Listening To The Same Programme Without; Af Function; Listening To Traffic Announcements - Sony CDX-4100RDS Mode D'emploi

When "NO NAME" is displayed instead of the
station name, the currently received station
does not transmit RDS data. After some
seconds, "NO NAME" will disappear, and the
frequency will be displayed.
Listening to the Same
Programme Without Manual
Retuning if the Location Has
Changed

— AF Function

Using "AF" (List of Alternative Frequencies),
to automatically tune to that frequency among
the frequencies of the currently received
station, which carries the strongest signal in
the respective region. As result, you can
continuously listen to the same programme
during a long-distance drive without repeated
manual retuning.
Frequencies change automatically.
EN
98.5 MHz
Station
1
Select an FM station.
2
AF/TA
Press the
displayed.
Notes
• When the currently received frequency is weak and the
same programme cannot be received with another
frequency, "NO AF" will be displayed.
• When automatic tuning (page 7) is activated while "AF"
is displayed, only FM stations which transmit RDS data
will be received.
• When you press the AF/TA button while an MW or LW
station is received, FM1 will be automatically selected.
Getting the Stored RDS Stations
tuned in from the Broadcasting
Networks
When the unit stores an RDS station
transmitting the AF data on a preset number
button, it stores not only its frequency but also
its AF and PI (Programme Identification) data.
10
Actual total number:
96.0 MHz
102.5 MHz
button to get "AF"
Sony CDX-4100/5100RDS (
The unit will store this data in its memory
whether the AF function is ON or OFF.
Using the AF function, you can select a better
signal station by retuning within the same
broadcasting network of the memorised
station.
AF/TA
Press the button, then press the
preset number button.
Note
If the AF data can find no other station in the memorized
station network, "PI seek" will be displayed, and the unit
will search for a station with the same PI data. If the unit
finds no other station with the same PI data, it will return
to the original station.
Listening to a Regional Programme
AF/TA
Press the button for more than
two seconds. n "REG" appears on the
display.
To cancel, press again for more than two
seconds.
Note
The initial setting is "Regional ON".
This function cannot be activated in the United
Kingdom and some other areas.
Local Link Function (United Kingdom only)
When local stations stored on the preset number buttons
are poorly received, or when you want to change to another
local station, use this function to activate automatic search
for other local stations and to tune them in one by one.
Within five seconds after reception starts, press the preset
number button of the local station you want to change, and
keep the button pressed. Repeat this procedure several
times until the desired local station is received.
Storing only RDS stations
The BTM function (page 8) allows the unit to store only
RDS stations on the preset number buttons; activate the
AF function, then press the SENS/BTM button for two
seconds.
When "AF OFF" is displayed and you activate BTM, the
unit will store only stations not transmitting RDS data.
Listening to Traffic
Announcements
By using TA (Traffic Announcement) and TP
(Traffic Programme) data, a station
broadcasting traffic announcements can be
automatically received. Even during CD
playback you can hear traffic announcements,
as the unit continues searching for such a
station, and will automatically change to FM
reception when a traffic announcement starts.
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