RDS Operations
announcement broadcast reception is cancelled and
the unit goes into the TA standby mode.
●Cancelling the TA standby mode
With "TP" and "TA" lit in the display, press the
[TA] button. The "TA" in the display goes off and
the TA standby mode is cancelled.
∗ If "TP" is not lit, pressing the [TA] button searches
for a TP station.
●Searching for a TP station
When "TP" is not lit, if you press the [TA] button,
"TA" in the display lights and the unit automati-
cally receives a TP station.
Note:
• If a TP station is not received, the unit continues the
search operation. Pressing [TA] button again goes off
"TA" in the display and stops TP station searching.
Auto store function for TP stations
You can automatically store up to 6 TP stations into
preset memory. If the number of TP that can be re-
ceived is less than 6, broadcast stations already
stored in memory are left without being overwritten.
With "TA" lit in the display, press and hold the [P/A]
button for 2 seconds or longer. The TP stations with
the good reception sensitivity are stored into preset
memory.
∗ Even if you select FM1 or FM2, a TP station is
stored into memory for FM3.
PTY
This function enables you to listen to a broad-
cast of the selected programme type when it
starts even if the unit is on a function mode
other than radio.
∗ Some countries do not yet have PTY broadcast.
∗ In the TA standby mode, a TP station has priority
over a PTY broadcast station.
●Setting the PTY standby mode
When you press the [PTY] button, "PTY" lights in
the display and the PTY standby mode is turned
on. When the selected PTY broadcast starts, the
PTY item name appears in the display.
●Cancelling the PTY standby mode
When you press and hold the [PTY] button for 1
second or longer, "PTY" goes off in the display
and PTY standby mode is cancelled.
●Cancelling a PTY interrupt broadcast
Press the [PTY] button during the PTY interrupt
broadcast, the PTY interrupt is cancelled and
the unit returns to PTY standby mode.
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Selecting PTY
1. When you press the [PTY] button, the unit
goes into PTY select mode.
2. Press any one of the [DIRECT] buttons. Al-
ternatively, turn the [ROTARY] knob clock-
wise or counterclockwise to select the de-
sired PTY.
∗ Below are the factory default settings stored
for the [DIRECT] buttons.
Preset
number
ENGLISH
1
NEWS
2
INFO
3
POP M
4
SPORT
5
CLASSICS Serious Classical Music
6
EASY M
3. The PTY select mode is cancelled automati-
cally 7 seconds after a PTY is selected.
PTY seek
1. When you press the [PTY] button, the PTY
select mode is turned on.
2. Select PTY.
3. Press the [a] or [d] button. If you press
the [d] button, the unit seeks a PTY broad-
cast moving up the frequencies; if you press
the [a] button, it seeks moving down the
frequencies.
∗ If no station with the selected PTY broadcast
can be received, the unit returns to the PTY
select mode.
PTY item
Contents
News
Information
Pop Music
Sport
Easy Listening Music