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Alternative Frequency (AF)
The RDS system provides a list of alternative frequencies for the
station you are tuned to.
1. Switch on your radio and select the FM waveband.
Tune into a station carrying RDS information.
2. Press the AF button, your radio will scan the list of alternative
frequencies and select the one giving best reception.
If AF information has not yet been received or is not provided by
the station you are listening to, the radio will remain at the current
frequency and the display will indicate “ NO AF “.
Traffic Announcement (TA)
1. Switch on the radio, select the FM waveband and tune to an
RDS station. The symbol will appear in the display.
2. Press the Traffic button , if the station provides traffic
information, the symbol will appear in the display.
3. If the station does not provide traffic information, the symbol
will not appear and the radio will display NO TP/TA indicating that
no traffic information is available.
4. During the traffic announcement, the symbol will flash in the
display.
5. If the radio is tuned to a national stations such as BBC Radio 4,
it will automatically re-tune to any BBC local station broadcasting
traffic announcements. When the traffic announcement is finished,
the radio will re-tune to the previously selected station.
There may be occasions when the station to which you are
listening tells the radio re-tune to a traffic announcement on a
local station that is not receivable at your location.
Under these circumstances, there will be some hiss before the
radio re-tunes back to the previously selected station.
6. To turn off traffic information, press Traffic button , the symbol
will be removed from the display .
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