“Rds Srch” (Rds Search) Switch; “Alert” (Emergency Broadcast); “Msg” (Message) - Lexus ES 300 Owner's Manual

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"RDS SRCH" (RDS search) switch
This switch allows you to search all available
RDS stations out of the entire FM band and
sort them by program type (See following
"TYPE" switch for details on program types).
By touching this button at the FM mode, RDS
is turned on and the radio is switched to FM
type mode. During the program type search,
"RDS SEARCH" will be shown on the
screen. Also at this time, "FM TYPE" will ap-
pear on the screen to indicate that the station
selector switches are for program type.
After searching for all the available RDS sta-
tions, the radio will activate the previously
used program type. If the previously used
program type is not available, or if the radio
has not yet performed a program type
search, the radio will activate the first avail-
able program type that has stations in
memory. The radio will preset the stations of
the current program type into the preset but-
tons.
These are accessible through the "TYPE"
switch. If more than 6 stations are found, the
radio will load the 6 strongest stations signal
of the program type into the presets.
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If no RDS stations are found, "No RDS Sta-
tions Found" will be displayed and the beep
sounds. Then the radio will return to the pre-
vious FM mode and frequency.
AF (Alternative Frequency) function: When
the RDS is turned on a station providing
good reception is automatically selected if
current reception worsen.
"Alert" (Emergency broadcast)
This type of announcement warns of national
or local emergencies. You will not be able to
turn off alert announcements. Alert an-
nouncements will come on even if RDS
mode is turned off. "Alert" appears on the
screen when an alert announcement plays.
The radio uses TA volume during these an-
nouncements. When an alert announce-
ment comes on the tuned radio station or a
related network station, you will hear it even
if the volume is muted or a cassette tape or
compact disc is playing. If the radio tunes to
a related network station for an alert an-
nouncement, it will return to the original sta-
tion when the announcement is finished. If
the cassette tape or compact disc player is
playing, play will stop for the announcement
and resume when the announcement is fin-
ished.
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"MSG" (Message)
When an RDS radio station transmits a text
message, "MSG" will be displayed. At this
time, touch the "MSG" switch to view the text
message. The message display will be can-
celed if any button that affects the display is
pushed. To view the message again, touch
the "MSG" switch again. After the entire
message has been displayed, the message
will disappear.
The RDS audio system can store three 64
character messages. To store a message in
memory, touch and hold the "STORE" switch
until you hear a beep.
If 3 messages are already stored in memory,
the oldest message will be overwritten by the
new message.
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