Onkyo TX-8255 Displaying Radio Text RT, Finding Stations by Type PTY, Listening to Traffic News TP

Listening to the Radio—Continued

Displaying Radio Text (RT)

RT/PTY/TP

When tuned to an RDS station that’s broadcasting text information, the text can be displayed.

1		Press the [RT/PTY/TP] button
	RT/PTY/TP	once.

The RT information scrolls across the display.

Notes:

•The message “Waiting” may appear while the receiver waits for the RT information.

•If the message “No Text Data” appears on the display, no RT information is available.

Finding Stations by Type (PTY)

TUNING DOWN/UP

FM SCAN

RT/PTY/TP

You can search for radio stations by type.

1	Use the [FM] input selector
	button.
2	Press the [RT/PTY/TP] button
	twice.
RT/PTY/TP

	The current program type appears on
	the display.
3	Use the TUNING
	[ DOWN]/[UP ] buttons to
	select the type of program you
	want.

See the table on page 27.

4	To start the search, press
	[SCAN].
	The receiver searches until it finds a
	station of the type you specified, at
	which point it stops briefly before
	continuing with the search.
5	When a station you want to listen
	to is found, press [SCAN].
	If no stations are found, the message
	“Not Found” appears.

Listening to Traffic News (TP)

FM SCAN

RT/PTY/TP

You can search for stations that broadcast traffic news.

1		Use the [FM] input selector
		button.
2		Press the [RT/PTY/TP] button
	RT/PTY/TP	three times.

If the current radio station is broadcasting TP (Traffic 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.

3	To locate a station that is
	broadcasting TP, press [SCAN].

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

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

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