Setting Pty31 (Emergency Broadcast) Reception; Receiving Traffic Information; Pty (Programme Type) Tuning; Receiving Traffic Information While Playing Ipod Or Radio - Alpine iDA-X300 Owner's Manual

Setting PTY31 (Emergency Broadcast)
reception
Turn PTY31 (Emergency Broadcast) reception ON/OFF.
1
Press and hold FUNC./SETUP for at least 2
seconds to activate the SETUP selection mode.
2
Turn the Double Action encoder (iDA-X200 only)
or Rotary encoder (iDA-X300 only) to select the
TUNER mode, and then press
1 2
BT * AUDIO * GENERAL
TUNER BT
1
* Displayed only when INT MUTE is set to OFF, and the mode is set to
other than BT AUDIO.
2
* Displayed only when an external audio processor is connected. For
details, refer to the Owner's Manual of the external audio processor.
3
Turn the Double Action encoder (iDA-X200 only)
or Rotary encoder (iDA-X300 only) to select
ALERT PTY31 and then press
4
Turn the Double Action encoder (iDA-X200 only)
or Rotary encoder (iDA-X300 only) to select ON or
OFF.
If you set to ON, emergency broadcasts are received
regardless of source. "ALARM" is displayed during
reception.
5
Press and hold for at least 2 seconds to return to
normal mode.
When an emergency broadcast is received, the volume
level will be automatically changed to the memorized level
in the traffic information mode. For details, refer to
"Receiving Traffic Information" on page 9.
• Pressing during the procedure will return to the previous mode.
• If no operation is performed for 60 seconds, the unit will return to
normal mode automatically.

Receiving Traffic Information

1
Press and hold BAND/TA for at least 2 seconds so
that the "TA" indicator lights up.
When a traffic information station is tuned in, the "TP"
indicator lights up.
Traffic information is heard only when it is being broadcast.
If traffic information is not being broadcast, the unit is set in
the standby mode. When a traffic information broadcast
begins, the unit automatically receives it and the TRF-INFO
screen is displayed.
When the traffic information broadcast is over, the unit will
automatically set in the standby mode.
• If the traffic information broadcast signal falls below a certain level,
the unit remains in the receiving mode for 1 minute. If the signal
remains below a certain level for over 1 minute, the "TA" indicator
blinks.
• If you do not want to listen to the traffic information being received,
lightly press BAND/TA to skip that traffic information message. The
TA mode will remain in the ON position to receive the next traffic
information message.
• If the volume level is changed while receiving traffic information, the
changed volume level will be memorized. When traffic information is
received next time, the volume level will be automatically adjusted to
the level memorized.
/ENTER.
DISPLAY IPOD
/ENTER.

PTY (Programme Type) Tuning

1
Press FUNC./SETUP so that the <F> indicator
lights up.
2
Turn the Double Action encoder (iDA-X200 only)
or Rotary encoder (iDA-X300 only) to select PTY,
and press /ENTER, while the unit is in Radio (FM
receiving) mode.
The PTY Select screen is displayed.
3
Turn the Double Action encoder (iDA-X200 only)
or Rotary encoder (iDA-X300 only) to choose the
desired programme type.
4
Press /ENTER after selecting the programme
type to start searching for a station in the selected
programme type.
The chosen programme type display blinks during
searching and lights when a station is found.
If no PTY station is found, "NO PTY" will be displayed for
10 seconds.
• Operate the unit while the <F> indicator lights up. If no operation is
performed for 10 seconds, the <F> indicator goes out.
Receiving Traffic Information While
Playing iPod or Radio
1
Press and hold BAND/TA for at least 2 seconds so
that the "TA" indicator lights up.
When a traffic information broadcast starts, the unit
automatically mutes the iPod/USB memory/Portable audio
player (iDA-X200 only)/changer or the regular FM
broadcast.
When the traffic information broadcast finishes, the unit
automatically returns to the original source play before the
traffic information broadcast began.
When traffic information stations cannot be received:
In the tuner mode:
When the TP signal can no longer be received for over 1 minute,
the "TA" indicator blinks.
/Portable audio player (iDA-X200
In the iPod/USB memory
only)
/changer mode:
When the TP signal can no longer be received, the traffic
information station of another frequency will be selected
automatically.
• The receiver is equipped with the EON (Enhanced Other Networks)
function in order to keep track of additional alternate frequencies to
the AF list. The "EON" indicator lights up while an RDS EON
station is being received. If the station being received does not
broadcast the traffic information, the receiver automatically tunes in
the related station that broadcasts the traffic information when it
occurs.
2
Press and hold BAND/TA for at least 2 seconds to
deactivate the Traffic Information mode.
The "TA" indicator goes out.
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