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Example: German broadcast network NDR:
- Station tuned in: NDR3.
- “PTY” lights up in the display.
- Programme type “POP” selected.
- Seek tuning is started.
- No station with “PTY-POP” can be
found.
- The display shows “NO PTY” and
- automatically switches back to NDR3.
- NDR2 airs a “PTY-POP” programme.
- The system will switch to the linked
NDR2 station for the duration of the
“POP” programme.
During tape operation, the set will also au-
tomatically switch to the programme offer-
ing the selected PTY within the broadcast
network.
After the PTY programme the system will
remain in the radio mode.
Note:
As mentioned earlier, these functions are
currently only supported by a limited number
of RDS stations.
Traffic announcement priority
on/off
If the priority for traffic announcement pro-
grammes is activated, “TA” will light up in
the display.
To switch the priority on or off:
• Press the TA button.
If TA is pressed while a message is broad-
cast, this message will be interrupted. The
unit will then switch back to the previous
condition. The priority for all other traffic
messages remains active.
Please note that several buttons have no
function while a traffic announcement is
broadcast.
Beep tone
If you leave the reception area of the traffic
programme station currently tuned into, you
will hear a beep tone approximately every
30 seconds.
This tone will also be released if a preset
button is pressed which has no traffic pro-
gramme allocated to it.
Receiving traffic programme stations with RDS-EON
The abbreviation “EON” stands for En-
hanced Other Networks, meaning the ex-
change of information within a radio network.
Many FM broadcasters offer traffic messag-
es for their service area at regular intervals.
All traffic programme stations transmit a
special carrier signal along with their pro-
grammes, which is decoded by your car ra-
dio. If this signal is identified, “TP” will ap-
pear in the display (Traffic Programme).
In addition to these, there are also stations
which do not actually transmit traffic pro-
grammes themselves, but by using RDS-
EON they make it possible to receive the
traffic messages broadcast by another traf-
fic programme station in the same radio
network.
If you wish to have the priority for traffic an-
nouncements activated while listening to
one of these stations (e.g. NDR3), “TA” must
appear on the display panel.
If a traffic announcement is broadcast, the
radio will automatically switch to the linked
traffic programme station (in this case,
NDR2) for the duration of the message and
return to the original programme (NDR3)
afterwards.
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