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The PTY information is composed of an identification symbol,
which helps the
FM
radio to recognize the program type of each
FM
station.
The 30 PTY modes are shown in the display by pressing the PTY
button.
About PTY-SEARCH
Tuned to an
FM
station broadcasting a PTY MODE.
See the
FM
receiving method on the page 10.
If the received station is transmitting the RDS information, "RDS"
lights up.
Press the PTY button.
The PTY MODE(NEWS, AFFAIRS, etc) appears on the display.
Press the Tuning Down or Up button to select the desired PTY
MODE.
If the station is transmitting no PTY information, '
NO PTY
' shows
on the display.
When the PTY MODE is selected(The PTY MODE is shown in the
display), press the PTY KEY once again to convert into
PTY-SEARCH MODE and auto-search the station sequentially.
If a station is found broadcasting required PTY MODE then the
search station and the stop is selected.
If the PTY MODE isn’t found it is retuned to the original station
frequency at beginning the PTY SEARCH and auto-search and
PTY SEARCH are suspended.
PTY (Program Type) indication and
PTY-SEARCH function
Display
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
M.O.R.M
LIGHT M
CLASSIC
OTHER M
WEATHER
FINANCE
CHILDREN
SOCIAL A
RELIGION
PHONE IN
TRAVEL
LEISURE
JAZZ
COUNTRY
NATIONAL M
OLDIES
FOLK M
DOCUMENT
TEST
Program Type
• News including an announced opinion and report
• Several matters including a current incident, documentary,
discussion and analysis.
• Information including weights and measures, returns and fore-
cast, matters interesting the customer, medical information, etc.
• Sports
• Education
• Drama-Radio serial, etc.
• Culture-National or local culture including the religious problem,
social science, language, theater,etc.
• Natural science and technology
• Others-Speech, amusing program (quiz, game), interview,
comedy and satirical play, etc.
• Pop music
• Rock music
• M.O.R- Comfortable music, occasionally vocal or piece
• Light classical music- Classical music and instrumental
and chorus music
• Heavy classical music-Orchestra music, symphony, chamber
music and opera
• Other music - Jazz, R&B country music
• Weather
• Finance
• Children’s programmes
• Social affairs
• Religion
• Phone in
• Travel
• Leisure
• Jazz Music
• Country Music
• National Music
• Oldies Music
• Folk Music
• Documentary
• Alarm Test
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This unit has the RDS (Radio Data System) function, which
enables for the various information such as broadcasting
station, radio text, time and 30 types of programs (News,
Rock, Classic, etc.) to be received from the FM RDS station
together with normal radio signal.
Press the Standby/On button.
Receive the
FM
radio.
See the radio receiving method on the page 10.
FM
and frequency are shown on the display
If the received station transfers the RDS information, 'RDS'
appears automatically on the display.
Press the RDS Display button to select the desired RDS mode.
Whenever the button is pressed, RDS mode changes as follows.
PS NAME
RT
CT
Current
FM
frequency
The RDS function is available only in
FM
broadcasting.
Description on RDS function
1. PTY
(Program Type) : Displays the type of programme
currently being broadcast
2. PS NAME
(Program Service Name) : Indicates the name of
broadcasting station and is composed of 8 characters.
3. RT
(Radio Text) : Decodes the text broadcast by a station (if
any) and is composed of maximum 64 characters.
4. 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.
5. TA
(Traffic Announcement) : When this symbol flashes it
shows that the traffic announcement is in progress.
About "PS NAME" MODE
Displays the name of broadcasting station.
Press the
RDS Display
button to select the PS NAME.
"
PS NAME
" appears on the display.
If the PS information is being received, the PS name (BBC, AFO,
NDR, etc.) is shown on the display.
If the PS information isn't received, the original
FM
frequency is
shown.
Even though no
RDS Display
button is pressed, the reception
of PS information ensues the PS name is displayed.
About 'RT' MODE
Displays the character transmitted from the broadcasting station.
Press the
RDS Display
button to select the RT MODE.
"
RT
" appears on the display.
If the RT information is being received, the received information is
shown on the display.
If the RT information isn't received, the "
NO RT
" is shown.
On the display.
About CT(Clock Time)
Sets the time of RDS clock.
To select the CT time, set the
RDS Display
button to CT MODE.
The CT information will take up to 2 minutes to be decoded there-
fore the clock isn’t displayed immediately.
If there is no received CT information, "
NO CT
" is displayed.
About RDS DISPLAY function
About RDS broadcasting
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