JVC KD-SC402: Ÿ Select one of your favorite programme

Listening to a preset station

Ÿ Select one of your favorite programme

types.

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or

2 Select the preset station (1 – 6) you want.

Select one of the PTY codes (see

page 9).

To check the current clock time while

listening to an FM (non-RDS) or AM station

• For FM RDS stations, see page 9.

Frequency Ô Clock

! Start searching for your favorite

programme.

If there is a station broadcasting

a programme of the same PTY

code as you have selected, that

FM RDS operations

station is tuned in.

What you can do with RDS

RDS (Radio Data System) allows FM stations to send an

Storing your favorite programme

additional signal along with their regular programme

types

signals.

By receiving the RDS data, this unit can do the

You can store six favorite programme types.

following:

• Programme Type (PTY) Search (see the following)

Preset programme types in the number buttons

• TA (Traffic Announcement) and PTY Standby

(1 to 6):

Receptions (see pages 8 and 14)

• Tracing the same programme automatically

—Network-Tracking Reception (see page 8)

• Programme Search (see pages 9 and 14)

1 Select a PTY code (see above).

Searching for your favorite

2 Select the preset number (1 – 6) you want to

FM RDS programme

store into.

You can tune in to a station broadcasting your favorite

programme by searching for a PTY code.

• To store your favorite programme types, see the

following.

~ The last selected PTY code

Ex.: When “ROCK M” is selected

appears.

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To activate and select your favorite PTY code for

3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to store other PTY

PTY Standby Reception, see page 14.

codes into other preset numbers.

The PTY indicator either lights up or flashes.

• If the PTY indicator lights up, PTY Standby Reception

4 Finish the procedure.

is activated.

• If the PTY indicator flashes, PTY Standby Reception is

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not yet activated.

To activate PTY Standby Reception, tune in to another

station providing these signals. The PTY indicator will

stop flashing and remain lit.

Using the standby receptions

TA Standby Reception

To deactivate the PTY Standby Reception, select

“OFF” for the PTY code (see page 14). The PTY indicator

TA Standby Reception allows the unit to switch

goes off.

temporarily to Traffic Announcement (TA) from any

source other than AM.

The volume changes to the preset TA volume level if

the

current level is lower than the preset level (see page 14).

Tracing the same programme—

To activate TA Standby Reception

Network-Tracking Reception

The TP (Traffic Programme) indicator

When driving in an area where FM reception is not

either lights up or flashes.

sufficient enough, this unit automatically tunes in to

another FM RDS station of the same network, possibly

• If the TP indicator lights up, TA Standby Reception is

broadcasting the same programme with stronger

activated.

signals (see the illustration below).

• If the TP indicator flashes, TA Standby Reception is

not yet activated. (This occurs when you are listening

When shipped from the factory, Network-Tracking

to an FM station without the RDS signals required for

Reception is activated.

TA Standby Reception.)

To change the Network-Tracking Reception

To activate TA Standby Reception, tune in to another

setting, see “AF-REG” on page 13.

station providing these signals. The TP indicator will

stop flashing and remain lit.

Programme A broadcasting on different frequency areas

(01 – 05)

To deactivate the TA Standby Reception

The TP indicator goes off.

PTY Standby Reception

PTY Standby Reception allows the unit to switch

temporarily to your favorite PTY programme from any

source other than AM.

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