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Radio Reception
RDS Ne
ws and
T
raffic
Announcement (T
A)
You ma
y set up the tuner in
such a wa
y that listening to CD
or tape is inter
rupted by the
NEWS of a RDS station.
Thi
s
only
w
o
rks if the RDS station
broadcasts a NEWS signal while sending the
news.
1
Tune to the desired RDS station.
2
Press
NEWS/T
A
once or more on the remote
control to select the NEWS option.
NEWS ON
,
TA ON
or
OFF
is displ
ay
ed br
iefl
y.
NEWS
is displ
ay
ed if y
ou ha
ve
activated the
NEWS or
TA
option.
Changing listening source
will not disar
m the function.
Notes:
–T
o avoid unwanted r
ecor
dings
, the NEWS
announcement does not work while r
ecor
ding a
tape
.
–W
hen you receive RDS ne
ws or tr
aff
ic
announcements dur
ing CD playbac
k,
playbac
k will
pause and you will be able to hear the news/T
A.
Playbac
k resumes after the br
oadcast has f
inished.
In tape mode
, the tape continues playing but you
will hear the news/T
A only until the br
oadcast has
finished.
–
If you are using the RDS NEWS announcement
with an EON station, the whole network is
searc
hed f
or the respective ne
ws
.
Disarming RDS Ne
ws and
T
raffic
Announcement
There are a
nu
mber of ways to disar
m the new
s
fe
ature:
Press
NEWS/T
A
on the remote control dur
in
g
reception of the news option.
Press
2
ST
ANDBY ON
on the system or
remote control
.
Tune to a non-RDS-station.
T
uning to pr
eset radio stations
Press
PRESET
3
or
4
(on the remote control
¡
or
™
) until the desired preset station is
displ
ay
ed.
RDS
Radio Data System
is a ser
vice that allo
ws
FM stations to sho
w additional in
fo
rm
ation.
If
you are receiving a RDS station,
and the
station name are displa
yed.
When automatic progr
amming is used,
RD
S
stations will be progr
ammed
fir
st.
Scr
olling thr
ough different RD
S
inf
ormation
Press
RDS
br
iefly and repeatedl
y to scrol
l
through the
fo
llo
wing info
rm
ation (if a
vailable):
–
Station nam
e
–
Progr
amme type such as
NEWS
,
SPORT
,
POP
M
...
–
Radio text messages
–
Frequency
Note:
–
If you pr
ess RDS and the RDS signal is not
available
NO RDS
is display
ed.
EON
Enhanced Other Netw
ork
allo
ws y
ou to
search f
or an RDS station offer
ing a cer
tai
n
progr
amme type
. If EON is a
vaila
bl
e
,
is
sho
wn.
Sear
ching pr
o
gramme type
(PTY)
PTY helps y
ou
find a desired progr
amme type
.
To
enab
le PTY
, f
ir
st progr
amme RDS stations
into the tuner memo
ry
(see Progr
amming r
adio
stations)
1
While receiving an RDS station, press
RDS
br
iefl
y until the progr
amme type is displ
ay
ed.
2
Press
PRESET
3
or
4
(on the remote control
¡
or
™
) until the desired progr
amme type is
displ
ay
ed.
3
Press and hold do
wn on
TUNING
à
or
á
(on the remote control
à
or
á
) to star
t
searching.
The r
adio tunes to a RDS station
broadcasting this progr
amme type
. If the
progr
amme type is not a
vailable
TYPE NOT
FOUND
is display
ed.
RDS Pr
ogramme types
NO TYPE
..........
No RDS progr
amme type
NEWS
....................
News ser
vices
AFFAIRS
..........
Po
litics and cur
rent affair
s
INFO
....................
Special in
fo
rm
ation progr
amme
s
SPORT
................
Spor
ts
EDUCATE
..........
Education and advanced tr
aining
DRAMA
................
Radio pla
ys and liter
ature
CULTURE
..........
Culture
, religion and society
SCIENCE
..........
Science
VARIED
.............
Enter
tainment progr
amme
s
POP M
.................
Pop m
usi
c
ROCK M
..............
Rock m
usi
c
MOR M
.................
Light m
usi
c
LIGHT M
..........
Light classical m
usi
c
CLASSICS
......
Classical m
usic
OTHER M
..........
Special m
usic progr
amme
s
Radio Reception
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE