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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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TA TR AFFIC INFORMATION (TR AFFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS )TA TR AFFIC INFOR INFOR
Some stations allow broadcasting of these messages thanks to the “TA” function.TATAYou can activate this function by pressing button S. Your system allows you to receive t r a f fi c i n f o r m a t i o n fl a s h e s f r o m a n F M s t a t i o n which broadcasts them, even though you are listening to another radio programme n o t i t s e l f p r o v i d i n g t r a f fi c i n f o r m a t i o n , o r t o another audio source.T h e di s p l ay w i ll in di c ate “TA” p r ov i de d the function is activated and the station is compatible with these messages ; “TA” will TATAbe barred on the monochrome display and shaded on the colour display, when the sta-tion is not compatible.W hile t r af f ic announc em ent s are being broadcast, the original radio programme, or audio source being played, is paused. When t h e m e s s a g e s a r e fi n i s h e d , y o u r N a v i D r i v e will revert automatically to the musical pro-gramme originally being listened to.
Note :You have to be in FM wave band.During station search phases or auto -matic memorisation phases, if the “TA” TATAfunction is active, the transmitters that are c ompatible with the broadc asting of these messages will be captured or m e m o r i s e d fi r s t .The station being listened to should indi-cate via the RDS system that it broadcasts t r a f fi c i n f o r m a t i o n .Stations organised in a network (EON) have regional transmitters sending their own programmes. While listening to one of these stations you can switch to any station on the network that is broadcasting t r a f fi c i n f o r m a t i o n m e s s a g e s .During the broadcast of a message you can stop listening to it by pressing but-ton S, the “TA” function remains active.TATA