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HD RADIO
TM
INFORMATION
Licensing information
HD Radio
TM
Technology is Manufactured
Under License From iBiquity Digital
Corporation. U.S. and Foreign Patents.
HD Radio
TM
and the HD and HD Radio
logos are proprietary trademarks of
iBiquity Digital Corporation.
Availability information
HD Radio
TM
reception is available in the
United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii.
What is HD Radio
TM
technology?
The vehicle audio system (if equipped) is
able to receive standard analog FM/AM
radio broadcasting as well as digital HD
Radio
TM
FM/AM broadcasting.
HD Radio
TM
technology provides digital
and analog reception using existing FM
and AM broadcasting frequencies.
Currently, radio stations broadcasting an
HD Radio
TM
signal are operating in a
hybrid mode of both, analog and digital, in
order to reach both receivers. In both
modes, analog and digital, the broadcast-
ed program contents are the same(except
during multicasting, see below).
Eventually, as analog receivers are
replaced by digital ones, radio stations
may be able to turn off their analog
broadcasting and use only the digital
broadcasting.
Multicasting
HD Radio
TM
FM stations are able to broad-
cast multiple digital program
streams(channels) over a single FM fre-
quency. For example, a HD Radio
TM
FM
station can run a main channel of music
and a sub channel of news(or even two dif-
ferent music channels) at one frequency.
Only the program content of the main
channel is in broadcasted analog.