Radio operation with rds ( r adio d ata s ystem) – Viking TMC 148 User Manual
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• Press << or >>; the programme type
selected last will be displayed for
3 sec.
• During this period press >> (for-
wards) or << (backwards) to select
the desired programme type.
• Press << or >> as many times as re-
quired.
If you would like to listen to a station
with the selected PTY,
• press / to start the seek tuning
function.
If the radio is unable to find a station offe-
ring the selected programme type, the dis-
play will show “NO PTY” and you will hear a
beep tone. The radio will select the station
which was playing before seek tuning was
activated.
Storing programme types
Each of the station selection keys 1 - 5 has
been assigned one programme type at the
factory.
If desired, you can also replace these with
other available programme types.
To do so, make sure that “PTY” lights up in
the display.
•
If necessary, press PTY to switch on
the function.
•
Select a programme type with << >>
and
•
hold down the desired station selection
key (1 - 5) until you hear a beep.
Now the selected programme type can be
recalled by pressing this station selection
key when “PTY” appears in the display.
Scanning stations with PTY SCAN
Important: PTY must appear in the display.
•
Press SC.
All of the stations in your current reception
area offering the selected programme type
will be scanned.
To switch off PTY-SCAN:
•
Press SC or the seek-tuning rocker
switch once again.
PTY priority
Situation:
PTY is switched on and lights up in the dis-
play.
No station offering the selected programme
type can be found currently in your recepti-
on range (with seek tuning or scan).
The car radio will switch back to the station
previously tuned into.
As soon as it is possible to receive a pro-
gramme in the broadcasting network with
the PTY selected, the radio will switch over
to the corresponding station for the durati-
on of the programme.
Example:
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Station playing: NDR3.
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“PTY” lights up in the display.
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Programme type “POP” selected.
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Seek tuning is started.
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No station with “PTY-POP” can be
found.
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The display shows “NO PTY” and
-
automatically switches back to NDR3.
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NDR2 airs a “PTY-POP” programme.
-
The radio will switch to the linked stati-
on NDR2 for the duration of the “POP”
programme.
During CD operation, the car radio will also
switch to the programme offering the selec-
ted PTY within the broadcasting network.
After the PTY programme has ended the
system will switch back to the previous mode
(radio or CD).
Note:
As already mentioned, these functions are
not supported by all of the RDS stations at
the present time.
Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)