Harman-Kardon AVR 355 - Manual (Page 41)

Tuner Operation
• The Program Type ( PTY ) as shown in the list
below.
NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specific
PTY. The display will show
NONE , when such a
station is selected and PTY is active.
• A “text” message (Radiotext, RT ) containing
special information from the broadcast station.
Note that this message may scroll across the
display to permit messages longer than the eight
positions in the display. Radiotext is not shown
on the TV On-Screen Display.
• The current time of day ( CT ). Note that it may
take up to two minutes for the time to appear,
in that time the letters CT are shown in the
information display when CT is selected. Please
note that the accuracy of the time data is
dependent on the radio station, not the AVR.
Some RDS stations may not include some of
these additional features. If the data required
for the selected mode is not being transmitted,
the Main Information Display Ò will show
a
NO TYPE , NO TEXT or NO TIME
message after the individual time out.
In any FM mode the RDS function requires a
strong enough signal for proper operation.
Program Search (PTY)
An important feature of RDS is its capability of
encoding broadcasts with Program Type (PTY)
codes that indicate the type of material being
broadcast. The following list shows the
abbreviations used to indicate each PTY, along
with an explanation of the PTY:
• NEWS : News
• AFFAIRS : Current Affairs
• INFO : Infomation
• SPORT : Sports
• EDUCATE : Educational
• DRAMA : Drama
• CULTURE : Culture
• SCIENCE : Sciencek
• VARIED : Varied Speech Programs
• POPM : Popular Music
• ROCKM : Rock Music
• M.O.R.M. : Middle-of-the-Road Music
• LIGHTM : Classical Music
• CLASSICS : Serious Classical Music
• OTHERM : Other Music
• WEATHER : Weather Information
• FINANCE : Financial Programs
• CHILDREN : Children’s Programs
• SOCIAL A : Social Affairs Programs
• RELIGION : Religious Broadcasts
• PHONE IN : Phone-In Programs
• TRAVEL : Travel and Touring
• LEISURE : Leisure and Hobby
• JAZZ : Jazz Music
• COUNTRY : Country Music
• NATIONAL : National Music
• OLDIES : Oldies Music
• FOLK M : Folk Music
• DOCUMENT : Documentary Programs
• TEST : Emergency Test
• ALARM : Emergency Broadcast Information
You may search for a specific Program Type
(PTY) by following these steps:
1. Press the Play button E until the
current PTY is shown in the Main Information
Display #.
2. While the PTY is shown, press the CH/Page
Up/Down I or the
M/N Buttons F or hold
them pressed to scroll through the list of avail-
able PTY types, as shown above starting with
the PTY currently received.
3. Press either of the K/L Buttons F. The
tuner begins to scan the FM band upwards or
downwards for the first station that has RDS
data that matches the desired selection, and
acceptable signal strength for quality reception.
4. The tuner will make up to one complete scan
of the entire FM band for the next station that
matches the desired PTY type and has accept-
able reception quality. If no such station is
found, the display will read
NONE for some
seconds and the tuner will return to the last FM
station in use before the search.
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