RDS broadcasts Only for the United Kingdom

About the PTY display

There are a total of 31 PTY displays on this unit. The display

changes each time [TUNING, , , PTY SELECTOR] is pressed.

The table below shows the order in which the display changes, and also gives an explanation of each display.

Display

Explanation

NEWS

News

AFFAIRS

Current affairs

INFO

Information

SPORT

Sport

EDUCATE

Education

DRAMA

Drama

CULTURE

Culture

SCIENCE

Science

VARIED

Varied

POP M

Pop music

ROCK M

Rock music

M. O. R. M

Middle-of-the-road Music

LIGHT M

Light classical

CLASSICS

Serious classical

OTHER M

Other music

WEATHER

Weather information

FINANCE

Finance

CHILDREN

Children

SOCIAL A

Social affairs

RELIGION

Religion

PHONE IN

Phone in

TRAVEL

Travel

LEISURE

Leisure

JAZZ

Jazz music

COUNTRY

Country music

NATIONAL

National music

OLDIES

Oldies

FOLK M

Folk music

DOCUMENT

Documentary

TEST

Test broadcast

ALARM

Emergency announcement

Note

This unit does not have EBS-Emergency Broadcast System which tunes automatically into emergency broadcasts when they begin.

Radio functions

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Technics SA-DA8, SA-DA10 operating instructions About the PTY display, Display Explanation

SA-DA8, SA-DA10 specifications

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