Tuning by program type (PTY search)

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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.

PTY

MULTI CONTROL

MULTI CONTROL

Operations

PTY

RC-R0710

 

Preparations

• Execute the RDS auto memory procedure.

• Set the broadcast band to FM.

• Tune to an RDS station.

1Press the PTY key to activate the PTY search mode.

TP TA NEWS

 

NEWs

TUNED

SP A BTI.VOL L

R

FM AUTO

DIGITAL AUTO

MUTE

SW

STEREO

DIRECT MEMO

RDS EON PTY

 

ST.

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.

2While the “PTY” indicator is lit, use the MULTI CONTROL to select the program type of your choice.

Program type table
Program Type NameDisplay

Program Type Name

Display

Pop Music

POP M

Weather

WEATHER

Rock Music

ROCK M

Finance

FINANCE

*M.O.R. Music

M.O.R. M

Children’s programmes

CHILDREN

Light Classic Music

LIGHT M

Social affairs

SOCIAL A

Serious Classic 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

Cultures

CULTURE

Folk Music

FOLK M

Science

SCIENCE

Documentary

DOCUMENT

Varied Speech

VARIED

 

 

*M.O.R. Music (Middle of the Road Music)

Listening to radio broadcasts

KRF-V7020/V6020/V5020 (En/T)

“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

TP TA NEWS

 

ROCKM

TUNED

SP A B TI.VOL L

R

 

FM AUTO SOUND DIGITAL AUTO

 

SW

 

 

MEMO.

RDS EON PTY

 

 

STEREO

ST.

Program type name display

Display when a station is received.

Goes out

TP

TA NEWS

 

 

BBC 1FM

 

TUNED

SP

A B TI.VOL

L

R

AUTO SOUND DIGITAL AUTO

 

 

 

SW

 

 

MEMO.

 

 

 

 

STEREO

ST.

RDS EON PTY

 

 

 

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 1, 2 and 3.

Reserving the desired information

When the receiver is tuned to a RDS EON station (a station at which the EON indicator lights up), this function lets you set the receiver to automatically switch stations to receive news or traffic programs as they are broadcast. When the broadcast is over, the receiver returns to the original station automatically.

TA/NEWS

VOLUME CONTROL

VOLUME

TA/NEWS

RC-R0710

Preparation

• Set the broadcast band to FM.