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Operation Operation
memories of the current band. To stop preset
scan, press the button again.
Stereo/Mono reception
In FM mode, press STEREO/MONO button
on the RC to select stereo or mono signal
reception mode.
On-screen display
Press OSD button on the RC to show
enabled PTY function icon.
RDS background
RDS service availability varies with areas.
Please understand if RDS service is not
available in you area, the following service is
not available.
AF (Alternative frequencies) function
Press and hold AF/TA button on the RC
or MENU button on the panel to enable AF
function. 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 stronger signal strength.
AF indicator on the display will flash until
RDS information is received. If RDS service is
not available in your area, turn off the AF mode.
TA (Traffic alarm) function
Press AF/TA button on the RC or press and
hold OK button on the panel to activate the
traffic alarm function.
When TA function is activated, it will search
the station with TA information automatically.
If there is no TA information, it will search the
station with TP information automatically, if
there is no TP information either, it will return to
the previous station after searching.
When receiving the station with TP
information but without TA information,
TP icon is on and TA icon keeps blinking;
when receiving the station with TP and TA
information, both TP and TA icons are on.
When playing in other mode and TA
information is received, it will change to the
radio mode automatically. After playing over, it
will return to the previous mode. Press AF/TA
button on the RC once to ignore the received TA
information, do it twice to turn off the function.
PTY (Program type) function
Press PTY/PROG button on the RC to open
PTY program type list, and repeat pressing
PTY/PROG button to select a PTY type. After
selecting the program type you want, press
number buttons 1 - 6 on the RC to start search.
Press it again to stop the PTY search. If PTY
code is different or not available, “PTY NONE”
blinks on the display.
Other functions
Press MENU button on the panel or RC to
enter Setting Menu. Press UP/DOWN cursor
buttons on the RC or rotate VOLUME knob on
the panel to select RDS SETUP page. Press
ENTER button or RIGHT cursor button on the
RC or press OK button on the panel to enter the
page. Press UP/DOWN cursor buttons on the RC
or rotate VOLUME knob on the panel to select
an item, and then press SEL button on the RC or
OK button on the panel to adjust the setting.
Press ENTER button on the RC or OK
button on the panel to confirm, press MENU
button to return to last settings list.
RDS SETUP
• TA ALARM/SEEK: In TA SEEK mode, the
unit will seek for traffic announcement program;
in TA ALARM mode, the alarm is set off.
• PI SOUND/MUTE: Choose either PI sound
or PI mute. PI sound refers to the reception
noise when the AF function tries to scan
alternative frequency.
• RETUNE S/L: RETUNE refers to the time
period the unit allows for radio scan when
reception is interrupted. SHORT represents
a time period of 30 seconds and LONG
represents a time period of 90 seconds.
• MASK DPI/ALL: During MASK DPI mode,
the unit will mask only the AF which has
different PI, this is the default mode; during
MASK ALL mode, the unit will mask the AF