14Owner’ ManualRDS FunctionRDS ( Radio Data System) serviceavailability varies with areas. Pleaseunderstand if RDS service is notavailable in you area, the followingservice is not available, either.1. AF-ALTERNATIVE FREQUENCYa. In RDS mode, press the AF buttonon the panel to turn the AF functionon or off. When the Radio signalstrength is poor, enabling the AFfunction will allow the unit to same PI(Program Identification) as the cur-rent station but with stronger signalstrength, so that you do not haveto retune the stations when drivingbetween different transmitter cover-age areas. When AF symbol is on, itmeans RDS information is received;when AF symbol is flashing, it meansRDS information is not yet received.PS (Program Service name): thename of statin will be display insteadof frequency.If RDS service is not available inyour area, turn off the AF mode.Dufault setting is ON.* Remarks: In case there is no AFbutton on the front panel, press andhold the volume button to turn AF onor offb. In RBDS mode, no AF function.2. TA - TRAFFIC ANOUNCEMENTPress and hold the TA button so thatthe unit will be activated for receptionof traffic announcement from local ra-dio stations.To choose the TA mode, press thesound select button for 2 seconds, thedisplay will show TA SEEK. Rotate theencoder volume to choose betweenthe TA SEEK and TA ALARM, afterchooisng, please leave the unit idlefor the mode to activate. In TA SEEKmode, the unit will seek for traffic an-nouncement programme when TA ispressed; in TA ALARM mode, no TA/TP is displayed and the alarm is setoff.3. PTY - PROGRAMME TYPEThis radio will allow you to select thetype of programme required, and willsearch for a station broadcasting thattype of programme. Press and holdthe PTY button once to show themusic type. Then press 1-6 buttonto choose the different music typesavailable.Press the PTY button twice to showthe speech type programme. Thenpress 1-6 button to choose the differ-ent speech type programme. Eachnumber keye will show 3 differentspeech programme for you to choose.4. MASK DPI - MASK ALLPress the sound select button for 2seconds, the display will show TASEEK. Press the sound select buttonagain so that the unit will show MASKDPI. Rotate the encoder volume totoggle between MASK DPI and MASKALL mode. Then leave the unit idle forthe mode to take effect. During MASKDPI mode, the unit will mask onlythe AF which has different PI, this isthe default mode; during MASK ALLmode, the unit will mask the AF whichhas different PI and no RDS signalwith high field strength.5. RETUNE S/L - SHORT/LONGThis function is to set the initial dura-tion of automatic TA Search -- Pressand hold the sound select button un-til “TA SEEK” is shown on the LCD,then press the SEL button to cyclethrough the menu selections until“RETUNE_S” is shown, use the VOL+/- button to choose “RETUNE_S”or “RETUNE_L”. The default is “RE-TUNE_S”.6. PI soundPress and hold the volume button un-til “PI SOUND” is shown on the LCD.Rotate the volume button to choosebetween PI sound and PI mute.RDS Operation