Receiving traffic announcements, Using pty functions, Searching for an rds station by pty information – Pioneer AVH-P6600DVD User Manual

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Receiving traffic

announcements

TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re-

ceive traffic announcements automatically, no

matter what source you are listening to. TA

can be activated for both a TP station (a sta-

tion that broadcasts traffic information) or an

enhanced other networks TP station (a station

carrying information which cross-references

TP stations).

1 Tune in a TP or enhanced other net-

works TP station.

When you are tuned into a TP or enhanced

other networks TP station the TRAFFIC indica-

tor will light.

2 Press TA/NEWS to turn traffic an-

nouncement standby on.

dTRAFFIC appears in the display. The tuner

will stand by for traffic announcements.

# If you turned TA function on while tuned in to
neither a TP nor an enhanced other networks TP
station, only T in the TRAFFIC indicator lights.
# To turn traffic announcements standby off,
press TA/NEWS again.

3 Use VOLUME to adjust the TAvolume

when a traffic announcement begins.

The newly set volume is stored in memory and

recalled for subsequent traffic announce-

ments.

4 Press TA/NEWS while a traffic an-

nouncement is being received to cancel the

announcement.

The tuner returns to the original source but re-

mains in the standby mode until TA/NEWS is

pressed again.

# You can also cancel the announcement by
pressing SOURCE or BAND/ESC or by moving
the joystick while a traffic announcement is being
received.

Notes

! You can also turn the TA function on or off

using TA. To display TA, touch A.MENU and
then touch FUNCTION.

! The system switches back to the original

source following traffic announcement recep-
tion.

! Only TP and enhanced other networks TP sta-

tions are tuned in during seek tuning or BSM
when TA is on.

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 on page

35.

1 Touch A.MENU and FUNCTION and then

touch PTY SEARCH.

2 Touch

to select a program

type.

There are four program types:

News&InfPopularClassicsOthers

3 Touch a to begin the search.

When you touch a the program type name in

the display begins to flash. The unit searches

for a station broadcasting that program type.

# To cancel the search, touch b.

Notes

! The program of some stations may differ from

that indicated by the transmitted PTY.

RDS

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