While you are tuned to an RDS station, the station
name or the call letters will appear on the display instead
of the frequency. RDS stations may also provide the
time of day, a program type (PTY) for current
programming and the name of the program being
broadcast.
Finding a
PTY
Station
To select and find a desired PTY perform the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Press the P-TYPE button. PTY will be displayed
on the screen and the light next to the button will
turn on. The last selected PTY will appear on
the display for five seconds.
Select a category by turning the P-TYPE knob.
Once the desired category is displayed, press either
SEEK arrow to select the category and take you to
the category’s first station.
If a station with the selected PTY is not found,
NONE FOUND
will
appear on the display.
If you want to go to another station within that
category and the category
is
displayed, press
either SEEK arrow once.
If
the category is not
displayed, press either SEEK arrow twice to display
the category and then to go to another station.
To use the PTY interrupt feature, press and hold the
P-TYPE button until you hear a beep on the PTY
you want to interrupt on. An asterisk will appear next to
the PTY name (for example CLASSICAL*). When
you are listening to a compact disc, the last selected
RDS
station will interrupt play
if
that selected PTY format
is
broadcast.
If
both P-TYPE and TRAF are on, the radio will search
for stations with the selected PTY and traffic
announcements.
SCAN: You can also scan through the stations within a
category by performing the following steps:
1.
Press the P-TYPE button. PTY
will
be displayed on
the screen and the light next to the button will turn
on. The last selected PTY will appear on the
display for five seconds.
2.
Select a category by turning the P-TYPE knob.
3.
Once the desired category
is
displayed, press and
hold either SCAN arrow, the radio will begin
scanning within your chosen category.
It
a station with the seiectea
PT-Y
is
not iouna.
NONE FOUND will appear on the display.
particular station.
4. Press either SCAN arrow again to stop at a
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