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PTY – Programme Type
PTY is an RDS service offered by more and
more radio broadcasters. This feature allows
you to select FM stations according to their
programme type. After you have chosen the
PTY of your preference, the corresponding
stations can be selected either by seek
tuning or using the scan function.
Switching PTY on/off
•
Press PTY.
When the function is active, the programme
type selected last will briefly appear in the
display. "PTY" will be permanently indi-
cated in the lower right corner of the display
panel.
Programme type
Use << >> to have the last selected pro-
gramme type displayed and to choose a new
one.
You can select any one of the stored types
with the preset buttons 1 - 6.
Condition: PTY must be active.
Using DSC you can choose between Ger-
man and English (see "DSC programming -
PTY LANG").
All of the programme types listed below are
available.
The letters printed in bold are identical to
the actual short-time indication in the dis-
play.
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PTY 16 to PTY 30 are not yet assigned.
Checking the programme type of the
station
•
Press PTY for approximately two se-
conds.
After the beep tone the display will show the
programme type offered by the tuned in sta-
tion.
If "NO PTY" appears in the display, the cur-
rent station has no PTY code.
Displaying the selected programme
type
•
Press << or >>.
The programme type selected last will be
displayed briefly.
Selecting a programme type
a) Using the preset buttons
When PTY is switched on, you can use
the preset buttons 1-6 to select the
programme types stored at the factory.
•
Press one of the presets 1 - 6.
The selected programme type will be
displayed for two seconds.
If you wish to listen to a station with
this PTY,
•
press
/
to start seek tuning ope-
ration.
If the system is unable to find a station offe-
ring the selected programme type, the dis-
play will show "NO PTY" and a beep tone
will be released. The station received be-
fore starting seek tuning will be tuned in.
You can assign different programme types
to each preset position. Please refer to the
next chapter "Storing programme types".
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