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Emergency alarm reception
In the RDS mode the radio is set to receive
emergency announcements in the case of
exceptional circumstances or events that
may cause general danger (earthquakes,
floods, etc.) if they are broadcast by the sta-
tion tuned.
This function is activated automatically and
cannot be deactivated.
Program Type Function (PTY)
(selecting a type
of programme)
To turn on the PTY function, which makes
it possible to give top priority to PTY pro-
grammes, when present, which may involve
emergency messages or various topics (e.g.
music, news bulletins) briefly press the
"PTY" button (2) until the display shows
"PTY" and the subject of the last station
heard (e.g. "NEWS").
IMPORTANT To turn on the PTY func-
tion, the radio must be in the FM band.
If the station does not broadcast in the PTY
mode, the wording "NO-PTY" is shown
on the display for 5 seconds.
After 2 seconds the station name or fre-
quency is shown on the display.
The list of the various subjects comprises:
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
M, O, R, M Middle of the Road Music
LIGHT M
CLASSICS
OTHER M
To change the type of PTY programme
press "¯¯" (4) or "˙˙" (7) or one of
the 6 preset buttons. If the display shows
the station frequency or name, pressing
"¯¯" (4) or "˙˙" (7) the current type
of programme will be displayed.
To store the current type of programme on
one of the 6 preset buttons, give a pro-
longed press (over 1 second) on the pre-
set button. Storage is confirmed by a
"beep". To seek a station with this pro-
gramme see the "Automatic tuning" and
"Scanning stations (Scan function)" para-
graphs.
If no station is available with this type of
programme the system sounds a "beep",
the station selected previously is heard and
for 2 seconds the display shows the word-
ing "NO-PTY".
To turn the PTY function off briefly press
the "PTY" (2) button again.
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