Listening to radio broadcasts
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.
éPress [PTY] 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
PTY
MULTI CONTROL
/O
TUNING
/Y
Preparations
•Execute the RDS auto memory procedure.
•Set the broadcast band to FM.
•Tune to an RDS station.
œPress [PTY] 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.
∑While the "PTY" indicator is lit, use [MULTI CONTROL 5/∞] or [TUNING 1/¡] to select the program type of your choice.
Program type | Display | Program type | 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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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 typeRepeat steps œ, ∑and é.
Using the RDS DISP. (display) key
RDS DISP. 
Pressing [RDS DISP.] changes the contents of the display.
Each press switches the display mode as follows: 1PS (Program Service) name display
2RT (Radio Text) display
3Frequency display
1PS (Program Service) name display:
The station name is displayed automatically when an RDS broadcast is received.
If no PS data was sent, "NO PS" is displayed.
2RT (Radio Text) display:
Text data accompanying the RDS broadcast scrolls across the display. "NO RT" or
3Frequency display:
Displays the frequency of the current station.
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