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Radio Reception

RDS News and Traffic

Announcement (TA)

You may set up the tuner in such a way that listening to CD/AUX is interrupted by the NEWS on traffic announcement 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.

2In CD, AUX or Standby mode, press RDS • NEWS once or more on the remote control to select the NEWS option.

NEWS ON, TA ON or OFF is displayed briefly.

NEWS is displayed if you have activated the NEWS or TA option. Changing listening source will not disarm the function.

Notes:

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.

If you are using the RDS NEWS announcement, 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 RDS • NEWS on the remote control during reception of the news option.

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