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TA and TP (Travel Announcements / Travel Program Identifi cation)
When a local radio station broadcasts a traffi c report, the unit is informed. This information can be used to provide you with
travel information without having to listen to that particular radio station all of the time. When the travel announcement is
broadcast the unit will interrupt the AUX or CD that is playing and will automatically switch to the announcement. At the end of
the announcement the unit returns to its former state by switching back to the SD, USB AUX, or CD.
For this to work, the travel announcement function must be switched on. The unit will only allow you to tune to a station which
is capable of sending the relevant RDS travel announcement information.
If the signal of the selected radio station becomes weak, the unit should re-tune itself to another station that has the RDS travel
information. The TP symbol will ignite on the information display, when a TP station is found or selected.
EON (Enhanced Other Networks)
The unit is equipped with the Enhanced Other Network (EON) function, and can switch from a national Network station (eg
RADIO ONE) to a Local Radio travel announcement, and then back to the national station at the end of the announcement. For
example, the unit is tuned to RADIO FOUR, and the TA Travel function is switched on. You may be listening to RADIO FOUR
or to a track, or you could have the volume turned down. When a nearby local radio station, such as RADIO LOCAL, is about
to make a travel announcement, an RDS signal transmitted on RADIO FOUR tells the unit to tune to RADIO LOCAL for the
announcement. The unit will already know the frequency of RADIO LOACAL in that area. The unit will fi rst check that it can
receive RADIO LOCAL satisfactorily and, if so, will switch from RADIO FOUR, turn up the volume, or interrupt the playback
for the duration of the announcement. At the end of the announcement the unit returns to its previous state ready for the next
announcement. With EON, the unit is told about the frequencies of other radio stations in the area, both local and national. If
you change stations, the unit will know immediately which frequencies to try fi rst.
PTY (Program Type)
Many radio stations give codes to individual programs according to their type. The unit allow you to select the type of program
required, and will search for a station broadcasting that type of program. The following program types are available: Speech,
News, Current Affairs, Information, Sport, Education, Drama, Culture, Science, Varied Speech (quizzes/comedy), Pop Music,
Rock Music, M.O.R.M. Easy Listening, Classical, Other Music types, Weather, Finance, Children, Social, Religion, Phone in,
Travel, Leisure, Jazz, Country, National, Oldies, Folk Music and Documentations.
To switch PTY ON, press the OK button for more than two seconds on the unit. The current selected PTY type will be shown on
the information display. When no special type is selected PTY NONE will be shown. To switch PTY OFF, press the OK button
again. Default PTY is “News”.
Turn the volume knob left or right to scroll through the available PTY types, and then press the OK button again, the unit will
now automatically start searching for a radio station with the selected PTY code.
Time and Date (CT-Clock Time)
Part of the RDS data is used to transmit the current time and date. The clock on the unit never has to be adjusted, and will
automatically set itself for summer and winter time changes. It will also take account of leap years and, if traveling in a foreign
country, will adjust between different time zones.
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