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
enhanced other network
s TP station (a station
carrying information which cross-references
TP stations).
1 Tune in a TP or enhanced other net-
work
s TP station.
When you are tuned into a TP or enhanced
other network
s TP station the
TRAFFIC
indica-
tor will light.
2 Press TA/NEWS to turn traffic an-
nouncement standby on.
d
TRAFFIC
appears in the display. The tuner
will stand by for traffic announcements.
#
If you turned TA function on while tuned in to
neither a TP nor an enhanced other network
s TP
station, only
T
in the
TRAFFIC
indicator lights.
#
To turn traffic announcements standby off,
press
TA/NEWS
again.
3 Use VOLUME to adjust the TAvolume
when a traffic announcement begins.
The newly set volume is stored in memory and
recalled for subsequent traffic announce-
ments.
4 Press TA/NEWS while a traffic an-
nouncement is being received to cancel the
announcement.
The tuner returns to the original source but re-
mains in the standby mode until
TA/NEWS
is
pressed again.
#
You can also cancel the announcement by
pressing
SOURCE
or
BAND/ESC
or by moving
the joystick while a traffic announcement is being
received.
Notes
!
You can also turn the TA function on or off
using
TA
. To display
TA
, touch
A.MENU
and
then touch
FUNCTION
.
!
The system switches back to the original
source following traffic announcement recep-
tion.
!
Only TP and enhanced other network
s TP sta-
tions are tuned in during seek tuning or BSM
when TA is on.
Using PTY functions
You can tune in a station by using PTY (pro-
gram type) information.
Searching for an RDS station by
PTY information
You can search for general types of broadcast-
ing programs, such as those listed on page
35.
1 Touch A.MENU and FUNCTION and then
touch PTY SEARCH.
2 Touch
or
to select a program
type.
There are four program types:
News&Inf
Popular
Classics
Others
3 Touch
a
to begin the search.
When you touch
a
the program type name in
the display begins to flash. The unit searches
for a station broadcasting that program type.
#
To cancel the search, touch
b
.
Notes
!
The program of some stations may differ from
that indicated by the transmitted PTY.
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