RDS service availability varies with areas. Please understand if RDS service is not available in your area. This chapter explains the summary and operation regarding RDS.

Traffic Announcements (TA)

Some RDS FM stations periodically

TP

TA

provide traffic information.

(Traffic Program)

(Traffic Announcements)

 

 

Broadcasting of traffic information.

Radio announcements on traffic

 

 

conditions.

TA Mode

Press [TA] to switch TA mode on and off.

L

R

 

 

If the station received is not a TP station, the unit

TA On

 

 

automatically searches for a TP station to tune in to it.

 

 

 

 

When the TP station received begins a traffic

 

 

announcement, you can hear it from the unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA Off

 

 

 

 

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TUNE

 

 

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SEL

 

TRACK

MONO

 

 

 

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DISP

EON . PTY . CT

 

LOUD RDS EON

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PTY

LOCAL

REP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOUD

 

 

 

RANDOM

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REPEAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CT

MUTE

1

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3

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5

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MONO/LOC

 

PTY

 

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SOURCE

REMOTE

 

 

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TA

REG

 

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TA Volume Set

(Volume Level : 0 to 40)

Press [}VOL] or [{VOL] while receiving traffic announcements .

The TA volume differs from the regular volume (by up to 5 levels).

Muting in TA Mode

To listen only to traffic announcements while muting, press and hold [TA] for more than 2 seconds when TA is on.

To cancel the muting TA on mode (muting in TA mode / TA mode), take either following two.

¡Press [TA] again.

¡Press [}VOL] several times.

Note: To switch to TA off, press [TA] again.

TA Standby

When TA is on, CD / MP3 or CD changer will be interrupted by FM traffic announcements.

MONO

¡•

LOUD RDS EON TP PTY

Rs

LOCAL REP

 

 

Information

 

End

 

 

 

 

MONO BBC R4 ¡•Rs

LOUD RDS EON TP PTY LOCAL REP

TP Auto Search

When reception of a TP station is poor, TP Auto Search will automatically search for a TP station with better reception.

Seek and Preset Station (TA on Setting)

TP Seek Tuning: Seek tunes only TP stations.

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Auto TP Station Preset: The 6 strongest TP

 

stations are saved in memory.

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Tuning in a TP Preset Station

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Panasonic CQ-RDP472N manual TA Volume Set, Muting in TA Mode, TA Standby, TP Auto Search

CQ-RDP472N specifications

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