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Tuning by Program TYpe (PTY
search)
This function lets you set the tuner to automatically search for
stations which are currently broadcasting the type of program
(genre) you want to listen to.
Under certain receiving conditions, it may take more than 1
minute to complete the search.
TUNING
/Y
MULTI CONTROL
/O
PTY
Preparations
• Execute the RDS auto memory procedure.
• Set the broadcast band to FM.
• Tune to an RDS station.
œ Press [PTY] to activate the PTY search mode.
When an RDS broadcast is received, the program type is
shown on the display. If no PTY data is available, or if the
station is not an RDS station, "NONE" is displayed.
∑ While the "PTY" indicator is lit, use [MULTI
CONTROL 5/∞] or [TUNING 1/¡] to select the
program type of your choice.
Program type Display Program type Display
Pop Music "POP M" Weather "WEATHER"
Rock Music "ROCK M" Finance "FINANCE"
Easy Music "EASY M" Children's Program "CHILDREN"
Light Classical Music "LIGHT M" Social Affairs "SOCIAL"
Serious Classical Music "CLASSICS" Religion "RELIGION"
Other Music "OTHER M" Phone In "PHONE IN"
News "NEWS" Travel "TRAVEL"
Current Affairs "AFFAIRS" Leisure "LEISURE"
Information "INFO" Jazz Music "JAZZ"
Sport "SPORT" Country Music "COUNTRY"
Education "EDUCATE" National Music "NATION M"
Drama "DRAMA" Oldies Music "OLDIES"
Culture "CULTURE" Folk Music "FOLK M"
Science "SCIENCE" Documentary "DOCUMENT"
Varied Speech "VARIED"
é Press [PTY] to start searching.
Example: Searching for a Rock Music broadcast.
Display while searching.
Blinks
Program type name display
Display when a station is received.
Goes out
Station name display
• No sound is heard while "PTY" is blinking.
• If the desired program type cannot be found, "NO PROG" is
displayed, then after several seconds the display returns to the
original display.
To select another program type
Repeat steps œ, ∑ and é.
Using the RDS DISP. (display) key
RDS DISP.
Pressing [RDS DISP.] changes the contents of the
display.
Each press switches the display mode as follows:
1 PS (Program Service) name display
2 RT (Radio Text) display
3 Frequency display
1 PS (Program Service) name display:
The station name is displayed automatically when an RDS
broadcast is received.
If no PS data was sent, "NO PS" is displayed.
2 RT (Radio Text) display:
Text data accompanying the RDS broadcast scrolls across the
display. "NO RT" or "RT
----
" is displayed if the current RDS
station does not provide RT data.
3 Frequency display:
Displays the frequency of the current station.
Listening to radio broadcasts