Kenwood KRC-177RA - Manual (Page 14)

RDS features
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Presetting Volume for Traffic Information/News
Preset the volume level to be used for traffic information and
news broadcasts.
Tune into the station for which you want to set the volume.
Adjust the volume to the desired level.
Hold down the VOL ADJ button for two seconds or more.
The volume level blinks once in the display to indicate that the
data has been stored.
Future traffic information/news broadcasts are heard at the
preset level.
• The volume cannot be lowered by this function during tuner
reception. The volume is only set when it is louder than the lis-
tening volume of the tuner.
• You can arrange only to listen to traffic information or news bul-
letins with at preset volume with the volume set at minimum.
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News Bulletin Function
with PTY News Timeout Setting
You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your current
listening source, including other radio stations. When the
News Bulletin function is on, the PTY News Timeout setting
allows you to set the interval during which further news inter-
ruption cannot take place. You can adjust the PTY news inter-
ruption period from 10 to 90 minutes for each journey.
Turning News Bulletin Function On/Off:
Hold down the MENU button for one second or more.
"MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on.
Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the News Bulletin func-
tion appears in the display.
Press the
4 button to search in the other direction.
The function setting is indicated by "NEWS 00M" or "NEWS
OFF" in the display, indicating that the function is on or off,
respectively.
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Depending on the interval chosen, the "00M" in the display will
change when the function is turned on.
Changing the Function Setting
Press either the FM or AM button.
Each time you press the FM or AM button until the desired
setting is displayed.
Press the FM button to increase the interval, and the AM but-
ton to decrease it.
OFF ↔ 00M ↔ 10M ↔ 20M ↔ 30M ↔ 40M ↔ 50M ↔ 60M
↔ 70M ↔ 80M ↔ 90M
(M= minutes)
When you select the news interruption timeout interval, the
News function turns on and the NEWS indicator lights up.
When a news bulletin is received, the NEWS indicator will blink
and reception will begin at the preset volume.
If you choose the "20M" setting, further news bulletins will not be
received for 20 minutes once the first news bulletin is received.
Setting the interval at the "00M" factory default indicates no
News Timeout will be made, meaning that additional news bul-
letins will continue to be searched for.
Press the MENU button to end the menu mode.
• This function is only available if the desired station sends PTY-
code for news bulletin or belongs to EON-Network sending
PTY-code for news bulletin.
• If you turn on the news bulletin function in the MW/LW band,
the band is switched automatically to the FM band.
However, the MW/LW band is not returned to when you turn
off the function.
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