Saturn 2004 Ion - Manual (Page 171)

RDS Messages
ALERT!: Alert warns of local or national emergencies.
When an alert announcement comes on the current
radio station, ALERT! will appear on the display. You will
hear the announcement, even if the volume is muted
or a CD is playing. If a CD is playing, play will stop
during the announcement. You will not be able to turn
off alert announcements.
ALERT! will not be affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not currently supported
by RDS stations in the U.S. It is up to the individual
stations to decide to support this feature.
4 (Information): If the current station has a message,
the information symbol will appear on the display. Press
this button to see the message. The message may
display the artist, song title, call in phone numbers, etc.
If the whole message is not displayed, parts of the
message will appear every three seconds. To scroll
through the message at your own speed, press this
button repeatedly. A new group of words will appear on
the display with each press. Once the complete message
has been displayed, the information symbol will
disappear from the display until another new message is
received. The old message can be displayed by pressing
this button until a new message is received or a different
station is tuned to.
TRAF (Traffic): If TA appears on the display,
the tuned station has the ability to broadcast traffic
announcements and if a traffic announcement comes on
the tuned radio station you will hear it.
If the current tuned station does not broadcast traffic
announcements, press this button and the radio
will seek to a station that does. When the radio finds a
station that broadcasts traffic announcements, the
radio will stop and TA will be displayed. When a traffic
announcement comes on the tuned radio station you will
hear it. If no station is found, NO TRAFFIC will appear
on the display.
If TA is on the display you can press the TRAF button
to turn of the traffic announcements.
Your radio will play the traffic announcement with the
volume at a moderate level. Your radio will interrupt the
play of a CD or XM™ Satellite Radio Station if the
last tuned FM station broadcasts traffic announcements.
Very few radio stations in the U.S. currently use the
traffic announcement feature.
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