Switching Temporarily to a Program
Type of Your Choice
The Enhanced Other Networks function allows the unit
to switch temporarily to a broadcast program of your
choice (TA, NEWS, and INFO) from a different
station.
• The function only works when you are listening to a
preset FM RDS stations providing the data.
To activate the Enhanced Other Networks function
REMEMBER you must preset FM RDS stations to use
the function. If not yet done, see pages 12 and 13.
• There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If
the setting is canceled before you finish, start over
from step 1 .
On the remote control ONLY:
1
Press TA/NEWS/INFO until
the data type you want
appears on the display.
The selected data type indicator (TA,
NEWS, and INFO) also flashes.
• Each time you press the button, the data type
indicators change as follows:
TA
NEWS
(Canceled)
TA
: Traffic announcement
NEWS : News
INFO
: Program the purpose of which is to
impart advice in the widest sense.
OFF
: The function is canceled. The data
type indicator (TA, NEWS, and
INFO) goes off.
2
Wait for about 3 seconds after
specifying the data type.
The data type indicator stops flashing and remains
lit.
Now, the function is activated. See "How the
Enhanced Other Networks function actually
works."
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TA/NEWS
/INFO
INFO
OFF
How the Enhanced Other Networks function
actually works:
CASE 1
If there is no station broadcasting the program
you have selected
The unit continues tuning in to the current station.
When a station starts broadcasting the program
you have selected, the unit automatically switches
to the station. The indicator of received PTY code
starts flashing.
When the program is over, the unit goes back to
the previously tuned station, but the function still
remains activated.
CASE 2
If there is a station broadcasting the program
you have selected
The unit tunes in to the program. The indicator of
received PTY code starts flashing.
When the program is over, the unit goes back to
the previously tuned station, but the function still
remains activated.
CASE 3
If the FM station you are listening to is
broadcasting the program you have selected
The unit continues to receive the station but the
indicator of received PTY code starts flashing.
When the program is over, the indicator of
received PTY code stops flashing and remains lit,
but the function still remains activated.
More about the Enhanced Other Networks
function
• The data sent from some stations may not be compatible
with this unit and also some stations may not include
Enhanced Other Networks data. In this case, the function
may not work correctly.
• While listening to a program tuned into by the function, the
station does not change even if another network station
starts broadcasting a program of the same data.
• The function is canceled when you change the source to
CD, TAPE or AUX, while it is temporarily canceled when
you change the source to AM (MW).
• This function is also canceled when you turn off the unit.
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