Basic Operation
Basic Operation
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RDS (Radio Data System)
RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows a station to send additional information along with the regular
radio program signal.
The following three types of RDS information can be received with
this unit:
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Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
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Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
This allows you to easily find out the latest traffic conditions in your
area before leaving home.
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Radio Text (RT)
RT allows RDS stations to send text messages that appear on the
display.
NOTE:
• The operations described below using
<RDS>
,
<PTY>
and
<RT>
will
not function in areas in which there are no RDS broadcasts.
RDS search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide the
RDS service.
News
Current Affairs
Information
Sports
Education
Drama
Culture
Science
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
Varied
Pop Music
Rock Music
Easy Listening
Music
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
EASY M
Light Classical
Serious Classical
Other Music
LIGHT M
CLASSICS
OTHER M
Weather
WEATHER
Finance
Children’s
programmes
Social Affairs
Religion
Phone In
Travel
FINANCE
CHILDREN
SOCIAL
RELIGION
PHONE IN
TRAVEL
Leisure
Jazz Music
LEISURE
JAZZ
Country Music
National Music
Oldies Music
COUNTRY
NATION M
OLDIES
Folk Music
Documentary
FOLK M
DOCUMENT
Use
<INPUT SELECTOR>
to select “TUNER” or press
[TUNER]
.
Press
CHANNEL
.
• The search for RDS stations begins automatically.
If no RDS stations are found with the above operation, all the
reception bands are searched.
When a broadcast station is found, that station’s name appears
on the display.
Press
<RDS>
until “RDS SEARCH” appears on the
display.
To continue searching, repeat step 3.
If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been
searched, “NO RDS” is displayed.
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PTY search
Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated
program type (PTY).
For a description of each program type, refer to “Program Type (PTY)”.
Use
<INPUT SELECTOR>
to select “TUNER” or press
[TUNER]
.
Press
CHANNEL
.
• PTY search begins automatically.
If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type
with the above operation, all the reception bands are searched.
The station name is displayed on the display after searching
stops.
Press
<RDS>
until “PTY SEARCH” appears on the
display.
To continue searching, repeat step 4.
If no station broadcasting the designated program type is found
when all the frequencies have been searched, “NO PROGRAMME”
is displayed.
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Watching the display, press
<PTY>
to call out the desired
program type.
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