Pioneer DEH-200MP: Operating this unit

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Operating this unit

L.CLASS Light classical music

! Sound may be temporarily interrupted by an-

CLASSIC Classical music

other program during an AF frequency

EDUCATE Educational programs

search.

DRAMA Radio plays and serials

! AF can be turned on or off independently for

CULTURE National or regional culture

each FM band.

SCIENCE Nature, science and technology

VARIED Light entertainment

CHILDREN Children’s

Using PI Seek

SOCIAL Social affairs

RELIGION Religious affairs or services

If the tuner can’t find a suitable station, or re-

PHONE IN Phone in

ception status becomes bad, the unit will auto-

TOURING Travel programs; not for traffic an-

matically search for a different station with a

nouncements

same programming. During the search,

LEISURE Hobbies and recreational activities

PI SEEK is displayed and the output is muted.

DOCUMENT Docu mentaries

Using Auto PI Seek for preset stations

Receiving PTY alarm broadcasts

When preset stations cannot be recalled, as

When the emergency PTY code broadcasts,

when travelling long distances, the unit can

the unit receives it automatically (ALARM ap-

be set to perform PI Seek during preset recall.

pears). When the broadcasting ends, the sys-

! The default setting for Auto PI Seek is off.

tem returns to the previous source.

See Switching Auto PI Seek on page 13.

! An emergency announcement can be can-

celed by pressing TA.

Limiting stations to regional

programming

When AF is used, the regional function limits

Selecting alternative frequencies

the selection of stations broadcasting regional

When the tuner can’t get good reception, the

programs.

unit automatically search for a different sta-

tion in a same network.

1 Press FUNCTION to select REG.

% Press and hold TA repeatedly to turn AF

2 Press a or b to turn the regional func-

(alternative frequency search) on or off.

tion on or off.

Notes

Notes

! You can also turn the AF function on or off in

! Regional programming and regional networks

the menu that appears with the pressing of

are organized differently depending on the

FUNCTION.

country (i.e., they may change according to

! Only RDS stations are tuned in during seek

the hour, state or broadcast area).

tuning or BSM when AF is on.

! The preset number may disappear from the

! When you recall a preset station, the tuner

display if the tuner tunes in a regional station

may update the preset station with a new fre-

which differs from the originally set station.

quency from the station’s AF list. (This is only

! The regional function can be turned on or off

available when using presets on the F1 or F2

independently for each FM band.

bands.) No preset number appears on the dis-

play if the RDS data for the station received

differs from that for the originally stored sta-

tion.

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