Alpine CDA-9886R - Manual (Page 10)

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Presetting Stations Automatically
1
Press BAND/TA repeatedly until the desired radio
band is displayed.
2
Press and hold TUNE/A.ME for at least 2 seconds.
The tuner will automatically seek and store 6 strong stations
in the selected band. They will be stored into preset buttons
1 to 6 in order of signal strength.
When the automatic memory has been completed, the tuner
goes to the station stored in preset location No. 1.
• If no stations are stored, the tuner will return to the original station
you were listening to before the auto memory procedure began.
Tuning to Preset Stations
1
Press BAND/TA repeatedly until the desired band is
displayed.
2
Press any one of the station preset buttons
(1 through 6) that has your desired radio station in
memory.
The display shows the band, preset number and frequency
of the station selected.
• If the function mode is activated, press F/SETUP to return to preset
mode.
Frequency Search Function
You can search for a radio station by its frequency.
1
Press and hold /ENT for at least 2 seconds in
Radio mode to activate Frequency search mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired
frequency.
3
Press /ENT to receive the selected frequency.
• Press and hold /ESC for at least 2 seconds in the search mode to
cancel. Or, the search mode will be cancelled if no operation is
performed for 10 seconds.
Setting RDS Reception Mode and
Receiving RDS Stations
The RDS (Radio Data System) is a radio information system using the
57 kHz subcarrier of regular FM broadcast. The RDS allows you to
receive a variety of information such as traffic information, station
names, and to automatically re-tune to a stronger transmitter that is
broadcasting the same programme.
1
Press F/SETUP to activate the function mode.
2
Press 1 AF to activate the RDS mode.
3
Press or to tune in the desired RDS
station.
4
Press 1 AF again to deactivate the RDS mode.
5
Press F/SETUP to activate the preset mode.
• When the “Setting PTY31 (Emergency Broadcast) reception” (refer
to page 9) is set to on, if the unit receives the PTY31 (Emergency
Broadcast) signal, the unit will show “ALARM” in the display
automatically.
• Operate the unit while the function mode is activated. If no operation
is performed for 5 seconds, the function mode is cancelled.
The RDS digital data includes the following:
RDS
PI Programme Identification
PS Programme Service Name
AF List of Alternative Frequencies
TP Traffic Programme
TA Traffic Announcement
PTY Programme Type
EON Enhanced Other Networks
1 AF NEWS 2
BAND/TA
Rotary encoder
3 PTY
/ENT /ESC
VIEW
F/SETUP