Introduction of RDS operation
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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.
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Program service name
Shows the name of broadcast program.
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News (
) indicator
Shows when the set news program is re-
ceived.
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TEXT indicator
Shows when the radio text is received.
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TP (
) indicator
Shows when a TP station is tuned in.
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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)
program type
selection (PTY)
TA
(traffic announcement
standby)
AF
(alternative frequencies search)
NEWS
(news program interruption)
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To return to the frequency display, press
BAND
.
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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.
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RDS service may not be provided by all sta-
tions.
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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.
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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 19.
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PTY information and the frequency of the cur-
rent station appears on the display for eight sec-
onds.
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If a PTY code of zero is received from a station
or the signal is too weak for this unit to pick up
the PTY code, you cannot switch to PTY infoma-
tion display. In this case, if you have selected the
PTY information display, the display will be chan-
ged blank.
Selectingalternative
frequencies
If you are listening to a broadcast and the re-
ception becomes weak or there are other pro-
RDS
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