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Radio
Switching the AF (alternate frequency) function ON /OFF
If the AF function is activated, the car sound system automatically tunes into the
best receivable frequency for the station that is currently set.
Ÿ Press the button [ AF ] to switch the AF function ON or OFF.
Switching priority for Traffic Announcements ON / OFF
In the Europe reception region, a FM station can identify traffic announcements via
RDS signal. If priority for traffic reports is switched on, a traffic report is
automatically broadcast, even if the car audio system is currently not in radio mode.
Ÿ Press the button [ TA ] to switch the priority for traffic announcements ON or OFF.
Selecting Program Type and Start Seek Tuning
You can select a programme type with the PTY function to search for a particular
genre of station, for example, select stations that broadcast rock music or sport
events.
Ÿ Press the button [ PTY ] to display the programme types. Scroll up/down a
program with the selected program type, it locks on to it and commences
playback
Storing stations manually
Ÿ Set the desired station.
Ÿ Press one of the memory buttons [ P1 ] - [ P6 ] for approx. 2 seconds to store the
current station at the selected location.
Ÿ Press the [ ] or [ ] button to switch to previous/next stored station.
Storing stations automatically
You can automatically search for and store the strongest reception in the region in
the current memory bank. Any previously stored stations in this memory bank are
deleted in the process.
Ÿ Select a memory band.
Ÿ Press the [ L] button.
Ÿ The tuner starts the automatic station seek tuning. After the storing process is
completed, the radio plays the station at memory location 1 of the previously
selected memory band.
Note: For the Europe reception area: If traffic information is switched-on, only
traffic information capable stations are stored.
Adjusting the seek tuning sensitivity
The seek tuning sensitivity decides whether the automatic station seek tuning
nds only strong stations or also weaker stations that may have some interference.
Ÿ Press the [ ] button to adjust the sensitivity of station seek tuning.
If LOC is on, only stations with a strong signal are selected during seek tuning.
If DX is on, stations with a strong and weak signal are also selected during seek
tuning.
Switching RDS ON/OFF
Many FM stations are RDS (Radio Data System) signal capable and in addition to
their programme in the reception area Europe / Asia that allows additional
functions, such as the display of the station name and genre type.
Ÿ Press the [ RDS ] button to show RDS options.