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Listening to radio broadcasts
Functions of RDS
(Radio Data System)
Functions made possible with RDS
PTY (Program Type Identification) Search :
The tuner automatically searches for a station which is currently
broadcasting a specified program type (genre).
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EON (Enhanced Other Network) reservation
By selecting one of the two kinds of program previously, the tuner
switches automatically to a station broadcasting that kind of program
whenever it starts broadcasting. When the broadcasting completes,
the tuner returns automatically to the originally-received station.
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PS (Program Service Name) display : See figure
1
below.
When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically
displayed.
RT (Radio Text) display :See figure
2
below.
Some of the RDS stations also transmit text data.
When the RT display is selected with the
RT
key, the broadcast text
is scrolled on the display.
AUTO MEMORY
This function automatically selects the stations providing RDS and
FM broadcasting and stores them in the preset memory (up to 40
stations can be preset).
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RDS
DISPLAY
RDS is a system which transmits useful information (digital data) for FM broadcasts together with the broadcast signal. Tuners
and receivers designed for RDS reception can extract the information from the broadcast signal for use with various functions
such as automatic display of the station name.
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Some functions may not be provided or be given different names
depending on countries or areas.
Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to
perform the AUTO MEMORY operation by referring to the
description in “Presetting RDS stations (AUTO MEMORY)”.
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Pressing the
RDS DISPLAY
key
changes the display contents.
1
PS (Program Service Name) display :
When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automati-
cally displayed.
If no PS data was sent,
“NO PS”
is displayed.
Display mode priority ranking
When an FM broadcast is received :
1
PS (Program Service Name) display
2
RT (Radio Text) display
3
Frequency display
Text is scrolled from the right to the left.
Main unit
RDS DISPLAY key
KHz T
KHz T
F M
LW
MW
AUTO
AUTO
AUTO
STEREO
MEMO.
TUNED
MUTE
RDS
EON TP
PTY TA NEWS
CLIP
PRO L
PRO L
A M
MHz
MHz
DTS
DTS
B B C 1 F M
KHz T
KHz T
F M
LW
MW
AUTO
AUTO
AUTO
MEMO.
TUNED
MUTE
RDS
EON TP
PTY TA NEWS
CLIP
PRO L
PRO L
A M
MHz
MHz
DTS
DTS
B B C 1 F M
STEREO
KHz TIM
F M
LW
MW
AUTO SO
AUTO
MEMO.
TUNED
MUTE
RDS
EON TP
PTY TA NEWS
CLIP
PRO LOG
A M
DTS DOL
1
) 2 5 )
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MHz SLE
.
STEREO
KHz T
F M
LW
MW
AUTO
AUTO
MEMO.
TUNED
MUTE
RDS
EON TP
PTY TA NEWS
CLIP
PRO L
A M
MHz
DTS
A B C D E F G H
STEREO
2
RT (Radio Text) display:
Text accompanying RDS broadcast is scrolled on the display during
reception. “
NO RT
” is displayed if the received RDS station is not
accompanied with RT data.
3
Frequency display :
The frequency of the current station is displayed.
GRC
The
RDS
indicator lights up when an
RDS broadcast (signal) is received.
(Select the icon)
