Pioneer DEH-600BT Receiving traffic announcements, Using PTY functions, 02Operating this unit

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02Operating this unit

Receiving traffic announcements

TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re- ceive traffic announcements automatically, no matter what source you are listening to. TA can be activated for both a TP station (a sta- tion that broadcasts traffic information) or an enhanced other network’s TP station (a station carrying information which cross-references TP stations).

1Tune in a TP or enhanced other net- work’s TP station.

TP indicator lights.

2Press TA to turn traffic announcement

standby on.

# To turn off, press TA again.

3Use MULTI-CONTROL to adjust the TA volume when a traffic announcement be- gins.

The newly set volume is stored in memory and recalled for subsequent traffic announce- ments.

Searching for an RDS station by PTY information

You can search for general types of broadcast- ing programs, such as those listed on the next page.

1 Display the function menu.

Refer to Introduction to advanced operations on page 12.

2Use MULTI-CONTROL to select PTY in the function menu.

3Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to select a program type.

NEWS/INFO—POPULAR—CLASSICS— OTHERS

4Press MULTI-CONTROL to begin the search.

The unit searches for a station broadcasting that program type. When a station is found, its program service name is displayed.

PTY (program type ID code) information is listed on the next page.

4Press TA while a traffic announcement is being received to cancel the announce- ment.

The tuner returns to the original source but re- mains in the standby mode until TA is pressed again.

Notes

!You can also turn this function on or off in the menu that appears by using

MULTI-CONTROL.

!The system switches back to the original source following traffic announcement recep- tion.

!Only TP and enhanced other network’s TP sta- tions are tuned in during seek tuning or BSM when TA is on.

Using PTY functions

You can tune in a station by using PTY (pro- gram type) information.

#To cancel the search, press MULTI-CONTROL again.

#The program of some stations may differ from that indicated by the transmitted PTY.

#If no station is broadcasting the type of pro- gram you searched for, NOT FOUND is displayed for about two seconds and then the tuner returns to the original station.

Using news program interruption

When a news program is broadcast from a PTY code news station, the unit automatically switches to the news broadcast station. When the news program ends, reception of the pre- vious program resumes.

%Press NEWS and hold to turn on news program interruption.

Press NEWS until NEWS ON appears in the

display.

# To turn off news program interruption, press NEWS and hold until OFF appears in the display.

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