Limiting stations to regional
programming
When AF is used to automatically retune fre-
quencies, the regional function limits the se-
lection to stations broadcasting regional
programmes.
1
Touch
on the
“
FM
”
screen.
The
“
Function
”
menu appears.
2
Touch [Regional].
Each touch of [
Regional
] turns it on or off.
p
Regional programming and regional net-
works are organised differently depending
on the country (i.e., they may change ac-
cording to the time, country or broadcast
area).
p
The preset number may disappear on the
display if the tuner tunes in a regional sta-
tion that differs from the originally set sta-
tion.
p
The regional function can be turned on or
off independently for each FM band.
Searching for an RDS station by
PTY information
You can search for general types of broadcast-
ing programmes.
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For details, refer to
1
Touch
on the
“
FM
”
screen.
The
“
Function
”
menu appears.
2
Touch [PTY].
3
Touch [
c
Prev] or [Next
d
] to select a
programme type.
There are four programme types:
NEWS&INF
—
Popular
—
Classics
—
Others
4
Touch [Start] to begin a search.
The tuner searches for a station broadcasting
that programme type.
#
If you touch [
Stop
], the search is cancelled.
p
The programmes of some stations may dif-
fer from that indicated by the transmitted
PTY.
p
If no station is broadcasting the type of pro-
gramme you searched for,
“
Not Found
”
is
displayed for about two seconds and then
the tuner returns to the original station.
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).
1
Tune in a TP station or another en-
hanced network
’
s TP station.
2
Touch [TA] on the
“
Function
”
menu to
turn traffic announcement standby on.
p
To turn traffic announcements standby off,
touch [
TA
] again.
3
Use the VOL (+/
–
) button to adjust the
TA volume when a traffic announcement
begins.
The newly set volume is stored in memory and
recalled for subsequent traffic announce-
ments.
4
Touch [Cancel] while a traffic announce-
ment is being received to cancel the an-
nouncement.
The tuner returns to the original source but re-
mains in standby mode until [
TA
] is touched
again.
You can also cancel the announcement by
changing the source or band.
p
The system switches back to the original
source following traffic announcement re-
ception.
p
Only TP stations and other enhanced net-
works
’
TP stations are tuned in during seek
tuning or BSM when the TA function is on.
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Chapter
14
Using the radio (
FM
)
