04
Using the radio
Chapter
15
Engb
Using the radio
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-
other enhanced network’s TP station (a station
carrying information that cross-references TP
stations).
Tap to changes the setting as fol-
lows:
(default):
Turns off the
TA function.
:
Turns on the
TA function.
Setting the volume for traffic announce-
ments
Use the Volume (+/–) button to adjust
the TA volume when a traffic announce-
ment begins.
The newly set volume is stored in memory and
recalled for subsequent traffic announce-
ments.
Searching for an RDS station using PTY
information
You can search for general types of broadcast-
ing programmes.
1 Tap to open the search menu.
2 Tap
or to select a programme
type.
There are four programme types.
News&InfoPopularClassicsOthers
3 Tap [Start] to begin the search.
The unit searches for and displays stations
broadcasting that type of programme service
name. PTY (programme type ID code) informa-
tion is listed in the following section.
■
To cancel the search, tap [Cancel].
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PTY list
News&Info
News (News), Affairs (Current affairs),
Info (Information), Sport (Sports),
Weather (Weather), Finance (Finance)
Popular
Pop Mus (Pop music), Rock Mus (Rock music),
Easy Mus (Easy listening), Oth Mus (Other music),
Jazz (Jazz), Country (Country music),
Nat Mus (National music), Oldies (Oldies music),
Folk Mus (Folk music)
Classics
L. Class (Light classical), Classic (Classical)
Others
Educate (Education), Drama (Drama),
Culture (Culture), Science (Science), Varied (Varied),
Children (Children’s), Social (Social affairs),
Religion (Religion), Phone In (Phone in),
Touring (Travel), Leisure (Leisure),
Document (Documentaries)
❐ The programmes of some stations may dif-
fer from that indicated by the transmitted
PTY.
❐ If no station is broadcasting the type of pro-
gramme you searched for, “
Not Found” is
displayed for about four seconds and then
the tuner returns to the original station.
Using news programme interruption
When a news programme is broadcast from a
PTY code news station, the unit can switch
from any station to the news broadcast sta-
tion. When the news programme ends, recep-
tion of the previous programme resumes.
Tap .
Tapping changes the setting as follows:
(default):
Turns off news programme interruption.
:
Turns on news programme interruption.
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