HK 3470 (serv.man4) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 16

16 OPERATION

• The Station name (or other Program informa-
tion with some private stations).

• The station’s frequency.

• The Program Type (PTY) as shown in the fol-
lowing list in this manual.

• A “text” message (RT) containing special infor-
mation from the broadcast station. Note that this
message will scroll across the display to permit
messages longer than the eight positions in the
display. Depending on signal quality it may take
up to 30 seconds for the text message to appear,
in the meantime the word TEXT will flash in
the display when RT is selected.

• The current time of day (CT) as transmitted by
the station. It may take up to two minutes for the
time to appear, in the meantime the word
TIME

will flash in the display when CT is

selected. Note that the accuracy of the time mes-
sage is set by the radio station, not the HK 3470
RDS.

• Some RDS stations may not choose to include
some of these additional features. If the data
required for the selected mode is not being trans-
mitted, the Information Display I will show
a N O PTY, N O TEXT or N O TIME
message after the individual time out.

• In any FM mode the RDS function requires a
strong enough signal for proper operation. If you
receive a partial message or see any RDS indica-
tor going on and off, try slowly adjusting the
antenna to improve the signal strength or tune
to another, stronger, RDS station.

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:

• RDS O NLY: (see item 3 below)

• TRAFFIC: Traffic Information 

and Road Conditions (see Note below)

• 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 M: 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
PTY that was selected for the last PTY search. 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 appropriate PTY and acceptable signal
strength.

3. To search for a different PTY, press the Tuning
Up/Down buttons îü ) while the last PTY
selected is still displayed 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 O will flash in the Information Display.
The HK 3470 RDS will go into an automatic
search mode and attempt to find the next station
with acceptable signal strength that matches the
desired PTY type. Press the RDS PTY button 
twice again to find another matching station.

When a station is tuned, the search will stop, a
message RDS will blink in the Information
Display I and then the Display will show the
station’s “Call Letters” or other “Program Ser-
vice” information.

5. While the PTY Indicator O flashes in the
display the tuner will make one complete scan of
the entire FM band for the text station that
matches the desired PTY type and has acceptable
reception quality. If no such station is found, the
word NONE will appear briefly in the Informa-
tion Display, and the tuner will return to the last
FM station in use before the search.

NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specific
PTY. The display will show NONE, when such a
station is selected and PTY is active.

NOTE: Some stations transmit constant traffic
information. To identify as traffic station, they
transmit a specific traffic code constantly, which
causes the TA Indicator L to light in the 
display. These stations can be found by selecting
TRAFFIC, the second option in the PTY list. The
HK 3470 will find the appropriate station, even if
it is not broadcasting traffic information when
the search is made.

In normal operation, the audio source selected
for listening through the HK 3470 is sent to the
Tape Mon Out

 and Tape 2 Rec Out 

outputs. This means that any program you are lis-
tening to may be recorded simply by placing
machines connected to the outputs for Tape
Monitor

 or Tape 2  in the record mode.

When a tape recorder with separate record and
playback heads is used, you may monitor the
output of the recording by selecting the 
Tape Monitor Input Selector 9 ç. Note
that the T-Mon Indicator J will light in the
Main Information Display Û to remind you
that you are listening to the record playback
instead of the actual input source being record-
ed.

As long as Tape Monitor 9 ç is selected the
previously selected input source remains routed
to the Record Outputs

 . Press the Tape

Monitor Input Selector 9 ç again to turn
the monitoring off and listen to the actual input
source. Note that changing the Bass, Treble or
Balance control will not affect the recordings,
only the preamp and speaker outputs.