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TUNER OPERATION
Tuner Operation
Program Search (PTY)
An important feature of RDS is its capability of
encoding broadcasts with Program Type (PTY)
codes that indicate the type of material being
broadcast. The following list shows the
abbreviations used to indicate each PTY, along
with an explanation of the PTY:
• (
RDS ONLY
)
• (
TRAFFIC
)
•
NEWS
: News
•
AFFAIRS
: Current Affairs
•
INFO
: Infomation
•
SPORT
: Sports
•
EDUCATE
: Educational
•
DRAMA
: Drama
•
CULTURE
: Culture
•
SCIENCE
: Sciencek
•
VARIED
: Varied Speech Programs
•
POPM
: Popular Music
•
ROCKM
: Rock Music
•
M.O.R.M.
: Middle-of-the-Road Music
•
LIGHTM
: Classical Music
•
CLASSICS
: Serious Classical Music
•
OTHERM
: Other Music
•
WEATHER
: Weather Information
•
FINANCE
: Financial Programs
•
CHILDREN
: Children’s Programs
•
SOCIAL A
: Social Affairs Programs
•
RELIGION
: Religious Broadcasts
•
PHONE IN
: Phone-In Programs
•
TRAVEL
: Travel and Touring
•
LEISURE
: Leisure and Hobby
•
JAZZ
: Jazz Music
•
COUNTRY
: Country Music
•
NATIONAL
: National Music
•
OLDIES
: Oldies Music
•
FOLK M
: Folk Music
•
DOCUMENT
: Documentary Programs
•
TEST
: Emergency Test
•
ALARM
: Emergency Broadcast Information
You may search for a specific Program Type (PTY)
by following these steps:
1. Press the
RDS
button
^
until the
current PTY is shown in the
Main Information
Display
˜
.
2. While the PTY is shown, press the
Preset
Up/Down
button
#
or hold them pressed
to scroll through the list of available PTY types,
as shown above starting with the PTY currently
received. To simply search for the next station
transmitting any RDS data, use the
Preset
Up/Down
button
#
until
RDS ONLY
appears in the display.
3. Press any of the
Tuning Up/Down
buttons
)
K
, the tuner begins to scan the FM band
upwards or downwards for the first station that
has RDS data that matches the desired
selection, and acceptable signal strength for
quality reception.
4. The tuner will make up to one complete scan
of the entire FM band for the next station that
matches the desired PTY type and has
acceptable reception quality. If no such station is
found, the display will read
NONE
for some
seconds and the tuner will return to the last FM
station in use before the search.
NOTE:
Some stations transmit constant traffic
information. These stations can be found by
selecting
TRAFFIC
, the option in front of
NEWS
in the list. The AVR will find the next
appropriate station, even if it is not broadcasting
traffic information when the search is made.
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