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.

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

The RT information scrolls across the display.

Notes:

The message “Waiting” may appear while the AV 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)

RT/PTY/TP

ePRESETr

TUNER

ENTER

You can search for radio stations by type.

1

Use the [TUNER] input selector

 

 

button to select FM.

2

 

Press the [RT/PTY/TP] button

 

 

 

 

 

 

twice.

 

 

 

The current program type appears on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the display.

 

 

 

 

3

 

Use the PRESET [e]/[r] buttons

 

 

 

to select the type of program you

want.

See the table on page 53.

4

 

 

To start the search, press

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ENTER].

 

 

 

The AV 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 [ENTER].

 

 

 

If no stations are found, the message

 

 

 

“Not Found” appears.

 

 

 

 

Listening to Traffic News (TP)

RT/PTY/TP

ENTER

TUNER

 

You can search for stations that broadcast traffic news.

1

Use the [TUNER] input selector

 

 

button to select FM.

2

Press the [RT/PTY/TP] button

 

 

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 [ENTER].

The AV 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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Onkyo TX-SR577, SR507 Displaying Radio Text RT, Finding Stations by Type PTY, Listening to Traffic News TP

SR507, TX-SR577 specifications

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