More tuner features: RDS
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Chapter 7:
More tuner features: RDS
An introduction to RDS
Radio Data System, or RDS as it’s usually
known, is a system used by 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. This information shows up as text
on the display, and you can switch between
the kind of information shown. Although you
don’t get RDS information from all FM radio
stations, you do with most.
Probably the best feature of RDS is that you
can search automatically by type of program.
So, if you felt like listening to jazz, you could
search for a station that’s broadcasting a
show with the program type,
Jazz
. There are
around 29 such program types, including
various genres of music, news, sport, talk
shows, financial information, and so on.
The receiver lets you display three different
kinds of RDS information: Radio Text,
Program Service Name, and Program Type.
Radio Text (
RT
) is messages sent by the radio
station. These can be anything the
broadcaster chooses—a talk radio station
might give out it telephone number as RT, for
example.
Program Service Name (
PS
) is the name of
the radio station.
Program Type (
PTY
) indicates the kind of
program currently being broadcast.
The receiver can search for and display the
following program types:
News
– News
Affairs
– Current affairs
Info
– General information
Sport
– Sport
Educate
– Educational material
Drama
– Radio plays or serials
Culture
– National or regional culture,
theatre, 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 music
Light M
– ‘Light’ classical music
Classics
– ‘Serious’ classical music
Other M
– Other music not fitting any of
the 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
– Documentaries
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