Pioneer AVH-P3100DVD - Manual (Page 20)

Using PTY functions
You can tune in a station by using PTY (pro-
gram type) information.
Searching for an RDS station by
PTY information
You can search for general types of broadcast-
ing programs, such as those listed in the fol-
lowing section. Refer to this page.
1 Touch PTY on the function menu.
2 Touch c or d to select a program type.
There are four program types:
News&Inf
—Popular—Classics—Others
3 Touch d to begin the search.
The unit searches for a station broadcasting
that program type. When a station is found, its
program service name is displayed.
PTY (program type ID code) information is
listed in the following section. Refer to this
page.
# To cancel the search, touch c.
# The program of some stations may differ from
that indicated by the transmitted PTY.
# If no station is broadcasting the type of pro-
gram you searched for,
Not Found is displayed
for about two seconds and then the tuner returns
to the original 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 sta-
tion. When the news program ends, reception
of the previous program resumes.
% Touch News on the function menu.
News program interruption standby is now on.
# To turn off news program interruption, touch
News again.
# A news program can be canceled by touching
News.
Receiving PTY alarm broadcasts
When the emergency PTY code broadcasts,
the unit receives it automatically (
ALARM ap-
pears). When the broadcasting ends, the sys-
tem returns to the previous source.
PTY list
General Specific Type of program
News&Inf News News
Affairs Current affairs
Info General information and
advice
Sport Sports
Weather Weather reports/meteoro-
logical information
Finance Stock market reports,
commerce, trading, etc.
Popular Pop Mus Popular music
Rock Mus Contemporary modern
music
Easy Mus Easy listening music
Oth Mus Non-categorized music
Jazz Jazz
Country Country music
Nat Mus National music
Oldies Oldies, golden oldies
Folk Mus Folk music
Classics L. Class Light classical music
Classic Classical music
Radio
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