Tuner

Note:

If you press RDS and the RDS signal is not available NO RDS is displayed.

EON

Enhanced Other Network allows you to search for an RDS station offering a certain

programme type. If EON is available, is shown.

Searching programme type (PTY)

PTY helps you find a desired programme type. To enable PTY, first programme RDS stations into the tuner memory (see Programming radio stations)

1While receiving an RDS station, press RDS briefly until the programme type is displayed.

2Press PRESET 4 or 3 ( ¡ or ™ on the remote control) until the desired programme type is displayed.

3Press and hold down on TUNING à or á ( à or á on the remote control) to start

searching.

The radio tunes to a RDS station broadcasting this programme type. If the programme type is not available TYPE NOT FOUND is displayed.

RDS Programme types

NO TYPE

No RDS programme type

NEWS

News services

AFFAIRS

Politics and current affairs

INFO

Special information programmes

SPORT

Sports

EDUCATE

Education and advanced training

DRAMA

Radio plays and literature

CULTURE

Culture, religion and society

SCIENCE

Science

VARIED

Entertainment programmes

POP M

Pop music

ROCK M

Rock music

MOR M

Light music

LIGHT M

Light classical music

CLASSICS

Classical music

OTHER M

Special music programmes

RDS News and Traffic

Announcement (TA)

You may set up the tuner in such a way that listening to CD or tape is interrupted by the NEWS of a RDS station.This only works if the RDS station broadcasts a NEWS signal while sending the news.

1Tune to the desired RDS station.

2 Press NEWS/TA once or

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select the NEWS option.

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NEWS is displayed if you have

activated the NEWS or TA option. Changing listening source will not disarm the function.

Notes:

To avoid unwanted recordings, the NEWS announcement does not work while recording a tape.

When you receive RDS news or traffic announcements during CD playback, playback will pause and you will be able to hear the news/TA. Playback resumes after the broadcast has finished. In tape mode, the tape continues playing but you will hear the news/TA only until the broadcast has finished.

If you are using the RDS NEWS announcement with an EON station, the whole network is searched for the respective news.

Disarming RDS News and Traffic

Announcement

There are a number of ways to disarm the news feature:

Press NEWS/TA on the remote control during reception of the news option.

Press standby on the system or remote control.

Tune to a non-RDS-station.

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Philips MC-10 manual Tuner, Searching programme type PTY, RDS News and Traffic Announcement TA, RDS Programme types

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