Instruction manual

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Using Radio Data System
Radio Data System is a system that transmits useful
information (in the form of digital data) for FM
broadcasts along with the broadcast signal. Tuners
and receivers designed for Radio Data System
reception can extract the information from the
broadcast signal for use with various functions, such
as automatic display of the station name.
Radio Data System functions
PTY (Program TYpe Identi cation) Search:
Automatically tunes to a station that is currently broadcasting
the specified program type (genre).
PS (Program Service Name) Display:
Automatically displays the station name transmitted by the
Radio Data System station.
Radio Text function:
Displays the radio text data transmitted by some Radio Data
System stations when you press the DISPLAY button. There is
"NO TEXT" display if no text data is transmitted.
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• Some functions and function names may differ in certain
countries and areas.
Changing the Radio Data System
display information
While receiving a Radio Data System station, pressing
the DISPLAY button changes the contents of the
display.
Every time the button is pressed, the display
changes in the following order:
Information
PS (Program Service name) display
PTY (Program TYpe) display
RT (Radio Text) display
Frequency display and preset number display
Tuning by Program Type (PTY search)
This function lets you set the tuner to automatically
search for stations which are currently broadcasting
the type of program (genre) you want to listen to.
1 Press TUNER button to select FM.
2 Press PTY button.
If the current station is with
Radio Data System, the
program type of the station is displayed.
3 Press FOLDER/P.CALL A or B button to select
your desired program type.
Program type table
Program Type Name Display
News "NEWS"
Current Affairs "AFFAIRS"
Information "INFO"
Sport "SPORT"
Education "EDUCATE"
Drama "DRAMA"
Culture "CULTURE"
Science "SCIENCE"
Varied Speech "VARIED"
Pop Music "POP M"
Rock Music "ROCK M"
Easy Music "EASY M"
Light Classical Music "LIGHT M"
Serious Classical Music "CLASSICS"
Other Music "OTHER M"
Weather "WEATHER"
Finance "FINANCE"
Children’s Program "CHILDREN"
Social Affairs "SOCIAL"
Religion "RELIGION"
Phone In "PHONE IN"
Travel "TRAVEL"
Leisure "LEISURE"
Jazz Music "JAZZ"
Country Music "COUNTRY"
National Music "NATION M"
Oldies Music "OLDIES"
Folk Music "FOLK M"
Documentary "DOCUMENT"
4 Press PTY button to start searching.
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• Under certain receiving conditions, it may take more than 1
minute to complete the search.
• If the desired program type cannot be found, "NO PROGRAM"
is displayed, then after several seconds the display returns to
the original display.
Playing an external component
An external component can be connected to AUX IN
of this unit and played back.
1 Connect an external component.
Connect an external component to the [AUX IN]
connector on the rear of this unit.
2 Press AUX button.
3 Start playing the connected external
component.
Using the AUX