News Bulletin Function With Pty News Timeout Setting - Kenwood KDC-4060RA 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 on 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 00M" or
"NEWS OFF" in the display, indicating that the function is on or
off, respectively.
NOTE
Depending on the interval chosen, the "00M" 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 00M 10M 20M
70M 80M 90M
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.
30M 40M 50M 60M
(M= minutes)
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NOTE
If you choose the "20M" setting, further news bulletins will not be
received for 20 minutes once the first news bulletin is received.
Setting the interval at the "00M" factory default indicates no
News Timeout will be made, meaning that additional 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.