Pi Seek Setting; Setting Pty31 (Emergency Broadcast) Reception; Receiving Traffic Information; Pty (Programme Type) Tuning - Alpine CDA-9884R Owner's Manual

PI SEEK Setting

1
Press and hold F/SETUP for at least 2 seconds to
activate the SETUP mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the PI SEEK
mode, and then press
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to select ON or OFF.
4
Press and hold F/SETUP for at least 2 seconds to
return to normal mode.
• Press /ESC to return to the previous mode.
• If no operation is performed for 60 seconds, the unit will return to
normal mode automatically.
Setting PTY31 (Emergency Broadcast)
reception
Turn PTY31 (Emergency Broadcast) reception ON/OFF.
1
Press and hold F/SETUP for at least 2 seconds to
activate the SETUP mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select ALERT PTY31,
and then press /ENT.
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to select ON or OFF.
If you set to ON, emergency broadcasts are received
regardless of source. "ALARM" is displayed during
reception.
4
Press and hold F/SETUP 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 10.
• Pressing /ESC during the procedure will return to the previous
mode.
• If no operation is performed for 60 seconds in the SETUP mode, the
setting mode is cancelled.

Receiving Traffic Information

1
Press and hold BAND/TA for at least 2 seconds so
that the "TA" indicator lights up.
2
Press or to select your desired traffic
information station.
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 display
shows "TRF-INFO" for 5 seconds.
When the traffic information broadcast is over, the unit will
automatically set in the standby mode.
10
-EN
/ENT.
• 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.
• In the TA mode, the SEEK tuning selects only the TP stations.

PTY (Programme Type) Tuning

1
Press F/SETUP so that the
2
Press 3 PTY to activate the PTY mode, while the
unit is in Radio (FM receiving) mode.
The Programme Type of the station being currently received
will be displayed for 10 seconds.
If there is no receivable PTY broadcast, "NO PTY" will be
displayed for 10 seconds.
If no RDS station can be received, the display shows "NO
PTY".
• If no operation is performed for 10 seconds after pressing 3 PTY, the
PTY mode will be automatically cancelled.
3
Press or within 10 seconds after
activating the PTY mode to choose the desired
programme type while the PTY (programme type) is
being displayed.
Each press scrolls the programme type by one.
4
Press 3 PTY within 10 seconds 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.
5
Press F/SETUP to activate the normal mode.
• Operate the unit while the
is performed for 10 seconds, the
Receiving Traffic Information While
Playing CD or Radio
1
Press and hold BAND/TA for at least 2 seconds so
that the "TA" indicator lights up.
2
Press or to select a traffic information
station if necessary.
When a traffic information broadcast starts, the unit
automatically mutes the CD player 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.
indicator lights up.
indicator lights up. If no operation
indicator goes out.