Pioneer SX-209RDS - Manual (Page 15)

RDS (Radio Data System) BROADCAST RECEPTION
SEARCHING FOR A DESIRED PROGRAM
BY PROGRAM TYPE (Program Type
Search)
You can search for FM broadcasts of a desired program type (PTY).
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1. Turn the POWER switch ON and press the TUNER
button.
2. Select FM broadcast using the FM/AM selector
button.
3. Press the DISPLAY MODE button on the remote
control unit to select the PTY mode.
"PTY" flashes in the display, and if there is a program type, it will
be displayed.
4. Press the CHARACTER/SEARCH button.
"SEARCH" lights in the display.
5. Select the desired program type using the TUN­
ING +/- buttons.
6. When your desired program type is displayed,
press the CHARACTER/SEARCH button.
Searches randomly for a memorized RDS station. When the de­
sired PTY data is found, that PTY data will be shown blinking.
Pressing the CHARACTER/SEARCH button within 5 seconds will
end this function. If the button is not pressed the search will con­
tinue.
If the desired PTY data is not present after searching all PI codes
preset in the 30ch memory, the original state will be returned.
NOTES:
• This function searches RDS stations preset in the 30ch memory.
Therefore if this function is set when no stations have been
preset "NO PTY" will be displayed.
• In case it has been impossible to stop at the station where the
desired PTY data is found, "FINISH" is displayed after all of
the PI codes have been searched and the unit returns to the
original state.
EON (Enhanced Other Network information)
This feature can be used to update the information stored in a
tuner about program services other than the one received. Traf­
fic-program and announcement identifications as well as Pro­
gram-type can be transmitted for each other service.
If you specify traffic information (TA) or news program (PTY) be­
forehand, the frequency will change automatically when the speci­
fied broadcast begins. This function cannot be used In areas where
EON information is not transmitted or when broadcast stations
do not transmit PTY data.
Each press of the EON button causes switching in the following
sequence.
►TA.
NEWS
. If traffic information (TA) has been speci­
fied, the frequency will switch when a traf­
fic information broadcast begins. When
the broadcast ends, reception will return
to the previous frequency.
. If the program type has been specified,
the frequency will switch when a News
program is broadcasted.
- OFF................. Normal condition. Interruption does not
occur. Switch to this mode when record­
ing.
NOTES:
• Once you start interrupt waiting, it is temporarily canceled if
you switch to AM reception, but starts once more when you
return to FM reception, even if you call up a different station.
To cancel interrupt waiting, press the EON button, or the
POWER button.
• When you receive the station you were waiting for an inter­
rupt from (when the EON indicator flashes on the display) the
MEMORY button, DIRECT button, DIRECT ACCESS tuning but­
ton, and CHARACTER/SEARCH button cannot be used.
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