Owner 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.
When you are tuned into a TP or enhanced
other networks TP station the TRAFFIC indica-
tor will light.
2 Press TA/NEWS to turn traffic an-
nouncement standby on.
dTRAFFIC appears in the display. The tuner
will standby for traffic announcements.
# If you turned TA function on while tuned in to
neither a TP nor an enhanced other networksTP
station, only T in the TRAFFIC indicator lights.
# To turn traffic announcements standby off,
press TA/NEWS again.
3 Use VOLUME to adjust the TA volume
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.
# You can also cancel the announcement by
pressing SOURCE or BAND/ESC or by moving
the joystick while a traffic announcement is being
received.
Notes
! You can also turn on or off TA function using
TA. To display TA, touch A.MENU and then
touch FUNCTION.
! 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 infor-
mation.
Searching for an RDS station by
PTY information
You can search for general types of broadcast-
ing programs, such as those listed on page
33.
1 Touch A.MENU and FUNCTION and then
touch PTY SEARCH.
2 Touch c or d to select a program type.
There are four program types:
News&InfPopularClassicsOthers
3 Touch a to begin the search.
When you touch a the program type name in
the display begins to flash. The unit searches
for a station broadcasting that program type.
# To cancel the search, touch b.
Notes
! 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 dis-
played for about two seconds and then the
tuner returns to the original station.
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