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Philips MC160 - Preparations and Connections; Rear Connections and Power Setup; Antenna Setup

Philips MC160
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Radio Reception
RDS News and Traffic
Announcement (TA)
You may set up the tuner in
such a way that listening to CD
or tape is inter rupted by the
NEWS of a RDS station. Thi s
only wo rks if the RDS station
broadcasts a NEWS signal while sending the
news.
1 Tune to the desired RDS station.
2 Press NEWS/TA once or more on the remote
control to select the NEWS option.
NEWS ON, TA ON or OFF is displayed briefly.
NEWS is displayed if you have activated the
NEWS or TA option. Changing listening source
will not disarm the function.
Notes:
–To avoid unwanted recordings, the NEWS
announcement does not work while recording a
tape.
–When you receive RDS news or traffic
announcements during CD playback, playback will
pause and you will be able to hear the news/TA.
Playback resumes after the broadcast has finished.
In tape mode, the tape continues playing but you
will hear the news/TA only until the broadcast has
finished.
If you are using the RDS NEWS announcement
with an EON station, the whole network is
searched for the respective news.
Disarming RDS News and Traffic
Announcement
There are a number of ways to disar m the new s
feature:
Press NEWS/TA on the remote control dur ing
reception of the news option.
Press 2 STANDBY ON on the system or
remote control .
Tune to a non-RDS-station.
Tuning to preset radio stations
Press PRESET 3 or 4 (on the remote control
¡ or ) until the desired preset station is
displayed.
RDS
Radio Data System is a service that allo ws
FM stations to sho w additional in formation. If
you are receiving a RDS station, and the
station name are displayed.
When automatic programming is used, RD S
stations will be programmed first.
Scrolling through different RDS
information
Press RDS briefly and repeatedl y to scroll
through the following info rmation (if available):
Station nam e
Progr amme type such as NEWS, SPORT,
POP M ...
Radio text messages
Frequency
Note:
If you press RDS and the RDS signal is not
available NO RDS is displayed.
EON
Enhanced Other Network allows y ou to
search for an RDS station offer ing a cer tain
programme type . If EON is a vailable, is
shown.
Searching programme type
(PTY)
PTY helps y ou find a desired progr amme type .
To enable PTY , first programme RDS stations
into the tuner memo ry (see Programming r adio
stations)
1 While receiving an RDS station, press RDS
br iefly until the programme type is displayed.
2 Press PRESET 3 or 4 (on the remote control
¡ or ) until the desired progr amme type is
displayed.
3 Press and hold down on TUNING à or á
(on the remote control à or á ) to star t
searching.
The r adio tunes to a RDS station
broadcasting this progr amme type . If the
programme type is not a vailable TYPE NOT
FOUND is displayed.
RDS Programme types
NO TYPE .......... No RDS programme type
NEWS .................... News ser vices
AFFAIRS .......... Po litics and current affair s
INFO .................... Special in formation programmes
SPORT ................ Sports
EDUCATE .......... Education and advanced training
DRAMA ................ Radio plays and liter ature
CULTURE .......... Culture , religion and society
SCIENCE .......... Science
VARIED ............. Enter tainment programmes
POP M ................. Pop music
ROCK M .............. Rock m usic
MOR M ................. Light m usic
LIGHT M .......... Light classical m usic
CLASSICS ...... Classical music
OTHER M .......... Special music programmes
Radio Reception
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

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