Pioneer VSX-709RDS - Manual (Page 49)

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Operation
Searching for RDS Programmes (front panel only)
One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to search for a particular kind of radio programme. You can
search for any of the programme types listed on page 47—this covers all kinds of music, as well as news,
weather forecasts, sports programmes, and a variety of others.
Using the Tuner
1 Press FM/AM button to select the FM band.
RDS is only broadcast on FM.
2 To select the PTY search mode press the
CHARACTER/SEARCH button until you see
SEARCH in the display.
3 Use the STATION +/– buttons to select the
programme type you want to hear.
4 Press MEMORY search for the programme
type.
The tuner searches through the FM stations stored in the station
memories.
If the tuner finds a matching programme type, the tuner plays 5
seconds of the station. To listen to that station, press the
MEMORY button. (The tuner stops searching.)
If you don’t press the MEMORY button during the above
mentioned 5 seconds, the tuner resumes the search.
When the tuner finds a programme type you searched for, the
frequency display will blink for about 5 seconds and then the
display will show FINISH briefly.
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn’t find that
programme type at the time of the search.
This function searches RDS stations preset in the 30-channel
memory. If this function is set when no stations have been
preset, “NO PTY” will be displayed. If the desired PTY could
not be found amongst the RDS stations in memory, the same
display appears.
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