15Operationthe nearest station upwards.Band selectionSelect the RADIO mode. Press BAND button on the panel or BND/RDM button on the RC to select the desired band: FM1, FM2, FM3, AM1 (MW1), AM2 (MW2).Manual/automatic tuning• Manual tuning: press TUN-/TUN+ buttons on the panel or SEEK-/ and SEEK+/ on the RC and hold for 2 seconds to enter the manual tuning mode. Press these buttons repeatedly to select a frequency downward or upward step by step.• Automatic tuning: press TUN-/TUN+ buttons on the panel or SEEK-/ and SEEK+/ on the RC repeatedly, the automatic search will start. It will play when finds the station.Programming tuner stationsThere are 6 numbered preset buttons on the RC and panel, with which you can store and recall stations for each band (18 FM, 12 AM). Select a station, then press and hold a preset button. The station will be saved in the memory under the corresponding number. To recall a stored station, press the corresponding preset button.Auto memory store/Preset scanAuto store: Select a band, press and hold AMS button on the panel or P.SCN/RPT button on the RC to enter auto store mode. The radio will automatically store 6 stations to the 6 preset memories of the current band. To stop auto store, press the button again. During auto station preset, the unit will search and store stations with the strong signal first, and then weaker signal stations until the memories are full.Preset scan: Select a band, press AMS button on the panel or P.SCN/RPT button on the RC to scan all preset stations in the memories of the current band. To stop preset scan, press the button again.RDS functionRDS (Radio Data System) service availability varies with areas. Please understand if RDS service is not available in you area, the following service is not available, either.AF (Alternative frequencies) functionPress AF/TA button on the RC or AF/REG button on the panel to enable AF function. When the radio signal strength is poor, enabling the AF function will allow the unit to automatically search another station with the same PI (Program Identification) as the current station but with stronger signal strength. AF indicator on the display will flash until RDS information is received. If RDS service is not available in your area, turn off the AF mode.TA (Traffic alarm) functionPress TA/EON button on the panel to activate the traffic alarm function.When TA function is activated, it will search the station with TA information automatically. If there is no TA information, it will search the station with TP information automatically, if there is no TP information either, it will return to the previous station after searching.When receiving the station with TP information but without TA information, TP icon is on and TA icon keeps blinking; when receiving the station with TP and TA information, both TP and TA icons are on.When playing in other mode and TA information is received, it will change to the radio mode automatically. After playing over, it will return to the previous mode. Press TA/EON button on the panel once to ignore the received TA information, do it twice to turn off the function.PTY (Program type) functionPress PTY button on the RC to activate the PTY function, press it repeatedly to show Music group/Speech group/PTY off. Choose