Nautel VX150, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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VX150 TO VX2 OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE MANUAL OPERATING THE TRANSMITTER
VERSION 1.0 2022-12-08 PAGE 2.2.37
• Scrolling Type: Select the type of scrolling to be used by the receiver - Word or Character. Word
scrolling displays and transitions a maximum of 8 characters of the Scrolling PS Name at a
time. Character scrolling still displays a maximum of 8 characters; however, transitions by one
character of the Scrolling PS Name at a time. In both cases, transitions occur at the speed
defined by the Scrolling Enable/Speed selection (Slow or Fast). The default selection is Word.
• Radio Text: Most RDS radios can receive short messages that may include information about
the presenter, station or program you are listening to (e.g., a web address for the station). You
can enter radio text up to 64 characters in length. Information is displayed on the receiver
based on the receiver configuration and capability (e.g., maximum number of characters on the
screen). Default is blank.
• PTY: this coding of up to 32 (0 to 31) pre-defined programme types allows users to find similar
programming by genre. Default is 0: NONE/NONE.
• PTYN (programme type name): This field can be used for detailed description of the PTY by 8
digits. Example: if the PTY is 4 (Sport) a PTYN like “Football” could be transmitted. The PTYN is
intended for displaying additional information only cannot be used for automatic station
turning like the PTY. The PTYN is optional. Default is blank.
• Music/Speech: Select Music or Speech. Default is Speech.
• Traffic Info: Select None, TA (Traffic Announcement), TP (Traffic Programme) or TA+TP. The
receiver can often be set to pay special attention to this flag and, for example, stop the tape/
pause the CD or re-tune to receive a traffic bulletin. The TP flag is used (set to 1) to allow the
user to find only those stations that regularly broadcast traffic bulletins whereas the TA flag is
used (set to 1) to signal an actual traffic bulletin in progress. These flags are set to 0 if they are
not being used for traffic information. Default is None.
• Alternate Frequencies: Select None or 1 through 25. This allows a receiver to re-tune to a
different frequency providing the same station information (i.e., using translators or repeaters)
when the first signal is too weak. This is often utilized in car stereo systems. Default is None.
• Artificial Head (bit 1 of DI, see NOTE below): select Enabled or Disabled. This selection is a
decoder identification operating mode flag. Default is Disabled.
• Compression Flag (bit 2 of DI, see NOTE below): Select Enabled or Disabled. This selection is a
decoder identification operating mode flag. Default is Disabled.
• Dynamic PTY (bit 3 of DI, see NOTE below): Select Dynamic or Static. This selection is a decoder
identification operating mode flag. Default is Static.