RDS Operation
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RDS Display Options
In normal RDS operation the display will indicate the station
name. Pressing
DISP
on the front panel enables you to cycle
through the various data types in the sequence:
(CT
t
FREQUENCY
t
PTY
t
RT
t
PS)
• CT
(Time controlled by the channel)
• PTY
(Program type recognition)
• RT
(Radio text recognition)
• PS
(Program Service name)
• PI
(Program Identification)
• AF
(Alternative Frequencies for the actual program)
•
TP
(Traffic Program Identification)
• TA
(Traffic Announcement Identification)
•
EON
(Enhanced Other Networks)
NOTES
• RDS is only available for FM reception.
RDS AF/REG FUNCTION
To switch on or off the AF function (Network-Tracking), shortly
press the
‘AF’
button. To switch on or off the REG function
(Regional Network Tracking), long press the
‘AF’
button more than
2 seconds).
LOCAL/DX selection in EON-TA mode
In the EON-TA mode, pressing the TA button for more than 2 sec-
onds, causes only local and strong stations to be received. When
the TA button is pressed for more than 2 seconds, it receives all
stations, including distant and weak ones. It is recommended to
set the TA button to the local position to receive local stations with
good sound quality.
PROGRAM TYPE FUNCTION
To select a certain program type out of the reception band,
the following procedure can be used.
1. Press
BAND
to select in FM mode.
2. After, press the
PTY
button repeatedly for selecting each mode.
music group
t
speech group
t
search off
3. Short press one of the
PRESET (1-6)
buttons. Each time this
button is pressed, the display mode changes as follows.
No
Music group
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Pop M, Rock M
Easy M, Light M.
Classics, Other M
Jazz, Country
Nation M, Oldies
Folk M
No
Speech group
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
News, Affairs, Info
Sport, Educate, Drama
Culture, Science, Varied
Weather, Finance, Children
Social, Religion, Phone In
Travel, Leisure, Document
