Section
05
RDS
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 TP (
tor will light.
2
Press TA to turn traffic announcement
standby on.
Press TA and TA ON appears in the display.
The tuner will stand-by for traffic announce-
ments.
# To turn traffic announcements standby off,
press TA again.
3
Use VOLUME to adjust the TA volume
when a traffic announcement begins.
Rotate it to increase or decrease the volume.
The newly set volume is stored in memory and
recalled for subsequent traffic announce-
ments.
4
Press TA while a traffic announcement
is being received to cancel the announce-
ment.
The tuner returns to the original source but re-
mains in the standby mode until TA is pressed
again.
# You can also cancel the announcement by
pressing SOURCE, BAND, a, b, c or d while a
traffic announcement is being received.
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Notes
! You can also turn the TA function on or off in
the menu that appears with the pressing of
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 news program
) indica-
interruption
When a news program is broadcast from a
PTY code news station the unit can switch
from any station to the news broadcast sta-
tion. When the news program ends, reception
of the previous program resumes.
% Press TA and hold to turn on news pro-
gram interruption.
Press TA until NEWS ON appears in the dis-
play.
# To turn off news program interruption, press
TA and hold until NEWS OFF appears in the dis-
play.
# A news program can be cancelled by pressing
TA.
# You can also cancel the news program by
pressing SOURCE, BAND, a, b, c or d while a
news program is being received.
Note
You can also turn on or off news program in the
menu that appears with the pressing of
FUNCTION.