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If the system is unable to find a station of-
fering the selected programme type, the dis-
play will show “NO PTY” and a beep tone
will be released. The station received be-
fore starting seek tuning will be tuned in.
You can assign different programme types
to each preset position. Please refer to the
next chapter “Storing programme types”.
b) Using the << >> buttons of the rocker
switch
When PTY is switched on, you can se-
lect a programme type using buttons
<< >>.
•
Press << or >>; the programme
type selected last will be displayed
for three seconds.
•
During this period press >> (for-
wards) or << (backwards) to select
the desired type.
•
Press << or >> as many times as
required.
If you wish to listen to a station offering
the selected PTY,
•
press / to start seek tuning op-
eration.
If the system is unable to find a station of-
fering the selected programme type, the dis-
play will show “NO PTY” and a beep tone
PTY priority
Situation:
PTY is switched on and lights up in the dis-
play.
No station offering the selected programme
type can currently be received (with seek
tuning or scan).
The set will switch back to the previous sta-
tion.
As soon as a programme with such PTY can
be received within the broadcasting network,
the unit will switch over to the correspond-
ing station for the duration of the pro-
gramme.
Example:
German broadcasting network NDR:
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Station tuned in: NDR3.
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“PTY” lights up in the display.
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Programme type “POP” selected.
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Seek tuning is started.
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No station with “PTY-POP” can be
found.
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The display shows “NO PTY” and
-
automatically switches back to NDR3.
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NDR2 airs a “PTY-POP” programme.
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The system will switch to the linked
station NDR2 for the duration of the
“POP” programme.
will be released. The station received be-
fore starting seek tuning will be tuned in.
Storing programme types
One programme type was assigned to each
of the preset buttons 1-6 at the factory.
If desired, you can also store other availa-
ble programme types.
To do so, make sure that “PTY” lights up in
the display.
•
If necessary, press the PTY button to
switch on the function.
•
Select a programme type using but-
tons << >> and
•
hold down the desired preset button
(1-6) until you hear a beep.
Now the selected programme type can be
recalled by pressing this preset. For this the
PTY function must be active.
Scanning stations with PTY-SCAN
Condition: “PTY” must appear in the display.
•
Press the SC button.
All received stations offering the selected
programme types will be scanned.
To switch off PTY-SCAN:
•
Press SC once again.
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