Philips F984, User Manual

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English
TUNER
R adio D ata S ystem is a service that allows FM stations to
send additional information. If you are receiving an RDS
station,
R
and the station name are displayed.
Switching through different RDS information
• Press RADIO TEXT on the receiver repeatedly to switch
through the following information (if available):
– Radio text messages
– RDS clock
– Frequency
– Station name
Note: The time signal broadcasted from certain RDS stations
may not always be accurate.
It is possible to set up the tuner in such a way that any
playback is interrupted by news or traffic information of a
chosen RDS station. Announcement functions only work if the
necessary RDS signals are being broadcast.
If RDS stations are also carrying an EON signal ( E nhanced
O ther N etworks),
EON
is displayed. This signal enables the
tuner to search not only the chosen RDS station, but the
whole EON station network for news and traffic information.
1 Tune to the desired RDS station.
2 Press NEWS/TA:
Once to display
NEWS
, this switches on the news
announcement function.
Twice to display
TA
, this switches on the traffic
announcement function.
Three times to display
TA
and
NEWS
, this switches on both
announcement functions.
3 Select and play any other source as usual.
y
While news or traffic information is being broadcast
the receiver will switch to tuner and
NEWS
or
TA
will
flash.
4 Press NEWS/TA until the display indication disappears to
switch off the function(s).
or
Press NEWS/TA during an announcement to switch off the
function(s).
Note: Be sure to switch the news and traffic announcement
off during recording, otherwise these announcements
also will be recorded.
RDS News and Traffic Announcement RDS
R