Using the tuner
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An introduction to RDS
Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by
most FM radio stations to provide listeners with
various kinds of information—the name of the
station and the kind of show they’re
broadcasting, for example.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by
type of program. For example, you can search
for a station that’s broadcasting a show with
the program type,
JAZZ
.
You can search the following program types:
1
Searching for RDS programs
You can search for a program type listed above.
1
Press TUNER then press BAND to select
the FM band.
2
2
Press PTY SEARCH.
SEARCH
shows in the display.
3
Press PRESET
/
to select the program
type you want to hear.
4
Press ENTER to search for the program
type.
The system starts searching through the
station presets for a match, stopping when it
was found one. Repeat to search for other
stations.
If
NO PTY
is displayed it means the tuner
couldn’t find that program type at the time of
the search.
3
NEWS
–
News
AFFAIRS
– Current Affairs
INFO
– General
Information
SPORT
– Sport
EDUCATE
– Educational
DRAMA
– Radio plays, etc.
CULTURE
– National or
regional culture, theater,
etc.
SCIENCE
– Science and
technology
VARIED
– Usually talk-
based material, such as
quiz shows or interviews.
POP M
– Pop music
ROCK M
– Rock music
EASY M
– Easy listening
LIGHT M
– ‘Light’ classical
music
CLASSICS
– ‘Serious’
classical music
OTHER M
– Music not
fitting above categories
WEATHER
– Weather
reports
FINANCE
– Stock market
reports, commerce,
trading, etc.
CHILDREN
– Programs for
children
SOCIAL
– Social affairs
RELIGION
– Programs
concerning religion
PHONE IN
– Public
expressing their views by
phone
TRAVEL
– Holiday-type
travel rather than traffic
announcements
LEISURE
– Leisure interests
and hobbies
JAZZ
– Jazz
COUNTRY
– Country
music
NATION M
– Popular
music in a language other
than English
OLDIES
– Popular music
from the ’50s and ’60s
FOLK M
– Folk music
DOCUMENT
–
Documentary
Note
1 In addition, there are three other program types,
ALARMTST
,
ALARM
, and
NO TYPE
.
ALARM
and
ALARMTST
are used for
emergency announcements.
NO TYPE
appears when a program type cannot be found.
2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
3 RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been preset, or if the program type could not be found among the station
presets
NO PTY
is displayed.
FINISH
means the search is complete.
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