KRF-A4020 (En/E2T)
Operations
Preparations
Other
16
Tuning by program type (PTY search)
This function lets you set the tuner to automatically search for
stations which are currently broadcasting the type of program
(genre) you want to listen to.
Under certain receiving conditions, it may take more
than 1 minute to complete the search.
•
PTY
search cannot be activated during
EON
override
reception.
Preparations
• Execute the RDS auto memory procedure.
• Set the broadcast band to
”FM“
.
• Tune to a RDS station.
1
Press the PTY key to activate the PTY search mode.
When a RDS broadcast is received, the program type is
shown on the display. If no PTY data is available, or if the
station is not a RDS station,
”NONE”
is displayed.
2
While the “PTY” indicator is lit, use the MULTI
CONTROL to select the program type of your choice.
Program type table
Program Type Name
Display
Pop Music
POP M
Rock Music
ROCK M
Easy Listening Music
EASY M
Light Classical
LIGHT M
Serious Classical
CLASSICS
Other Music
OTHER M
News
NEWS
Current Affairs
AFFAIRS
Information
INFO
Sport
SPORT
Education
EDUCATE
Drama
DRAMA
Culture
CULTURE
Science
SCIENCE
Varied
VARIED
Weather
WEATHER
Finance
FINANCE
Children’s programs
CHILDREN
Social Affairs
SOCIAL
Religion
RELIGION
Phone In
PHONE IN
Travel
TRAVEL
Leisure
LEISURE
Jazz Music
JAZZ
Country Music
COUNTRY
National Music
NATION M
Oldies Music
OLDIES
Folk Music
FOLK M
Documentary
DOCUMENT
“NO PROG” is displayed if this operation is attempted
before performing the RDS AUTO MEMORY operation.
3
Press the PTY key to start searching.
Example: Searching for a Rock Music broadcast.
• No sound is heard while
“PTY”
is blinking.
• If the desired program type cannot be found,
“NO
PROG”
is displayed, then after several seconds the
display returns to the original display.
To select another program type
Repeat steps
1
,
2
and
3
.
Reserving the desired information
When the receiver is tuned to a RDS EON station (a station at
which the
“EON”
indicator lights up), this function lets you
set the receiver to automatically switch stations to receive
news or traffic programs as they are broadcast. When the
broadcast is over, the receiver returns to the original station
automatically.
Preparation
• Set the broadcast band to
”FM”
.
#
1
Complete steps
1
~
3
of ”Presetting RDS stations
(RDS AUTO MEMORY)“.
$
Skip this step if you have already completed the
RDS AUTO MEMORY procedure.
• The EON function will not work if all 30 FM preset
stations were stored manually using the procedure shown
in
“Presetting radio stations manually”
.
%
Be sure to use the
RDS AUTO MEMORY
function.
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Goes out
Station name display
Blinks
Program type name display
Display while searching
Display when a station is received.
STEREO
TUNED
AUTO
SP.
TP
TA
PTY
N E W s
MHz
kHz
A B MUTE
EON FM
AM
TI. VOL
S.DIRECT
TAPE 2 / MONI
STEREO
TUNED
AUTO
SP.
PTY
R O C K M
MHz
kHz
A B MUTE
EON
FM
AM
S.DIRECT
TAPE 2 / MONI
STEREO
TUNED
AUTO
SP.
TP
PTY
PTY
B B C 1 F M
MHz
kHz
A B MUTE
EON FM
AM
S.DIRECT
TAPE 2 / MONI
Blinks for 2 seconds
Listening to radio broadcasts