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PTY - Program Type
PTY is an RDS service which an increasing
number of broadcasting stations have be-
gun to offer. This feature allows you to se-
lect FM stations according to their program
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 program
type selected last will briefly appear in the
display, e.g. “SPORT”. As long as PTY is
active, “PTY” will appear permanently in the
display.
Program type
Use << >> to have the last selected program
type displayed and to choose a new one.
You can select any one of the stored types
with the preset buttons ST1 - ST6.
Requirement: PTY must be active.
The following list indicates all of the program
types which are currently available.
The letters printed in bold are identical to
the abbreviation which appears briefly in the
display.
NEWS
INFORM
SPORTS
TALK
ROCK
CLS ROCK
ADLT HIT
SOFT ROCK
TOP 40
COUNTRY
OLDIES
SOFT
NOSTALGA
JAZZ
CLASSICAL
R + B
SOFT R+B
LANGUAGE
REL MUSIC
REL TALK
PERSNLTY
PUBLIC
WEATHER
Checking the program type of the sta-
tion
On menu level 2
• Press PTY for approx. 2 seconds.
After the beep tone the display will show the
program type offered by the station current-
ly playing.
If “NONE” appears in the display, the cur-
rent station has no PTY code.
Displaying the selected program type
• Press << or >>.
The program type selected last will be dis-
played briefly.
Selecting a program type
a) Using the preset buttons
When PTY is switched on, you can use
the preset buttons ST1 - ST6 to select
the program types stored at the factory.
• Press one of the presets ST1 - ST6.
The selected program type will be dis-
played for 2 seconds.
If you would like to listen to a station
with this PTY,
• press
/ to start the seek tuning
function.
Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)