Receiving Alarm Broadcasts Interrupting Regular Broadcasts; Using Pty Functions; Setting The Fm Tuning Step; Rds Setting - Pioneer AVH-X4690DVD Owner's Manual

Tuner
4 Turn off the announcement while a traf-
fic announcement is being received.
Refer to Tuner operations on page 10.
The tuner returns to the original source but re-
mains in the TA function standby mode until the
icon is touched again.
Receiving alarm broadcasts
interrupting regular broadcasts
(Only available on FM stations)
You can choose to receive the alarm broadcast
automatically regardless of the source being lis-
tened to.
Reception of the previous program resumes
once the alarm broadcast ends.

Using PTY functions

(Only available on FM stations)
You can tune in to a station using PTY (program
type) information.
Searching for an RDS station by
PTY information
You can search for general types of broadcasting
programs.
1 Touch the search key.
2 Touch or to select a program type.
There are four program types:
News&Info—Popular—Classics—Others
3 Touch Start to begin the search.
The unit searches for a station broadcasting that
type of program. When a station is found, its
program service name is displayed.
# To cancel the search, touch Cancel.
# The program of some stations may differ from
that indicated by the transmitted PTY.
# If no station is broadcasting the type of program
you searched for, Not Found is displayed for about
two seconds and then the tuner returns to the origi-
nal station.
Using news program interruption
When a news program is broadcast from a PTY
code news station, the unit can switch from any
station to the news broadcast station. When the
news program ends, reception of the previous
program resumes.

Setting the FM tuning step

The tuning step remains at 50 kHz during man-
ual tuning.
1 Turn the source off.
Refer to Turning the source ON/OFF on page 6.
2 Display the system menu.
Refer to Menu operations on page 28.
3 Touch FM Step on the system menu to se-
lect the FM tuning step.
Touching FM Step will switch the FM tuning
step between 50 kHz and 100 kHz. The selected
FM tuning step will appear.

RDS setting

(Only available on FM stations)
Limiting stations to regional
programming
When AF is used, the regional function limits
the selection of stations to those broadcasting
regional programs.
1 Press the home button to switch to the
home display.
Tuner
2 Touch the system key to open the system
menu.
3 Touch RDS Setup on the system menu.
4 Touch Regional on the menu to turn the
regional function on.
# To turn the regional function off, touch Regional
again.
Selecting alternative frequencies
When the tuner cannot get a good reception,
the unit automatically searches for a different
station in the same network.
1 Press the home button to switch to the
home display.
2 Touch the system key to open the system
menu.
3 Touch RDS Setup on the system menu.
4 Touch Alternative FREQ to turn AF on.
# To turn AF off, touch Alternative FREQ again.
Notes
! Sound may be temporarily interrupted by an-
other program during an AF frequency
search.
! The AF feature can be set for FM1, FM2, and
FM3.

Switching Auto PI Seek

The unit can automatically search for a different
station with the same programming, even dur-
ing preset recall.
1 Press the home button to switch to the
home display.
2 Touch the system key to open the system
menu.
3 Touch Auto PI on the system menu to
turn Auto PI Seek on.
# To turn Auto PI Seek off, touch Auto PI again.

Setting the AM tuning step

% Touch AM Step on the initial menu to se-
lect the AM tuning step.
Touching AM Step will switch the AM tuning
step between 9 kHz and 10 kHz. The selected
AM tuning step will appear in the display.
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