Inovonics AARON 650, Installation & User Manual

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Entering the
RDS Data
From the
Stereo Regen
sub-
menu, navigate to
RDS En-
coding / RDS Data . This
brings up the data-entry
screen shown at the right.
Turn the knob to see how each of the data-entry fields may be
‘bracketed’ for further action. Beginning with the
PI
field, push
the knob to enter this information.
PI
A station’s PI (Program Identification) code consists of four
‘hexadecimal’ alphanumeric characters. PI codes are derived
from the station’s call letters In the US and Canada, although
translators of the station’s main signal may require a separate
assignment. The PI code of the incoming, off-air signal appears
on the
Now Playing
,
Tuner
and
RDS Info / Decoded RDS
menu
screens. PI calculators for the US and Canada may be found
with an Internet search.
Turn the knob to select among the 16 hexadecimal characters,
push the knob to enter each character sequentially. Use Back-
space
to correct any errors, and
Save
to commit the entry to
memory.
PTY
The PTY (Program TYpe) field identifies the station’s format, or
primary program content. Bracket PTY and push the knob.
Turn the knob to scroll through the various choices, there are
23 genres, plus None . The PTY code of the incoming signal may
be found on the
RDS Info / Decoded RDS
menu screen. Select an
appropriate format and push the knob to commit it to memory.
PS
PS (Program Service Name) is
the display that appears on
the faceplate of every RDS-
equipped consumer radio.
The radio display is limited
to 8 characters, however, so any message longer than call let-
ters (KDEF) or the station’s ‘street name’ (HOT 105) will auto-
matically be ‘parsed’ and scrolled. (Parsing refers to organizing
small words or breaking apart long words so that they fit in an
easy-to-read 8-character display.) You may enter a PS message
of up to 128 characters here using the knob in the manner al-
ready described. Once you complete the entry and issue a
Save
command, you still need to set the scrolling speed (Page 28).
RT
RT , or Radio Text, is another messaging field. Not all RDS radi-
os display Radio Text, and in many cases the listener must
press a
TEXT
or
INFO
button to see this information. Automo-
bile radios may even inhibit the Radio Text display when the
vehicle is moving.
Radio Text messages are restricted to 64 characters. The data
is transmitted in blocks, which are reassembled by the receiver
for display in a variety of styles, depending on the radio. His-
torically, the Radio Text field was relegated to static infor-