AVR 200 (serv.man7) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 25

24 OPERATION

Program Search (PTY)
A major benefit of RDS is its ability to encode
broadcasts with Program Type (PTY) codes that
indicate the type of material being broadcast.
The following list shows the abbreviations used
to indicate each PTY along with an explanation
of the PTY:

• TRAFFIC: Traffic Information 

and Road Conditions

• POP M: Popular Music

• ROCK M: Rock Music

• M.O.R M: Middle of the Road Music

• LIGHT M: Classical Music

• CLASSICS: Serious Classical Music

• OTHER M: Other Music

• NEWS: News

• INFO: Information

• SPORT: Sports

• AFFAIRS: Current Affairs

• EDUCATE: Educational

• DRAMA: Drama

• CULTURE: Culture

• SCIENCE: Science

• VARIED: Varied Speech Programs

• WEATHER: Weather Information

• FINANCE: Financial Programs

•CHILDREN: Children’s Programs

• SOCIAL: Social Affairs Programs

• RELIGION: Religious Broadcasts

• PHONE IN: Phone-In Programs

• TRAVEL: Travel and Touring

• LEISURE: Leisure and Hobby

• JAZZ: Jazz Music

• COUNTRY: Country Music

• NATION N: National Music

• OLDIES: Oldies Music

• FOLK M: Folk Music

• DOCUMENT: Documentary Programs

• TEST: Station Alarm Test Message

• ALARM: Emergency Broadcast Information

You may search for a specific Program Type
(PTY) by following these steps:

1. Press the RDS PTY button and 

note

that the Information Display will show
SELECT PTY

.

2. After three seconds, the display will show the
last PTY in use. If you wish to use the same PTY,
press the RDS PTY button again 

within

six seconds, and the tuner will begin to search
for the first station with the matching PTY and
acceptable signal strength. You also may press
the RDS PTY button directly 

after 

PTY

SELECT

is displayed to start the PTY search

with the last selected PTY at once.

3. To search for a different PTY, press the Tun-
ing Up/Down buttons l

while PTY

SELECT

or the last PTY in use is still dis-

played to scroll through the list of available PTY
types. To search for the next available station
with any RDS data, select RDS ONLY as
the PTY type.

4. When the PTY is selected, press the RDS PTY
button 

within six seconds, and note the

PTY indicator will flash in the Information Dis-
play. The AVR 200RDS will go into an automatic
search mode and attempt to find the next sta-
tion with acceptable signal strength that match-
es the desired PTY type. Press the RDS PTY
button 

twice again to find another match-

ing station. When a station is tuned, the search
will stop and the Information Display will show
RDS

briefly and then the station’s “Call Let-

ters” or other “Program Service” information.

5. The tuner will make one complete scan of the
entire FM band for stations that match the
desired PTY type and have acceptable reception
quality. If no such station is found, the word
NONE

will appear briefly in the Information

Display, and the tuner will return to the last FM
station in use before the search.

In normal operation, the audio or video source
selected for listening through the AVR 200RDS
is sent to the record outputs. This means that
any program you are watching or listening to
may be recorded simply by placing machines
connected to the outputs for Tape Out i or
Video 1 ° in the record mode.

NOTE: Recording the signal of a Dolby Digital
source is possible only if it’s connected to the
analog inputs of the AVR 200RDS too, see page
21.