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Radio Reception
English
Announcement (TA)
You may set up the tuner in such a way that listening to CD or tape is interrupted by the NEWS of a RDS station. This only works if the RDS station broadcasts a NEWS signal while sending the news.
Disarming RDS News and Traffic Announcement There are a number of ways to disarm the news feature: G Press NEWS/TA on the remote control during reception of the news option. G Press 2 STANDBY ON on the system or remote control. G Tune to a non-RDS-station.
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Tune to the desired RDS station. Press NEWS/TA once or more on the remote control to select the NEWS option. DBB IS � NEWS ON, TA ON or OFF is NEWS/TA displayed briefly. � NEWS is displayed if you have activated the NEWS or TA option. Changing listening source will not disarm the function. Notes: � To avoid unwanted recordings, the NEWS announcement does not work while recording a tape. � When you receive RDS news or traffic announcements during CD playback, playback will pause and you will be able to hear the news/TA. Playback resumes after the broadcast has finished. In tape mode, the tape continues playing but you will hear the news/TA only until the broadcast has finished. � If you are using the RDS NEWS announcement with an EON station, the whole network is searched for the respective news.