Kenwood KRC-21R User Manual - Page 14

English RDS features (See page 6) Presetting Volume for Traffic Information/News Preset the volume level to be used for traffic information and news broadcasts. 1 Tune into the station for which you want to set the volume. 2 Adjust the volume to the desired level. 3 Hold down the VOL ADJ button for two seconds or more. The volume level blinks once in the display to indicate that the data has been stored. Future traffic information/news broadcasts are heard at the preset level. NOTE • The volume cannot be lowered by this function during tuner reception. The volume is only set when it is louder than the listening volume of the tuner. • You can arrange only to listen to traffic information or news bulletins with at preset volume with the volume set at minimum. News Bulletin Function with PTY News Timeout Setting You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your current listening source, including other radio stations. When the News Bulletin function is on, the PTY News Timeout setting allows you to set the interval during which further news interruption cannot take place. You can adjust the PTY news interruption period from 10 to 90 minutes for each journey. Turning News Bulletin Function On/Off: 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. "MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on. 2 Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the News Bulletin func- tion appears in the display. Press the 4 button to search in the other direction. The function setting is indicated by "NEWS 00M" or "NEWS OFF" in the display, indicating that the function is on or off, respectively. NOTE Depending on the interval chosen, the "00M" in the display will change when the function is turned on. 3 Changing the Function Setting Press either the FM or AM button. Each time you press the FM or AM button until the desired setting is displayed. Press the FM button to increase the interval, and the AM but- ton to decrease it. OFF £ 00M £ 10M £ 20M £ 30M £ 40M £ 50M £ 60M £ 70M £ 80M £ 90M (M= minutes) When you select the news interruption timeout interval, the News function turns on and the NEWS indicator lights up. When a news bulletin is received, the NEWS indicator will blink and reception will begin at the preset volume. NOTE If you choose the "20M" setting, further news bulletins will not be received for 20 minutes once the first news bulletin is received. Setting the interval at the "00M" factory default indicates no News Timeout will be made, meaning that additional news bulletins will continue to be searched for. 4 Press the MENU button to end the menu mode. NOTE • This function is only available if the desired station sends PTYcode for news bulletin or belongs to EON-Network sending PTY-code for news bulletin. • If you turn on the news bulletin function in the MW/LW band, the band is switched automatically to the FM band. However, the MW/LW band is not returned to when you turn off the function. - 14 -