Operation Manual

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Listening to radio broadcasts
PTY codes
None: Undefined. Finance: Stock market reports, commerce and
trading.
News: News. Children: Programs targeted at a young audi-
ence.
Affairs: Topical program expanding or enlarg-
ing upon news-debate or analysis.
Social: Programs about sociology, history,
geography, psychology and society.
Info: Programs the purpose of which is to
impart advice in the widest sense.
Religion: Religious programs.
Sport: Programs concerned with any aspect
of sports.
Phone In: Involving members of the public
expressing their views either by
phone or at a public forum.
Educate: Educational programs. Travel: Travel information.
Drama: All radio plays and serials. Leisure: Programs about recreational activi-
ties.
Culture: Programs concerning any aspect of
national or regional culture, including
language and theater.
Jazz: Jazz music.
Science: Programs about natural sciences and
technology.
Country: Songs which originate from, or con-
tinue the musical tradition of the
American Southern States.
Varied: Used for mainly speech-based pro-
grams such as quizzes, panel games
and personality interviews.
Nation M: Current popular music of the nation or
region.
Pop M: Commercial music of current popular
appeal.
Oldies: Music from the so-called “golden age”
of popular music.
Rock M: Rock music. Folk M: Music which has its roots in the musi-
cal culture of a particular nation.
Easy M: Current contemporary music consid-
ered to be “easy-listening”.
Document: Programs concerning factual matters,
presented in an investigative style.
Light M: Instrumental music, and vocal or cho-
ral works.
TEST: Broadcasts for testing emergency
broadcast devices or the main unit.
Classics:
Performances of major orchestral
works, symphonies and chamber music.
Alarm !: Emergency announcement.
Other M: Music not fitting into any of the other
categories.
Weather: Weather reports and forecasts.
Classification of the PTY codes for some FM
radio stations may be different from the list
shown above.
For the locations of the remote
control buttons, refer to page 21.
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