Finding Stations by Type (PTY)

You can search for radio stations by type.

 

 

1

Press RT/PTY/TP twice.

 

The current program type appears on the display.

2

Use PRESET e/rto select the type of program

 

you want.

 

See the table shown later in this chapter.

 

 

3

To start the search, press ENTER.

 

The AV controller searches until it finds a station of

 

the type you specified, at which point it stops briefly

 

before continuing with the search.

 

 

4

When a station you want to listen to is found, press

 

ENTER.

If no stations are found, the message “Not Found” appears.

Listening to Traffic News (TP)

You can search for stations that broadcast traffic news.

1 Press RT/PTY/TP three times.

If the current radio station is broadcasting TP (Traf- fic Program), “[TP]” will appear on the display, and traffic news will be heard as and when it’s broadcast. If “TP” without square brackets appears, this means that the station is not broadcasting TP.

2 To locate a station that is broadcasting TP, press

ENTER.

The AV controller searches until it finds a station that’s broadcasting TP.

If no stations are found, the message “Not Found” appears.

RDS program types (PTY)

Type

Display

None

None

 

 

News reports

News

 

 

Current affairs

Affairs

 

 

Information

Info

 

 

Sport

Sport

 

 

Education

Educate

 

 

Drama

Drama

 

 

Culture

Culture

 

 

Science and technology

Science

 

 

Varied

Varied

 

 

Pop music

Pop M

 

 

Rock music

Rock M

 

 

Middle of the road music

Easy M

 

 

Light classics

Light M

 

 

Serious classics

Classics

 

 

Other music

Other M

 

 

Weather

Weather

 

 

Finance

Finance

 

 

Children’s programmes

Children

 

 

Social affairs

Social

 

 

Religion

Religion

 

 

Phone in

Phone In

 

 

Travel

Travel

 

 

Leisure

Leisure

 

 

Jazz music

Jazz

 

 

Country music

Country

 

 

National music

Nation M

 

 

Oldies music

Oldies

 

 

Folk music

Folk M

 

 

Documentary

Document

 

 

Alarm test

TEST

 

 

Alarm

Alarm!

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