The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Radio
and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recommend FM radio
broadcasters to use RDS technology to transmit information. FM radio
stations are independently operated and individually elect to use RDS
technology to transmit station ID and program type as desired.
Press and hold the control for five seconds to turn the feature on or off.
Press the control to scroll through the following selections:
Traffic
•
Press the RDS control until
TRAFFIC is displayed.
•
Use the SEL control to select ON
or OFF. With the feature on, use
the SEEK or SCAN control to
find a radio station broadcasting a
traffic report (if it is broadcasting
RDS data).
Traffic information is not available in most U.S. markets.
Program type
•
Press the RDS control until the
FIND program type is displayed.
•
Use the SEL control to select the
program type. With the feature
on, use the SEEK or SCAN
control to find the desired
program type from the following
selections:
•
Classic
•
Country
•
Info
•
Jazz
•
Oldies
•
R & B
•
Religious
RDS
SEL
RDS
SEL
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