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.
MULTI %/ fi
TUNING 1/¡
PTY
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.
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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 %/fi keys or TUNING 1 / ¡ keys 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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3Press the PTY key to start searching.
EXAMPLE : Searching for a Pop Music broadcast.
Display while searching. | Blinks |
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Display when a station is received. | Goes out |
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•No sound is heard while “PTY” is blinking.
•If the desired program type cannot be found, “NO PROGRAM” is displayed, then after several seconds the display returns to the original display.
To select another program type.
Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3.