Bosch Blaupunkt Davos RDM 169 Operating Instructions Manual

44Switching between Stereo/Mono(FM)You can switch between Stereo/Mono in the“DSC” menu. This can be an advantagewhen the station reception is poor. The caraudio system will select stereo automatical-ly when it is switched on.When reception quality deteriorates, thesystem will switch to mono playback.Refer to the section on Stereo/Mono in“DSC” programming for information on howto switch from stereo to mono.The playback mode selected is indicated inthe display.PTY - Programme TypePTY is an RDS service offered by an incre-asing number of broadcasting stations. Thisfeature allows you to select FM stationsautomatically according to their programmetype. After you have chosen the PTY of yourpreference, the corresponding stations canbe selected either by seek tuning or usingthe scan function.Programme typesSwitch “PTY” on by pressing the “PTY” but-ton.Use <> to have the last selected program-me type displayed and to choose a new one.You can select any one of the stored typeswith the preset buttons 1-6.The following list indicates some of the pro-gramme types which are currently available.POPROCKWEATHERCHILDRENTRAVELHOBBIESJAZZOLDIESNEWSSPORTCULTURERefer to “DSC programming – PTY Lang”to find information on switching the langua-ge used to display the programme typesbetween German and English.Switching PTY ON/OFF• Press “PTY”.When the function is active, the programmetype selected last will briefly appear in thedisplay and “PTY” will appear permanently.Checking the programme type ofthe station• Press “PTY” for approximately 2 seconds.After the beep the display will show the pro-gramme type offered by the station current-ly playing. If “NONE” appears in the display,the current station has no PTY code.Selecting a programme typea) Using the preset buttonsWhen PTY is switched on, you can usethe preset buttons 1-6 to select theprogramme types stored at the factory.• Press one of the presets 1-6.The selected programme type will bedisplayed for 2 seconds.• If you would like to listen to a stationwith this PTY, press / to start theseek tuning function.If the radio is unable to find a station offe-ring the selected programme type, the dis-play will show “NO PTY” and a beep will beemitted. The radio will select the stationwhich was tuned into before seek tuning wasactivated.You can assign different programme typesto each preset position. Please refer to thenext section on “Storing programme types”.