Sony CDX-C610RDS manual Locating a station by programme type, Setting the clock automatically

Locating a station by programme type

You can locate the station you want by selecting one of the programme types shown below.

Note

If the countries or regions where EON data is not transmitted, you can use this function only for the stations you have tuned in once.

	Programme types	Display
	News	NEWS
	Current Affairs	AFFAIRS
	Information	INFO
	Sports	SPORT
	Education	EDUCATE
	Drama	DRAMA
	Culture	CULTURE
EN	Science	SCIENCE
	Varied	VARIED
	Popular Music	POP M
	Rock Music	ROCK M
	Middle of the Road Music	M.O.R. M
	Light Classical	LIGHT M
	Classical	CLASSICS
	Other Music Type	OTHER M
	Not specified	NONE
	Note

You can not use this function in some countries where no

PTY (Programme Type selection) data is available.

1 Press (LIST) during FM reception until “PTY” appears.

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INFO

The current programme type name appears if the station is transmitting the PTY data. “- - - - -” appears if the received station is not an RDS station, or if the RDS data has not been received.

2 Press (LIST) repeatedly until the desired programme type appears.

The programme types appear in the order shown in the above table. Note that you cannot select “NONE” (Not specified) for searching.

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3 Press either side of (SEEK/AMS). The unit starts searching for a station broadcasting the selected programme type. When the unit finds the programme, the programme type appears again for five seconds.

“NO” and the programme type appear alternately for five seconds if the unit cannot find the programme type. It then returns to the previous station.

Setting the clock automatically

The CT (Clock Time) data from the RDS transmission sets the clock automatically.

1 Press (SHIFT), then press (2) (SET UP) repeatedly until “CT” appears.

SET

CTOFF

SET UP

2 Press (4) (n) repeatedly until “CT-ON” appears.

The clock is set.

SET

SUR

EQCTON

SET UP

3 Press (SHIFT) to return to the normal display.

To cancel the CT function

Select “CT-OFF” in step 2 above.

Notes

•The CT function may not work even though an RDS station is being received.

•There might be a difference between the time set by the CT function and the actual time.

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Actual total number: Sony CDX-C610RDS (E,F,G,I) 3-856-122-12(1)