Operation Manual

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Getting Started Connections Setup Remote Control Amp Assign Information Troubleshooting
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Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
This allows you to easily find out the latest traffic conditions in your
area before leaving home.
Radio Text (RT)
RT allows RDS stations to send text messages that appear on the
display.
NOTE
The operations described below using <RDS>, <PTY> and <RT> will not
function in areas in which there are no RDS broadcasts.
Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
NEWS News
AFFAIRS Current Affairs
INFO Information
SPORT Sports
EDUCATE Education
DRAMA Drama
CULTURE Culture
SCIENCE Science
VARIED Varied
POP M Pop Music
ROCK M Rock Music
EASY M
Easy Listening
Music
LIGHT M Light Classical
CLASSICS Serious Classical
OTHER M Other Music
WEATHER Weather
FINANCE Finance
CHILDREN
Children’s
programmes
SOCIAL Social Affairs
RELIGION Religion
PHONE IN Phone In
TRAVEL Travel
LEISURE Leisure
JAZZ Jazz Music
COUNTRY Country Music
NATION M National Music
OLDIES Oldies Music
FOLK M Folk Music
DOCUMENT Documentary
RDS (Radio Data System)
RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows a station to send additional information along with the
regular radio program signal.
The following three types of RDS information can be received
with this unit:
1
Either turn <SOURCE SELECT> or press [TUNER] to
select “TUNER”.
2
Set [MODE SELECTOR 1] to “AUDIO”.
(vpage 42 “Remote Control Unit Operations”)
3
Press <RDS> until “RDS SEARCH” appears on the
display.
4
Press <PRESET CHANNEL> or [CHANNEL].
The search for RDS stations begins automatically.
b If no RDS stations are found with the above operation, all the
reception bands are searched.
b When a broadcast station is found, that station’s name appears on
the display.
5
To continue searching, repeat steps 2 to 3.
b If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been
searched, “NO RDS” is displayed.
RDS Search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide
the RDS service.
1
Either turn <SOURCE SELECT> or press [TUNER] to
select “TUNER”.
2
Set [MODE SELECTOR 1] to “AUDIO”.
(vpage 42 “Remote Control Unit Operations”)
3
Press <RDS> until “PTY SEARCH” appears on the
display.
4
Watching the display, press <PTY> to call out the
desired program type.
5
Press <PRESET CHANNEL> or [CHANNEL].
PTY search begins automatically.
b If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type
with the above operation, all the reception bands are searched.
b The station name is displayed on the display after searching
stops.
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To continue searching, repeat steps 2 to 4.
b If no station broadcasting the designated program type is found
when all the frequencies have been searched, “NO PROGRAMME”
is displayed.
PTY Search
Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated
program type (PTY).
For a description of each program type, refer to “Program Type
(PTY)”.
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