Harman Kardon AVR 255 Owner's Manual

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Tuner Operation• The Program Type (PTY) as shown in the listbelow.NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specificPTY. The display will show NONE, when such astation is selected and PTY is active.• A “text” message (Radiotext, RT) containingspecial information from the broadcast station.Note that this message may scroll across thedisplay to permit messages longer than the eightpositions in the display. Radiotext is not shownon the TV On-Screen Display.• The current time of day (CT). Note that it maytake up to two minutes for the time to appear,in that time the letters CT are shown in theinformation display when CT is selected. Pleasenote that the accuracy of the time data isdependent on the radio station, not the AVR.Some RDS stations may not include some ofthese additional features. If the data requiredfor the selected mode is not being transmitted,the Main Information Display Ò will showa NO TYPE, NO TEXT or NO TIMEmessage after the individual time out.In any FM mode the RDS function requires astrong enough signal for proper operation.Program Search (PTY)An important feature of RDS is its capability ofencoding broadcasts with Program Type (PTY)codes that indicate the type of material beingbroadcast. The following list shows theabbreviations used to indicate each PTY, alongwith 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 InformationYou may search for a specific Program Type(PTY) by following these steps:1. Press the Play button E until thecurrent PTY is shown in the Main InformationDisplay #.2. While the PTY is shown, press the CH/PageUp/Down I or the M/N Buttons F or holdthem pressed to scroll through the list of avail-able PTY types, as shown above starting withthe PTY currently received.3. Press either of the K/L Buttons F. Thetuner begins to scan the FM band upwards ordownwards for the first station that has RDSdata that matches the desired selection, andacceptable signal strength for quality reception.4. The tuner will make up to one complete scanof the entire FM band for the next station thatmatches the desired PTY type and has accept-able reception quality. If no such station isfound, the display will read NONE for someseconds and the tuner will return to the last FMstation in use before the search.ENGLISHTUNER OPERATION 41