station. This means you do not have to
re-tune the radio when driving between
different transmitter coverage areas. When
AF is on, it means RDS information is
received; when AF is flashing, it means
RDS information is not yet received.
TA - Travel Announcements
Press the TA button and the unit will be
activated for reception of traffic announce-
ments from local radio stations.
To choose the TA mode, press the “SEL”
Button for 2 seconds, the display will
show “TA SEEK”. Press the “+/-” Buttons
to choose between “TA SEEK” and “TA
ALARM”, after chooisng, please leave the
unit idle for the new mode setting to take
effect. In “TA SEEK” mode, the unit will
seek for traffic announcement program
when “TA” is pressed; in “TA ALARM”
mode, no “TA/TP” is displayed and the
alarm is turned off.
TP - Traffic Program
The “TP” Function is used to allow the user
to find only those stations that regularly
broadcast traffic bulletins.
PTY - Program Type
This “PTY” function allow you to select the
type of program you wish to listen to, and
will search for a station broadcasting that
type of program. Press the “PTY” button
once to show the music type. Then press
the 1-6 buttons to choose the different
music types available.
Press the “PTY” button twice to show Talk
Show programing you can search for, then
press a number button 1-6 to choose a
different Talk Show type program. Each
number button can display 3 Talk Show
programs for you to choose.
There are up to 31 pre-defined program
types that allows users to find programing
by genre.
MASK DPI - MASK ALL
Press the “SEL” Button for 2 seconds, the
display will show “TA SEEK”. Press the
sound select button again so that the unit
will show “MASK DPI”.
Press the “+/-” Buttons to toggle between
“MASK DPI” and “MASK ALL” mode. Then
leave the unit idle for the new setting to
take effect.
During “MASK DPI” mode, the unit will
mask only the “AF” which has differ-
ent “PI”, this is the default mode; during
“MASK ALL” mode, the unit will mask the
AF which has different PI and no RDS sig-
nal with high field strength.
RETUNE S/L - SHORT/LONG
This function is to set the initial duration
of automatic TA Search -- Press and
hold the “SEL” button until “TA SEEK” is
shown on the LCD, then Press the “+/-”
Buttons to cycle through the menu selec-
tions until “RETUNE_S” is shown, use the
VOL +/- button to choose “RETUNE_S” or
“RETUNE_L”. The default is “RETUNE_S”.
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