TUNER
English | – You can cancel manual programming by | |
pressing STOP•CLEAR ‚(on the | ||
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| system only). | |
| – During programming, if no button is | |
| pressed within 20 seconds, the system | |
| will exit program mode automatically. |
Tuning to Preset Radio
Stations
•Press PRESET 4 or 3 to select the desired preset number.
ªThe preset number, radio frequency, and waveband appear on the display.
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Receiving RDS Radio Station
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RDS (Radio Data System) is a broadcasting service that allows FM stations to send additional information along with the regular FM radio signal. This additional information can contain:
•STATION NAME: The radio station name is displayed.
•FREQUENCY: The frequency of the radio station is displayed.
•PROGRAM TYPE: The following program types exist and can be received by your tuner: News, Affairs, Info, Sport, Educate, Drama, Culture, Science, Varied, Pop M, Rock M, M.O.R. (middle of the road music), Light M, Classics, Other M, No type.
•RADIO TEXT (RT): text messages appear in the display.
When you have tuned to a RDS station, the RDS logo (‚) and the radio station name will appear on the display:
•The display normally shows the radio station name if available.
By repeatedly pressing RDS button you can change the type of display information:
ªThe display shows in turn:
STATION NAME ª PROGRAM TYPE ª RADIO TEXT ª FREQUENCY ª STATION NAME ...
Note:
–When you press the RDS button and the display shows "NO RDS", it indicates that either the tuned station is not transmitting RDS signal or it is a non RDS station.
RDS Clock
Some RDS station may be transmitting a real clock time at an interval of every minute.
Setting the time with RDS clock
1Press CLOCK/TIMER.
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2Press CLOCK/TIMER once more to enter clock setting mode.
ª"00:00" or current time starts flashing.
3Press RDS.
ªThe message "SEARCH RDS TIME" will be displayed.
ªIf the station does not transmit RDS clock, "NO RDS TIME" will be displayed.
ªWhen the RDS clock is read, "RDS TIME" will be displayed. The current clock time is displayed for 2 seconds and will be stored automatically.
ªIf within 90 seconds, the RDS time is not detected, "NO RDS TIME" will be displayed.
News/TA (Traffic Announcement) (only available in
Radio Station with RDS)
You can activate NEWS or TA function in Standby, Demonstration or any source mode except Tuner mode. Once the News Program Type (for NEWS function) or Traffic Announcement data (for TA function) is detected in any of the selected RDS stations, it will switch to TUNER mode automatically.
NEWS/TA key toggles in the following sequence :
NEWS ª TA ª OFF ª NEWS
To start NEWS or TA function
1Press NEWS/TA to select NEWS function.
ª The NEWS flag and "NEWS" will be
displayed.
•If you want to select TA function, press NEWS/TA again.
ªThe TA flag and "TA" will be displayed.
2When NEWS or TA is selected;
•It will search for the first 5 preset RDS stations and wait for the News Program Type / Traffic Announcement data to be available in any of these RDS stations. During the search :
ªThe current source activity will remain uninterrupted.
