Operation Manual

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Operation
OPERATION
Program Search (PTY)
An important feature of RDS is its capability of
encoding broadcasts with Program Type (
 ) codes
that indicate the type of material being broadcast.
You may search for a specific Program Type (  ) by
following these steps:
Press the
1. RDS button
 until the current
PTY is shown in the Main Information Display
 .
While the PTY is shown, press the 2. Preset Up/
Down button
 or hold them pressed to
scroll through the list of available PTY types. To
simply search for the next station transmitting
any RDS data, use the Preset Up/Down button
 until e appears in the display.
Press any of the
3. Tuning Up/Down buttons
 . The tuner begins to scan the FM band
upwards or downwards for the first station that
has RDS data that matches the desired selection,
and acceptable signal strength for quality
reception.
The tuner will make up to one complete scan
4.
of the entire FM band for the next station that
matches the desired PTY type and has acceptable
reception quality. If no such station is found, the
display will read
 for some seconds and
the tuner will return to the last FM station in use
before the search.
NOTE
: Many stations do not transmit a specific PTY.
The display will show
 , when such a station is
selected and PTY is active.
NOTE: Some stations transmit constant traffic
information. These stations can be found by selecting
TRAFFIC. The AVR will find the appropriate station,
even if it is not broadcasting traffic information when
the search is made.