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NOTES ON RADIO RECEPTIONYour Navidrive system will be subject to phenomena not encountered by your equip-ment you have at home. The reception of AM and FM signals may suffer from interference, which is caused by the nature and propaga- t i o n o f t h e s i g n a l s a n d d o e s n o t r e fl e c t o n t h e quality of your radio installation.In AM, the reception may be affected when passing under power lines or bridges, or when travelling through tunnels.In FM mode, the reception may be affected by the distance from the station transmitter, the r e fl e c t i n g o f s i g n a l s o f f o b s t a c l e s ( m o u n t a i n s , hills, tower blocks) and radio blackspots (no coverage from the station transmitter).
S E L EC T I O N O F FR EQ U E N C I E S A N D MEMORY BANKSB y r e p e a t e d p r e s s e s o n b u t t o n R, t h e NaviDrive changes successively between the memor y banks FM1, FM2 and FMast, corresponding to FM frequencies, and to the memor y bank MW/LW, corresponding to AM frequencies.
M ANUAL SEARCHA short press on one of the buttons H or I, will respectively increase or decrease the displayed frequency.By keeping button H or I pressed, you will be able to scroll through the waveband. Scrolling stops as soon as a station is found. NaviDrive remains tuned to the frequency displayed.
M ANUAL PRE -SETTINGSelect the waveband and memor y bank required using button R.Select a station using either automatic or manual search.Keep pressing for more than two seconds on one of the pre-selection buttons 1 to 6on the keypad W.A window opens on the screen, the station is memorised as it is displayed on the memory number you have given it.
C O N T E X T U A L M E N U F O R RA D I O SOURCEA press on G while listening to the radio permits you to :Enter the desired frequency.Ac tivate/deac tivate the RDS search function in FM.Activate/deactivate the regional search mode in FM.Ac t i va t e /d e a c t i va t e t h e d i s p l ay o f Radio Text, broadcast by the radio station if available (“RT” displays at the bottom of the screen).
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RECALL OF PRE -SET STATIONSA shor t press on one of the pre-selection buttons 1 to 6 on the keypad W recalls the corresponding memorised station.If it is a RDS station, the frequency appears some seconds before the name appears.For RDS stations, recall of a station may prompt a search of the frequency correspond-ing to the region where you are located.This operation can also be performed using the control 1 at the steering wheel.
U SING THE RDS ( RADIO DATA SYSTEM ) FUNCTION ON FMUSING THE RDS ( R RDS (R
The majority of FM stations use the RDS system.This system enables such stations to transmit non-audible data in addition to the broadcast-ing of their programmes.The data provides access to various func-tions described in this chapter, such as: i nte r m i t te nt t r a f f i c i n f o r m at i o n f l a s h e s, display of the station name and automatic station scanning.RDS enables you to continue listening to your chosen radio station, regardless of the different frequencies it uses in the regions through which you are travelling.
SCANNING OF RDS STATIONSNaviDrive keeps the best possible recep-tion.It continuously looks for any other frequen-cies on which the selected radio station is broadcast, automatically choosing the frequency of fering the best reception (if the station broadcasts on more than one transmitter or frequency).Activation or deactivation of the function can be accessed via the “AUDIO” main menu or via the “R ADIO” contextual menu.The display will indicate :RDS, if the function is active and available for the station chosen.RDS barred on the monochrome display or RDS shaded on the colour display, when the function is activated but not available on the station.If the station you have selected does not broadcast on dif ferent frequencies in the areas in which you are travelling, it is possible to deactivate the automatic RDS transmission scanning function.
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SELECTING A PROGRAMME TYPECer t ain st ations allow you to choose to listen to a par ticular t ype of programme selected from the available list, for example as below :
NewsSciences
Current affairsVarious
Ser vicesPop music
Spor tRock music
EducationFolk music
FictionLight music
CultureOther music
WeatherLeisure
EconomyJazz
ChildrenCountr y
Social affairsNational
ReligionOld favourites
DiscussionTraditional
TravelDocumentar y
Press for more than two seconds on the Sbutton.Rotate control G to select the desired pro-gramme type.
S EARCHING FOR A STATION BROAD -CASTING THIS PROGRAMME TYPEOnce you have selected the programme type, validate to start a search. N a v i D r i v e w i l l s e t t l e o n t h e fi r s t t r a n s m i t t e r broadcasting this type of programme. If none can be found, the system will return to the station it was originally tuned to and then quit the PT Y function.
P RE -SETTING A STATION BROADCAST -ING THIS PROGRAMME TYPESearch to select a station.While it is broadcasting, keep one of the pre-selection buttons 1 to 6 on the keypad Wpressed for more than two seconds.To recall the pre-set programme type, press the corresponding button.
Q UITTING PTY MODETo quit this function, press on button S for more than two seconds, then NaviDrive will revert to normal mode.
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