News Bulletin Function With Pty News Timeout Setting; Programme Type (Pty) Function - Kenwood KRC-PS959R Instruction Manual

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News Bulletin Function
with PTY News Timeout Setting
You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your current
listening source, including other radio stations. When the
News Bulletin function is on, the PTY News Timeout setting
allows you to set the interval during which further news
interruption cannot take place. You can adjust the PTY news
interruption period from 10 to 90 minutes for each journey.
Turning News Bulletin Function On/Off:
1
Hold down the MENU button for one second or more.
"MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on.
2
Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the News Bulletin
function appears in the display.
Press the 4 button to search in the other direction.
The function setting is indicated by "NEWS ##MIN" or "NEWS
OFF" in the display, indicating that the function is on or off,
respectively.
NOTE
Depending on the interval chosen, the "##MIN" in the display will
change when the function is turned on.
3
Changing the Function Setting
Press either the FM or AM button.
Each time you press the FM or AM button until the desired
setting is displayed.
Press the FM button to increase the interval, and the AM
button to decrease it.
OFF 00MIN 10MIN
60MIN 70MIN 80MIN
When you select the news interruption timeout interval, the
News function turns on and the NEWS indicator lights up.
When a news bulletin is received, the NEWS indicator will blink
and reception will begin at the preset volume.
NOTE
If you choose the "20MIN" setting, further news bulletins will not
be received for 20 minutes once the first news bulletin is
received. Setting the interval at the "00MIN" factory default
indicates no News Timeout will be made, meaning that additional
20MIN 30MIN 40MIN 50MIN
90MIN (MIN= minutes)
news bulletins will continue to be searched for.
4
Press the MENU button to end the menu mode.
NOTE
• This function is only available if the desired station sends PTY-
code for news bulletin or belongs to EON-Network sending
PTY-code for news bulletin.
• If you turn on the news bulletin function in the MW/LW band,
the band is switched automatically to the FM band.
However, the MW/LW band is not returned to when you turn
off the function.

Programme Type (PTY) Function

Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected
kinds of programmes.
1 Press either the 38(PTY) button.
"PTY" is displayed and the Programme Type Selection (PTY)
Mode entered.
If you make no key input in 30 seconds, the mode will
automatically turn off.
NOTE
You cannot use this function whilst the traffic information
function is turned on.
NOTE
Changing the Display Language to French or German
In the PTY mode, hold down the 38(PTY) button for one second
or more to display the name of the language currently used.
If you want to change the language, press the preset button for
the desired language and then the 38(PTY) button.
English is #1, French is #2, and German is #3.
2
Select the type of programme to be received
• Press either the FM or AM buttons repeatedly to select the
type of programme you want to listen to.
The selection includes:
Speech 1.News
4.Sport 5.Education
8.Science 9.Varied
12.M,O,R Music
Classical 15.Other Music
— 18 —
2.Current Affairs 3.Information
6.Drama 7.Culture
10.Pop Music 11.Rock Music
13.Light Classical 14.Serious
16.Weather 17.Finance