDS station.