RDS broadcasts

Only for the United Kingdom

 

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PTY search and EON tuning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before trying to use these functions, it is necessary to preset radio

 

 

 

stations into the receiver’s memory (a pages 30 and 31). Neither

 

 

 

of

these functions will work if stations have not been preset.

 

 

 

 

PTY search

 

 

 

 

 

Carry out this operation while listening to an FM broadcast.

 

 

 

PTY search finds a particular type of program for you.

 

 

 

1

Press [RDS].

 

 

1

 

 

2

Press [TUNING,

,

, PTY

RDS

 

 

SELECTOR] to select the desired

 

 

 

program type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each time you press the button, the PTY display will change

 

 

 

 

in sequence. (For PTY displays: a page 35.)

 

TUNED STEREO

RDS

 

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

MHz

3

While the PTY display is flashing (approx. 10 seconds)

 

A

 

 

Press [MEMORY, PTY SEARCH].

 

 

 

 

“PTY” flashes while the search is carried out.

2

TUNING

 

When the selected type of program is located

 

The receiver automatically switches over to the station

 

 

 

 

 

broadcasting the program. The PTY indicator continues to flash for

 

PTY SELECTOR

 

about two seconds after the program is found. During this time the

 

 

 

display changes, first showing the preset channel number, then

 

 

 

the frequency of the station, and finally the previously selected

 

 

 

display mode is resumed.

 

 

 

 

TUNED STEREO

RDS

PTY

 

 

Restarting a search

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is possible to restart the search during the two seconds that the

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PTY indicator is flashing after the

program is found, simply by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressing [MEMORY, PTY SEARCH] again.

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is also possible to search for the same kind of program on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

another station by pressing [MEMORY, PTY SEARCH] at any time

3

MEMORY

 

 

 

 

if the display is in PTY mode. If

[MEMORY, PTY SEARCH] is

 

 

 

 

pressed in any other mode, the message “SELECT PTY FIRST”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scrolls across the display.

 

 

PTY SEARCH

 

 

 

 

If the desired type of program is not found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“NO PTY” will be displayed for a moment, then the current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

frequency and the receiver will return to the original display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNED STEREO

RDS

PTY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Technics SA-DA8, SA-DA10 PTY search and EON tuning, Press RDS Press Tuning, Selector to select the desired, Program type

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