Changing sensitivity of station
search
You may change the sensitivity of the auto-
matic station search.
If “lo” is displayed, the search will only look
for stations with good reception (low sensi-
tivity).
If “lo” is not displayed, the search will also
include stations with lower reception quali-
ty.
Under “Programming with
you can find
information about how to switch the sensi-
tivity of the station search and how to pro-
gram the station search sensitivity.
Switching stereo/mono (FM)
The DSC menu allows you to switch be-
tween stereo and mono. This can be useful
in marginal reception areas.
When turning the unit on it automatically
provides stereo output.
As the quality of the reception decreases
the unit changes smoothly to mono output.
The chapter “Programming with
informs you how to switch to
mono.
The chosen mode will be briefly indicated in
the display.
Activating automatic IF band-
width switching
The SHARX function in the DSC menu al-
lows you to activate automatic IF bandwidth
switching. This function proves to be bene-
ficial when a reception area contains many
stations. Choosing “SHARX ON” eliminates
most of the interference caused by strong
adjacent stations.
You can find additional information under
“Programming with DSC SHARX”.
PTY- Program type (mode)
This is an RDS service that is gradually be-
ing implemented by the broadcast compa-
nies. It allows you to automatically search
for stations with a certain program content.
You choose the specific program type and
a search for the respective stations is con-
ducted by station search or the scan func-
tion.
Program types
Turn on PTY by pressing the PTY key.
By pressing cc
you can identify the pro-
gram type you chose last and select a dif-
ferent one.
The station keys 1 6 enable you to select
the stored program types. Some of the avail-
able program types are mentioned below:
POP
ROCK
WEATHER
CHILDREN
HOBBIES
JAZZ
OLDIES
NEWS
SPORTS
CULTURE
Turning PTY on/off
l
Press the PTY key.
When the function is activated the display
will briefly indicate the program type you last
chose and then it permanently shows
Inquiring about station program type
l
Press the PTY key for approximately
2 seconds.
After the beep the display will indicate the
program type the received station is broad-
casting.
If the display indicates “NONE,” the station
is without PTY identification.
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