RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals. For example, the stations
send their station names, as well as information about what type of program they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.
You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display.
Press the
RDS DISPLAY
button while listening to an FM station.
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Each time you press the button, the display change to show you the following information:
About characters shown in the display
When the display shows PS,or RT signals,the following characters are used.
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The display window cannot differentiate upper case and lower case letters and always uses upper
case letters.
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The display window cannot show accented letters, “A,” for instance, may stands for accented
“A’s” like “À, Â, Ä, Á, Å and Ã.”
Using the RDS (Radio Data System) to receive FM stations
TO show the RDS signals
• RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting RDS signal properly or if
the signal strength is weak.
• If searching finishes at once, “PS”, and “RT” will not appear on the display.
When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS service,the RDS
indicator lights up on the display.
Description on RDS function
• PTY (Program Type) : Displays the type of programme currently being broadcast
• PS NAME (Program Service Name) : Indicates the name of broadcasting station and is composed
of 8 characters.
• RT (Radio Text) : Decodes the text broadcast by a station (if any) and is composed of maximum
64 characters.
• CT (Clock Time) : Decodes the real time clock from the FM frequency.
Some stations may not transmit PTY, RT or CT information therefore this may
not be displayed in all cases.
• TA (Traffic Announcement) : When this symbol flashes it shows that the traffic announcement is in
progress.
• PS (Program Service) : While searching, "PS" appears and then the station names will be
displayed. "NO PS" appears if no signal is sent.
• RT(RadioText) : while searching, "RT" appears and then text messages the station sends will be
displayed. "NO RT" appears if no signal is sent.
• Frequency : station frequency (non-RDS service)
PS NAME RT CT Frequency
About RDS broadcasting
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