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RDS SYSTEM
Note :
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ELECTING A PROGRAMME TYPE ꢁ You have to be in FM wave band.
Some stations, when they are organised in
networks, broadcast regional programmes
at certain times of day, and national proꢀ
grammes at other times.
Certain stations offer the possibility of listenꢀ
ing to a particular programme type, selected
from a list (PTY).
ꢁ The station being listened to should indiꢀ
cate via the RDS system that it broadcasts
traffic information.
ꢁ Stations organised in a network (EON)
have regional transmitters that send their
own programmes: while you are listenꢀ
ing to one of these stations the system
will switch automatically to a station on
the network that is broadcasting traffic
information.
press for more than two seconds on butꢀ
ton I
Press on buttons J or M to scroll through and
select the programme type you prefer, then
press on button L to validate your choice.
It is possible to search :
ꢁ Either for a regional station only.
ꢁ Or across the whole network in order to
find a different programme.
To activate/deactivate this function, proceed
as for Scanning of RDS stations.
Note :
When this mode is activated, the system
will remain tuned to one specific regional
station.
SEARCHING FOR A STATION BROADꢀ
CASTING THIS PROGRAMME TYPE
When you have chosen a programme type,
the list of corresponding stations appears on
the display, press on buttons J or M to scroll
down and select the station you want, then
press on button L to validate your choice.
ꢁ You can stop listening to a message by
pressing button I
SOUND VOLUME ADJUSTMENT FOR
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
The sound volume for traffic information
operates separately from that for the rest
of the system, and can be adjusted indeꢀ
pendently.
Rotate button A while a traffic information
message is being broadcast.
This volume adjustment is memorised.
TA TRAFFIC INFORMATION (TRAFFIC
ANNOUNCEMENTS)
QUITTING PTY MODE
Some stations allow broadcasting, only
in FM, of these messages thanks to the
To quit “PTY” mode, select the function to
deactivate “PTY” in the list of the different
programme types.
You can activate the “TA” function by pressꢀ
ing on button I. This allows you, even though
you are listening to another audio source
or to a radio programme not itself providing
traffic messages, to receive traffic infor-
mation flashes from an FM station which
broadcasts them.
While the messages are being broadcast
the original source is paused and when
the messages have ended your radio will
automatically revert to the music programme
you were listening to.
RADIO TEXT VIA CONTEXTUAL MENU
This function allows to view the information
broadcast by the station, concerning the
programme you are currently listening to.
To activate/deactivate this function, proceed
as for Scanning of RDS stations.
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