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PTY Standby Reception
Press PTY briefly to activate PTY Standby Reception.
The PTY indicator lights up (as follows).
• If you press the button while listening to an FM RDS station supporting
PTY signals, the PTY indicator lights up
with its frame
. This receiver now
stands by for the selected PTY signal reception.
• If you press the button while listening to an FM RDS station NOT
supporting PTY signals, the PTY indicator lights up
without its frame
.
In this case, PTY Standby Reception does not work.
To use PTY Standby Reception, tune into a station supporting PTY signals
by pressing ¢ or 4 . “Search” (or “Local Search”: see page 6)
appears on the display, and the unit searches for a station supporting PTY
signals. When a station supporting the signal is tuned in, the PTY indicator
is lit
with its frame
. NOW this receiver stands by for the selected PTY signal
reception.
• If you press the button while listening to any other source than AM,
this unit starts searching for an FM station supporting PTY signal in the
background — without affecting your listening to the source currently
selected. (During this background search, the PTY indicator remains lit
without its frame
.)
– The PTY indicator comes to light up
with its frame
when an FM station
supporting PTY signal is tuned in the background. This receiver now
stands by for the PTY signal reception.
–The PTY indicator keeps lit
without its frame
when an FM station
supporting PTY signal is NOT tuned in the background. In this case, this
receiver cannot stand by for PTY signal reception.
How PTY Standby Reception works:
If a program of the selected PTY starts broadcasting while the PTY Standby Reception is
activated, the selected PTY code name flashes and the unit tunes into the station broadcasting
the program. The program of the selected PTY can be heard.
To deactivate PTY Standby Reception, press PTY briefly again.
Each time you press the button, PTY Standby Reception turns on and off.
To select your favorite program for PTY Standby Reception
You can select your favorite program for PTY Standby Reception to store in memory.
When shipped from the factory, “News” is stored for PTY Standby Reception.
• See also “Changing the general settings (PSM)” on page 26.
1 Press and hold SEL (Select) for more than 2 seconds so that “PSM” appears on the display.
2 Press
¢ or 4 to select “PTY Standby,” if not shown on the display.
3 Select one of twenty-nine PTY codes. (See page 17.)
The selected PTY code name appears on the display and is stored into memory.
4 Press SEL (select) again to finish the setting.
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