While a traffic announcement plays, the radio uses a
special
type
of
volume called TA volume. To increase TA
volume,
turn
the
PWRNOL
knob
to the right.
Turn
it to
the left
to
decrease volume. TA
VOLUME
will appear
on
the display while the volume is
being
adjusted.
When a traffic announcement comes on the tuned radio
station or a related network station, you will hear
it,
even
if
the volume is muted or
a
cassette tape
or
compact disc is playing.
If
the radio tunes to a related
network station for a traffic announcement?
it
will return
to the original station when the announcement is
finished.
If
the cassette tape or compact disc player was
being used, the tape or compact disc will
stay
in the
player and resume play at the point where it stopped.
Press the
RDS
SELECT button, followed by this button
again to turn TA
off.
MSG
(3):
When RDS is on,
if
the current station has a
message,
MSG
will appear on
the
display. Press the
RDS
SELECT
button, followed by this button
to
see
the
message.
If
the whole message does not appear on the
display, parts of the message will appear every three
seconds until the message is completed.
To
see the parts
of
the message faster than every
three
seconds, press this
button again.
A
new group of words will appear on the
display. Once the complete message has
been
displayed,
MSG
will disappear from the display until another
new
MSG
is received. Each message can only be read once.
PTY
(4):
This
button
is
used to
turn
on
and
off
Program
Type (PTY) seeks and
scans.
Press the
RDS
SELECT
button, followed by
this
button. The
PTY
display will
turn
on.
RDS
SELECT.
PTY
NEWS
will appear on the display
for
three
seconds. (The
PTY
shown will be the last
PTY
selected.) Press
the
RDS
SELECT button, followed by
this
button again
to
turn
the
PTY
display
off.
<
PTY
>
(5)
(6):
With
RDS
on, press the
RDS
SELECT
button, followed by
<
or
>
.
The
F’TY
display will
turn
on,
if
it
is not already on.
RDS
SELECT: PTY
NEWS
will
appear on
the
display for
three
seconds. (The
PTY
shown
will be the last
PTY
selected.) While
this
message is
displayed, use
<
*and
>
to
move up and down the
PTY
list.
If
you pause
on
a
PTY
for
three
seconds,
PRESET
PTY
NEWS
will
appear
on
the display.
We
this
message
is
displayed, you can save
the
PTY
in
a preset by
pressing one of the
six
numbered pushbuttons until you
hear a beep. Allow
three
seconds for
the
message to
disappear
if
you
do
not want
to
save
the
ITY
in
a preset.
See “Radio Data Systems
(RDS)
Program
Type
(PTY)
Selections”
in
the
Index.
When the
PTY
display is on, press
SEEK
and
SCAN
to
find radio stations
of
the
PTY
you want to listen
to.
The
last PTY selected will be used for seek and scan modes.
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