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* Depending on version
RADIO DATA SYSTEM (RDS) ON FM
Many FM stations broadcast RDS information.
This set uses the RDS information to offer you
many advantages including :
DISPLAY OF STATION NAME
The set displays the name of the station instead
of its frequency.
AUTOMATIC RETUNING
The set remains tuned to the current station by
continually searching for the best possible
alternative frequency for reception.
Note :
You can switch off AF when not required,
see 'SAM' (page 14); option 'AF'.
ALARM MESSAGES (PTY ALARM)*
This set automatically receives emergency
messages made by the broadcaster.
– During the messages the display shows
'ALARM' and the station-name alternately.
TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (TA)
You can activate the TA and/or NEWS* modes to
give priority so as to hear announcements related
to these subjects, (even if you play a cassette/
CD* or mute the set).
Activate/deactivate TA
• Press
to select an FM waveband :
• Press
to activate/deactivate TA.
Activate/deactivate NEWS*
• Press
to select an FM waveband :
• See 'SAM' (page 14), select option 'NEWS' and
set the value to 'ON'.
If you activate TA/NEWS mode :
• You will hear the Traffic/NEWS* Announcements
when broadcast.
• If the tuned station does not enable the
reception of Traffic Announcements, the display
shows ‘NO TA’. The radio automatically
searches an appropriate station.
News announcements may be interrupted by
Traffic Announcements (if the TA mode is
switched on).
Interrupting Traffic Announcement/News
mode
If you do not wish to continue listening to a
particular Traffic Announcement or News mode,
you can interrupt it without switching off the mode.
• Press
to interrupt TA/NEWS :
– The set will return to the previous operating
mode.
RDS MEMO STORE
It is possible to store up to 50 stations in
alphabetical order in a separate FM memory.
Loading RDS memory
• Press
to select FMPRE waveband.
Note :
You will hear an error beep if you activate
RDS MEMO in FMAST band.
• Press
for more than 2 seconds to
activate RDS MEMO:
- The set mutes. When the search is completed
the set beeps again and you hear the first
alphabetically stored station.
Scrolling through the RDS memory
• Press
to select A-Z band
• Press or to select the desired station in
alphabetical order.
- If you hear a beep and cannot select station
according to alphabetical order, see 'Loading
RDS memory' to load RDS memory in the
memory first.
Note:
You can switch off RDS features if not required.
• See 'SAM' (page 14), option 'REG/RDS'.
- All above RDS related features e.g. A-Z,
MEMO, TA, etc... will be deactivated when option
'RDS' is set to 'OFF'.
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