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Audio mode
TP (Traffic Program) function
Introduction
The TP function is an RDS radio data service.
While traffic news monitoring is on (display:
TP
), traffic announcements will
interrupt the current Audio mode.
On the AM frequency band, traffic news monitoring is
not
possible.
Additional information and warnings:
●
Safety notes
⇒
page 4
●
Unit overview
●
Basic information on use
⇒
page 8
●
Radio mode
⇒
page 10
Monitoring traffic news stations using the TP function
Fig. 14 TP function
active.
Traffic news monitoring with the TP function is only possible if the TP station
is available.
Some stations that do not broadcast their own traffic news support the TP
function through a link to a traffic news station (EON). Traffic announce-
ments broadcast by the linked traffic news stations interrupt the current au-
dio mode.
Switching the TP function on and off
●
Press the unit button
TP
⇒
Fig. 1
7
.
If the station that is currently selected in
FM mode
does
not
support the TP
function, the unit will automatically search for a TP station (display:
TP
SEEK
).
●
Press the
TP
unit button to switch the TP function off again.
When in areas
without TP coverage
the TP function is activated, and search
is begun for a traffic news station, ending in the failure to find a station. The
search then returns to the station to which it was originally tuned. The TP
function remains switched on (display:
No TP
). It is necessary to deactivate
the TP function, otherwise no stations will be found in the subsequent
search using the arrow buttons.
TP function activated
While traffic news monitoring is switched on and enabled,
TP
is displayed
⇒
Fig. 14
.
In
radio mode
, the
selected
station must support the TP function. If a sta-
tion selected via the station buttons or manual tuning does
not
support the
TP function, traffic news monitoring is not possible (display:
NO TP
).
If the currently selected traffic news station can no longer be received,
NO TP
is also displayed and you will need to start a manual station search
using the arrow buttons
⇒
Fig. 1
10
and
⇒
During a station search with the arrow buttons or the scan function (SCN),
the unit will only tune to stations that support the TP function.
In
Media mode
or while the unit is muted, the unit will automatically tune to
a traffic news station in the background, provided the TP station available
