Re-tuning the same programme automatically

— Alternative Frequencies (AF)

The Alternative Frequencies (AF) function automatically selects and re-tunes the station with the strongest signal in a network. By using this function, you can continuously listen to the same programme during a long- distance drive without having to re-tune the station manually.

Frequencies change automatically.

96.0 MHz

98.5MHz

Station

102.5 MHz

1 Select an FM station.2 Press (AF/TA) until “AF” lights up on the display.

The unit starts searching for an alternative station with a stronger signal in the same network.

Notes

•When the (AF/TA) button is pressed during FM3 band reception, the band changes automatically to FM1.

•When there is no alternative station in the area, and you don’t need to search for an alternative station, turn the AF function off by pressing (AF/TA) until “AF” disappears.

Changing the displayed items

Each time you press (AF/TA), the displayed items change as follows:

z AF z TA z AF TA*Blank Z

*Select this to turn on both AF and TA functions.

Notes

•“NO AF” and the station name flashes alternately, if the unit cannot find an alternative station in the network.

•If the station name starts flashing after selecting a station with the AF function on, this indicates that no alternative frequency is available. Press (SEEK/AMS) while the station name is flashing (within eight seconds). The unit starts searching for another frequency with the same PI (Programme Identification) data (“PI seek” appears and no sound is heard). If the unit cannot find another frequency, “NO PI” appears, and the unit returns to the originally selected frequency.

Listening to a regional programme

The “REG” (regional on) function of this unit lets you stay tuned to a regional programme without being switched to another regional station. (Note that you must turn the AF function on.) The unit is factory preset to “REG“ but if you want to turn off the function, do the following.

Press (AF/TA) for more than two seconds until “REG” disappears.

Note that turning the “REG” function off might cause the unit to switch to another regional station within the same network.

Note

This function does not work in the United Kingdom and in some other areas.

Listening to traffic

 

EN

announcements

Radio/RDS

tune in an FM station that is broadcasting

The Traffic Announcement (TA) and Traffic

 

Programme (TP) data let you automatically

 

traffic announcements even though you are

 

listening to other programme sources.

 

Press (AF/TA) until “TA” or “AF TA” lights

 

up on the display.

 

The unit starts searching for traffic

 

information stations. “TP” lights up on the

 

display when the unit finds a station

 

broadcasting traffic announcements.

 

When the traffic announcement starts,

 

“TA” flashes, then flashing stops when the

 

traffic announcement is over.

 

Tip

 

When the traffic announcement starts while you are listening to another programme source, the unit automatically switches to the announcement and goes back to the original source when the announcement is over.

Notes

•“NO TP” flashes for five seconds if the received station doesn’t broadcast traffic announcements. Then, the unit starts searching for a station that does broadcast traffic announcements.

•When the “EON” indication appears with “TP” on the display, the current station makes use of broadcast traffic announcements of other stations in the same network.

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