“Type” Switch; Traffic Announcement - Lexus ES 300 Owner's Manual

Audio System
To recall a radio text messages stored in
memory, touch the "RECALL" switch.
Touching the "LATEST MESSAGE" will dis-
play the most recent message.
If no messages have been stored, or if there
are no more messages to be recalled, "RE-
CALL" switch is dimmed. The message dis-
play will be canceled if you activate any func-
tion that affects the display.
"TYPE" switch
This switch is used for changing the program
type (PTY) of RDS stations in all RDS mode.
8 program types are available as listed here.
The following program type names are avail-
able.
D ROCK
D EASY LIS
D CLS/JAZZ
D R & B
D INFORM
D RELIGION
D MISC
D ALERT (Emergency message)
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(e) Traffic announcement
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"TRAF" button
This button turns the traffic announcement
(TA) feature on and off.
2003 ES300 Navigation from Aug. '02 Prod. (OM33592U)
Pushing this button turns on RDS if it was off
and the traffic announcement feature will
come on ("TRAF" will appear and start blink-
ing). When the radio is tuned to a traffic sta-
tion, "TRAF" will stop blinking.
If the current station is not a traffic station, the
radio will start a traffic program search in in-
creasing frequency order. During a traffic
program search, "TRAF SEEK" will appear.
If no traffic programs are found, "NOTHING"
will appear.
If the radio receives a traffic announcement,
it will interrupt the cassette player or compact
disc mode (if either one is on), adjust the vol-
ume to Traffic Announcement level, and
broadcast the traffic announcement. During
a traffic announcement, "Traffic" will appear
on the screen. After traffic announcement is
finished, it will return to the previous mode
and volume level.
TA volume memory function—The volume
level when receiving the traffic announce-
ment is memorized.