Philips DC633 - Traffic and News Announcements; Traffic Announcements (TA) Mode; News Bulletins (PTY NEWS) Mode

Switching on TA mode (so that Traffic « announcements have priority) on FM band
a Briefly press the TA key. The display shows 'TA'.
If the display shows ‘NO TA’: The radio was net already tuned fo a station enabling the reception of
Traffic Announcements. The radio automatically searches until it finds another station.
- You will now hear Traffic Announcements when broadcast.
— When the set receives a Traffic Announcement from another station {linked by EON), the
display temporarily shows the name of that station.
~ Ifyou play a cassette/CD*, or mute the set, while the TA mode is switched on, you will still
hear Traffic Announcements when broadcast.
Switching off TA mode (so that Traffic Announcements do not have priority)
* Briefly press the TA key. 'TA' disappears from the display.
Note: [f the tuned station becomes too weak to enable the set to provide the RDS traffic service, you will
hear beeps repeated at intervals. Use search tuning to find another station.
If the radio continuously searches, you are in an area where no Traftic Announcements are
broadcast using the RDS system. Briefly press the TA key to switch off the TA mode.
a Swing on NEWS mode (s0 th that News bulletins have eens on FM band
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Briefly press the NEWS key. The display shows 'NEWS'.
[2] Tune to a station which broadcasts PTY NEWS {or a station linked by EON to a station which
broadcasts PTY NEWS).
- You will now hear news bulletins when broadcast.
~ When the set receives a news bulletins from another station (linked by EON}, the display
temporarily shows the name of that station.
- {Fyou play a cassette/CD*, or mute the set, while the NEWS mode is switched on you will
still hear news bulletins when broadcast.
Switching off NEWS mode (so that News bulletins do not have priority)
* Briefly press the NEWS key. "NEWS' disappears from the display.
To check if a station (stored on a preset) broadcasts PTY NEWS: Briefly press the preset key
during a news bulletin. If 'NEWS' is displayed, this station broadcasts PTY NEWS.
Interrupting a Traffic Announcement or a News bulletin: [f you do not wish to
continue listening to a particular announcement, you can interrupt it without switching off the TA
or NEWS mode.
® Briefly press the TA or NEWS key during the announcement.
Note: TA mode has priority over NEWS mode: News bulletins may be interrupted by Traffic
Announcements {if the TA mode is switched on].
*only for certain versions.