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An introduction to RDS (For Europe)
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:
Note
•
In addition, there are three other program types,
ALARM
,
ALARMTST
, and
NO TYPE
.
ALARM
and
ALARMTST
are
used for emergency announcements.
NO TYPE
appears
when a program type cannot be found.
Searching for RDS programs
You can search for a program type listed above.
1
Press
TUNER
then press
BAND
to select the FM band.
•
RDS is only possible in the FM band.
2
Press
PTY
.
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.
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.
Displaying RDS information
Use the
DISP
button to display the different types of RDS
information available.
Press
DISP
for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
•
Listening mode
•
Master volume
•
Radio Text (
RT
) – Messages sent by the radio station.
•
For example, a talk radio station may provide a phone
number as RT.
•
Program Service Name (
PS
) – The name of the radio
station.
•
Program Type (
PTY
) – This indicates the kind of
program currently being broadcast.
•
Current tuner frequency (
FREQ
)
Note
•
If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll,
some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
•
If you see
NO TEXT
in the RT display, it means no RT data
is sent from the broadcast station. The display will
automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data,
NO NAME
is displayed).
•
In the PTY display,
NO PTY
may be shown.
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
