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Menu No.
Menu Item Description
Jog Wheel Editing Procedure
06
‘Parsing’ is the utility built into the encoder that
breaks a scrolling DPS message of up to 128 cha-
racters into groupings of words that will fit the 8-
character display common to all RDS radios.
Words in excess of 8 characters are side-stepped
across the radio faceplate.
Push the jog wheel to select among the nine parsing
options, and then press the jog wheel again to enter
the selection The most popular options are listed
here, all nine variations are explained on Page 45.
0
“Automatic” Multiple short words are grouped
together, longer words are displayed individually,
and the remainders of words in excess of 8 cha-
racters are ‘side-stepped’ across the radio facep-
late. This is the most common setting.
1
Side-steps the message one character at a time,
much like the scrolling displays on airport buses,
except much slower. This is a “safe-scrolling”
mode that is less distracting to the driver of a
car, but it does take longer to display the entire
message.
2-7 Side-steps the message two to seven characters
at a time (special use).
8
“Block” mode of transmission, breaks the mes-
sage into 8-character segments without regard
to spaces and word breaks. Useful only if the
message is pre-parsed by station automation.
07
The DPSS setting enables scrolling-PS text and
sets the rate at which successive blocks of dynamic
PS text are sent to listeners’ radios.
A DPSS setting of 0 is a very slow scrolling-PS
transmission rate, 9 is the fastest. Some RDS ra-
dios cannot keep up with a very fast transmission,
and the display on the faceplate may garble or
freeze. We recommend the factory-default setting
of 6.
Push the jog wheel and rotate it to choose a DPS
transmission rate. 6 is the recommended rate, as
faster rates are sometimes garbled by the RDS ra-
dio’s own inability to keep up with a very quick re-
fresh.
08
TEXT is the Radio Text field, an independent 64-
character message field that can only be read on
radios with a TEXT or INFO button. Radio Text is
transmitted as a complete 64-character message,
which is then parsed and displayed as determined
by the manufacturer of the specific radio. Unless
the station runs RT+ applications (see Section VIII,
Page 70), Radio Text is generally reserved for a
message that does not change often, such as the
Web address and phone numbers for the station.
Use the jog wheel to enter a static Radio Text mes-
sage exactly as instructed for Dynamic PS messages,
including a final
at the end of the text string. Of
course the software method of entering Radio Text is
easier. RT+ applications require the special message
formatting described in Section VIII.
09
RTDEFAULT is much like the PSDEFAULT dis-
cussed under Menu 04. A default RadioText mes-
sage may be entered with the jog wheel or using the
Windows
®
software, and will be held in encoder
memory. When this feature is enabled, the fixed RT
default message will be sent after the interval preset
in Menu 05, until a fresh RT message is received by
the encoder.
Use the jog wheel to enter the default RT message,
following the entry rules in the previous instruction for
TEXT. The Windows
®
software has an entry field for
RTDefault under the Tools menu. This static default
may show the station’s telephone number or Web
address, or a program promo announcement.
10
RTTIMER sets the interval between receipt of the
last RadioText message and transmission of the
RTDEFAULT message.
Push the jog wheel and set the RTTIMER to any val-
ue between 1 minute and 255 minutes, and then push
the jog wheel again to set the selected time. Set the
time to 0 (zero) minutes to disable the feature. When
disabled, the last RadioText message received will be
sent continuously until a new one is sent to the en-
coder.
