Pioneer DEH-P3600MP, Operation Manual

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Introduction of RDS operation
RDS (radio data system) is a system for provid-
ing information along with FM broadcasts.
This inaudible information provides such fea-
tures as program service name, program type,
traffic announcement standby and automatic
tuning, intended to aid radio listeners in find-
ing and tuning in to a desired station.
1 Program service name
Shows the name of broadcast program.
2 TP ( ) indicator
Shows when a TP station is tuned in.
3 News ( ) indicator
Shows when the set news program is re-
ceived.
% Press FUNCTION to displaythe function
names.
Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be-
tween the following functions:
BSM (best stations memory) REG (regional)
LOCAL (local seek tuning) TA (traffic an-
nouncement standby) AF (alternative fre-
quencies search) NEWS (news program
interruption)
# To return to the frequency display, press
BAND .
# If MW/LW band is selected, you can only se-
lect BSM or LOCAL .
Notes
! If you do not operate the function within about
30 seconds, the display is automatically re-
turned to the frequency display.
! RDS service may not be provided by all sta-
tions.
! RDS functions like AF and TA are only active
when your radio is tuned to an RDS station.
Switchingthe RDS display
When you tune in an RDS station its program
service name is displayed. If you want to know
the frequency you can.
% Press DISPLAY.
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:
Program service name PTY information
Frequency
PTY (program type ID code) information is
listed on page 15.
# PTY information and the frequency of the cur-
rent station appears on the display for eight sec-
onds.
# If a PTY code of zero is received from a station,
NONE is displayed. This indicates that the station
has not defined its program contents.
# If the signal is too weak for this unit to pick up
the PTY code, NO PTY is displayed.
Selectingalternative
frequencies
If you are listening to a broadcast and the re-
ception becomes weak or there are other pro-
blems, the unit will automatically search for a
different station in the same network which is
broadcasting a stronger signal.
! AF is on as a default.
1 Press FUNCTION to select AF.
Press FUNCTION until AF appears in the dis-
play.
RDS
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