Sony ST-SE370 - Manual (Page 14)

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Locating a station by
programme type (PTY)
You can locate a station you want by selecting
a programme type. The tuner tunes in the type
of programmes currently being broadcast from
the RDS stations stored in the tuner’s preset
memory.
1
Press PTY.
2
Turn TUNING/SELECT to select the
programme type you want.
See the following table for the programme
types you can select.
Programme
type
(Current) Affairs
Alarm
Alarm Test
Children (’s
programmes)
Country Music
Culture
Documentary
Drama
Education
Finance
Folk Music
Information
Jazz Music
What you hear
Topical programmes that
expand on current news
Emergency broadcasts
Used only for dynamic
switching
Programmes for the young
Country music programmes
Programmes about national or
regional culture, such as
language and societal concerns
Investigative features
Radio plays and serials
Educational programmes, such
as “how-to” and advice
programmes
Stock market reports and
trading, etc.
Folk music programmes
Programmes offering
information on a wide spectrum
of subjects, including consumer
affairs and medical advice
Jazz programmes
Using the Radio Data System (RDS)
(continued)
To stop monitoring the programme
Press EON TA or EON NEWS/INFO while the
tuner is in the respective EON standby mode
and the indicator goes off.
Notes
• If you tune in an AM (MW and LW) station or an
FM station which does not provide the RDS service,
the selected indicator (TA, NEWS, INFO, or
NEWS/INFO) goes off and the tuner does not
standby for EON stations.
• “Weak Signal” appears when the selected station
has a weak signal. “Return” appears when the tuner
is trying to retune a station with a weak signal.
• Turn off the EON feature when you want to record
a programme without interruptions, especially when
you want to do timer recording.
• “No EON” appears in the display if you select an
EON programme before tuning to an RDS station.
• If you make EON CONTROL connections to a
compatible Sony amplifier, the amplifier
automatically switches the function mode to
TUNER whenever the tuner receives a programme
you are monitoring.
Locating traffic programmes
(TA Search)
You can have the tuner locate stations currently
broadcasting traffic programme from among
the RDS stations stored in the tuner’s preset
memory.
1
Press MENU.
2
Turn TUNING/SELECT until “Traffic”
appears in the display and press
ENTER.
The unit enters search mode (“Search” and
“Traffic” appear alternately in the display).
When the tuner finds a traffic
announcement, it stops searching. The tuner
receives each station for 8 seconds.
3
Press ENTER when the tuner receives
the station you want to listen to that
programme.