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Operation Operation
by selecting mono mode, which may cut down
some reception noise.
Local radio station search
Press repeatedly SELECT button on the panel
or SEL button on the RC until the display shows
LOC ON (LOC OFF). Press VOL+/VOL- buttons
on the RC or rotate VOLUME regulator on the
panel to select between LOC ON/OFF. LOC ON
means that only local stations are received; LOC
OFF means that both local and distant stations
with weak and strong signal are received.
Or press LOCAL button on the RC to switch
between local and distant station reception.
RDS function
RDS (Radio Data System) service availability
varies with areas. Please understand if RDS
service is not available in you area, the
following service is not available, either.
AF (Alternative Frequencies)
function
Press AF button on the panel to turn the AF
function on or off. When the function is on, AF
symbol will blink on the display.
When the radio signal strength is poor,
enabling the AF function will allow the unit to
automatically search another station with the
same PI (Program Identification) as the current
station but with a stronger signal, so that you
do not have to retune the stations when driving
between different transmitter coverage areas.
PS (Program Service name): the name of
station will be display instead of frequency.
If RDS service is not available in your area,
turn off the AF mode.
TA (Traffic Alarm) function
Press TA button to turn TA function on or
off. When on, the TA symbol will show on the
display.
In TA mode traffic program will be
automatically searched, until the program
is received. When traffic announcement is
received the unit will temporarily switch to the
tuner mode (regardless of the current mode)
and begin broadcasting the announcement.
After the traffic announcement is over, it will
return to the previous mode and volume level.
To interrupt traffic announcement press TA
button shortly; it will not switch off the TA mode.
PTY (Program Type)
This radio will allow you to select the type of
program required, and will search for a station
broadcasting that type of program.
Press PTY/PLAY/PAUSE button to show the
music type. Then press 1 - 6 number buttons
to choose different music programs available.
Press PTY/PLAY/PAUSE button twice to
show the speech type program. Then press 1
- 6 number buttons to choose different speech
programs. Each number button will show 2 or
3 different speech programs for you to choose:
Pop, Rock, Easy, Light, Classics, Other, Jazz,
Country, Nation, Oldies, Folk, News, Affairs,
Info, Sport, Educate, Drama, Culture, Science,
Varied, Weather, Finance, Children, Social,
Religion, Phone IN, Travel, Leisure, Document).
When PTY is selected, the radio starts to
search corresponding PTY information, and
stops if the corresponding PTY information
is detected. If no buttons are pressed within
several seconds, previously selected PTY is
searched. During 1 loop, if desired PTY is not
found, the unit will return to previous mode.
Press PTY/PLAY/PAUSE button for the 3rd
time to switch the PTY function off.
Other parameter setting
To choose the corresponding parameter,
press and hold SELECT button on the panel or
SEL button on the RC, then press it repeatedly
until the display shows the needed parameter.
Press VOL+/VOL- buttons on the RC or rotate
VOLUME regulator on the panel to choose the
needed option. After choosing, please leave
the unit idle to activate.
• TA ALARM/TA SEEK: In TA SEEK mode,
the unit will seek for traffic announcement
program; in TA ALARM mode the alarm is set