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11. RDS OPERATIONS
4) AF BUTTON (ALTERNATIVE FREQUENCIES)
1. Short pressed AF button to switch AF ON or OFF (AF is show on display).
In AF mode ON, the radio checks the signal strength of the AF all the time.
2. Long press AF button to select regional mode (ON or OFF).
- Regional mode ON:
AF Switching or PI SEEK is implemented to the station which have all PI codes are
same as current station. REG segment is turned on, in LCD display.
- Regional mode OFF:
The Regional code is ignored when AF switching or PI SEEK is active.
Some broadcasting stations may change their program from normal broadcasting to
regional broadcasting for a certain period. When regional mode is off, the region
identification in the PI code is ignored; the radio may switch to a local variant of the
current program. When region mode is on, the radio will only switch to a program
carrying the exact same PI code.
Note:
When AF switch is on, at this moment use tuning up/down to search station will
only stop at station which has RDS broadcasting.
16) TA BUTTON (TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENT)
1. Short press TA button to switch TA ON or OFF.
When TA mode is on and traffic announcement is transmitted
- When the unit is in CD mode, it will switch to radio mode temporarily.
- If the volume level was under the threshold point, it will be raised to the
threshold point.
- When TP station is received, TP segment is turned on in LCD display.
2. Long press TA button to select EON mode (LOCAL / DISTANCE).
- EON TA LOCAL mode, “EON TA LO “is displayed a few second
When the field strength level of EON is less than the threshold level, the radio
does not switch this station and user can barely hear disturbances.
- EON TA DISTANCE mode, “EON TA DX” is displayed a few second
Note:
When TA switch is on, at this moment use tuning up/down to search station will
only stop at station which has TA broadcasting.
15) PTY BUTTON (PROGRAM TYPE)
Each time when this button is pressed, the PTY mode will toggle in the following order:
PTY Music Group -> PTY Speech Group ->PTY Off
The current PTY code is displayed on the LCD, use the 6 preset buttons to select the
other PTY code, the distribution of program type are as follow:
Button Number
Music Group
Speech Group
M1
POP , ROCK
NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO
M2
EASY, LIGHT
SPORT, EDUCATE, DRAMA
M3
C L A S S I C S ,
CULTURE,SCIENCE, VARIED
M4
JAZZ, COUNTRY
WEATHER,FINANCE, CHILDREN
M5
NATION, OLDIES
SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN
M6
FOLK
TRAVEL, LEISURE, DOCUMENT
When PTY code is selected, the radio will search the band for the station that
matches the PTY code.