Harman Kardon AVR/DVD System Owner's Manual page 23

Operation
Program Search (PTY)
An important feature of RDS is its capability of
encoding broadcasts with Program Type (
that indicate the type of material being broadcast.
you may search for a specific Program Type (
following these steps:
1. Press the RDS button BF until the current PTy is
shown in the Main Information Display F.
2. While the PTy is shown, press the
Down button 9E or hold them pressed to
scroll through the list of available PTy types. To
simply search for the next station transmitting
any RDS data, use the Preset Up/Down button
9E until appears in the display.
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3. Press any of the Tuning Up/Down buttons 7U,
the tuner begins to scan the FM band upwards or
downwards for the first station that has RDS data
that matches the desired selection, and acceptable
signal strength for quality reception.
4. The tuner will make up to one complete scan of the
entire FM band for the next station that matches
the desired PTy type and has acceptable reception
quality. If no such station is found, the display
will read for some seconds and the tuner
NONE
will return to the last FM station in use before the
search.
NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specific PTy.
The display will show , when such a station is
NONE
selected and PTy is active.
NOTE: Some stations transmit constant traffic
information. These stations can be found by selecting
TRAFFIC. The AVR will find the appropriate station,
even if it is not broadcasting traffic information when
the search is made.
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pTy
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