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Changing the radio frequency step (For Australia)
If you find that you can’t tune into stations successfully, the
frequency step may not be suitable for your country/region.
Here’s how to switch the setting:
1
Switch the receiver into standby.
2
While holding down TUNE  button, press and hold
STANDBY/ON button for about two seconds.
The channel tuning step alternates between 10K STEP
and 9K STEP each time you do this.
An introduction to RDS (For Europe)
Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio
stations to provide listeners with various kinds of
information—the name of the station and the kind of show
they’re broadcasting, for example.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of program.
For example, you can search for a station that’s broadcasting
a show with the program type, JAZZ.
You can search the following program types:
Note
• In addition, there are three other program types, ALARM,
ALARMTST
, and NO TYPE. ALARM and ALARMTST are
used for emergency announcements. NO TYPE appears
when a program type cannot be found.
Searching for RDS programs
You can search for a program type listed above.
1
Press TUNER then press BAND to select the FM band.
• RDS is only possible in the FM band.
2
Press PTY .
SEARCH shows in the display.
3
Press PRESET / to select the program type you
want to hear.
4
Press ENTER to search for the program type.
The system starts searching through the station presets for a
match, stopping when it was found one. Repeat to search for
other stations.
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn’t find that
program type at the time of the search.
RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been
preset, or if the program type could not be found among the
station presets NO PTY is displayed.
FINISH
means the search is complete.
NEWS – News
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs
INFO – General Information
SPORT – Sport
EDUCATE – Educational
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.
CULTURE – National or
regional culture, theater, etc.
SCIENCE
– Science and
technology
VARIED
– Usually talk-based
material, such as quiz shows
or interviews.
POP M
– Pop music
ROCK M – Rock music
EASY M – Easy listening
LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical
music
CLASSICS
– ‘Serious’ classical
music
OTHER M
– Music not fitting
above categories
WEATHER
– Weather reports
FINANCE – Stock market
reports, commerce, trading,
etc.
CHILDREN
– Programs for
children
SOCIAL
– Social affairs
RELIGION – Programs
concerning religion
PHONE IN
– Public expressing
their views by phone
TRAVEL
– Holiday-type travel
rather than traffic
announcements
LEISURE
– Leisure interests
and hobbies
JAZZ
– Jazz
COUNTRY – Country music
NATION M – Popular music in
a language other than English
OLDIES
– Popular music from
the ’50s and ’60s
FOLK M
– Folk music
DOCUMENT – Documentary