Operation Manual

Receiving traffic announcements
TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re-
ceive traffic announcements automatically, no
matter what source you are listening to. TA
can be activated for both a TP station (a sta-
tion that broadcasts traffic information) or an
enhanced other network’s TP station (a station
carrying information which cross-references
TP stations).
1 Tune in a TP or enhanced other net-
work’s TP station.
TRAFFIC indicator will light.
2 Press TA/NEWS to tur n traffic an-
nouncement standby on.
dTRAFFIC appears in the display. The tuner
will stand by for traffic announcements.
# If you turned TA function on while tuned in to
neither a TP nor an enhanced other network’sTP
station, dimmed TRAFFIC indicator lights.
# To turn traffic announcements standby off,
press TA/NEWS again.
3 Use VOLUME/ATT to adjust the TA vo-
lume when a traffic announcement begins.
The newly set volume is stored in memory and
recalled for subsequent traffic announce-
ments.
4 Press TA/NEWS while a traffic an-
nouncement is being received to cancel the
announcement.
The tuner returns to the original source but re-
mains in the standby mode until TA/NEWS is
pressed again.
Notes
! The system switches back to the original
source following traffic announcement recep-
tion.
! Only TP and enhanced other network’s TP sta-
tions are tuned in during seek tuning or BSM
when TA is on.
Using PTY functions
You can tune in a station by using PTY (pro-
gram type) information.
Searching for an RDS station by PTY
information
You can search for general types of broadcast-
ing programs, such as those listed on the next
page.
1 Touch PTY on the function menu.
2 Touch c or d to select a program type.
There are four program types:
News&Inf—Popular—Classics—Others
3 Touch d to begin the search.
The unit searches for a station broadcasting
that program type. When a station is found its
program service name is displayed.
PTY (program type ID code) information is
listed on the next page.
# To cancel the search, touch c.
# The program of some stations may differ from
that indicated by the transmitted PTY.
# If no station is broadcasting the type of pro-
gram you searched for, NOT FOUND is displayed
for about two seconds and then the tuner returns
to the original station.
Using news program interruption
When a news program is broadcast from a
PTY code news station, the unit can switch
from any station to the news broadcast sta-
tion. When the news program ends, reception
of the previous program resumes.
% Press TA/NEWS and hold to turn on
news program interruption.
Press TA/NEWS until NEWS ON appears in
the display.
# To turn off news program interruption, press
TA/NEWS and hold again.
# A news program can be canceled by pressing
TA/NEWS.
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