07Using the tuner
Searching for RDS programs
One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to search for a particular kind of radio program. You can search for any of the program types listed on the previous page.
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1Press the BAND button to select the FM band.1
2Press the PTY SEARCH button.
SEARCH shows in the display.
3Press ST / to select the program type you want to hear.
4Press ENTER to search for the program type. The system starts searching through the station presets for a match. When it finds one, the search stops and the station plays for five seconds.
5If you want to keep listening to the station, press ENTER within the five seconds.
If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn’t find that program type at the time of the search.2
Using EON
When EON (Enhanced Other Network information) is turned on, the receiver jumps to an
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1Press the BAND button to select the FM band.4
2Press EON to select one of the possible modes. Press repeatedly to switch between:
•EON TA (Traffic Announcement) – Sets the tuner to pick up traffic information when it is broadcast.
•EON NEWS – Sets the tuner to pick up news when it is broadcast.
When set to TA or NEWS, the EON indicator in the display lights (it flashes when receiving an EON
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indicator in the display lights when the current station carries the EON service.6
Displaying RDS information
Use the DISP button to display the different types of RDS information available.3
•Press DISP for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
•Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the radio station. For example, a talk radio station may provide a phone number as RT.
•Program Service Name (PS) – The name of the radio station.
•Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the kind of program currently being broadcast.
•Current tuner frequency
Note
1RDS is only possible in the FM band.
2RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been preset, or if the program type could not be found among the station presets NO PTY is displayed. FINISH means the search is complete.
3• If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
•If you see NO RADIO TEXT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).
•In the PTY display, NO DATA may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.
4EON is only possible in the FM band.
5You can’t search for traffic announcements and news at the same time.
6• You cannot operate the TUNER EDIT and PTY SEARCH buttons while the EON indicator in the display is lit.
•If you want to change to a function other than the tuner when the EON indicator is flashing, press EON MODE to turn EON off.
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