Onkyo HT-R518 instruction manual Using RDS, RDS Program Types PTY, What is RDS?

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Listening to the Radio—Continued

Using RDS

RDS only works in areas where RDS broadcasts are available. When tuned to an RDS station, the RDS indi- cator appears.

RDS indicator

■What is RDS?

RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data in FM radio signals. It was developed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and is avail- able in most European countries. RDS is approved by the National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) and is available in North America.

Many FM stations use it these days. In addition to dis- playing text information, RDS can also help you find radio stations by type (e.g., news, sport, rock, etc.). The AV receiver supports four types of RDS informa- tion:

PS (Program Service)

When tuned to an RDS station that’s broadcasting PS information, the station’s name will be displayed. Press- ing the [DISPLAY] button will display the frequency for 3 seconds.

RT (Radio Text)

When tuned to an RDS station that’s broadcasting text information, the text will be shown on the display (see page 47).

PTY (Program Type)

This allows you to search RDS radio stations by type (see page 47).

TP (Traffic Program)

This allows you to search for RDS radio stations that broadcast traffic information (see page 47).

Notes:

•In some cases, the characters displayed on the AV receiver may not be identical to those broadcast by the radio station. Also, unexpected characters may be dis- played when unsupported characters are received. This is not a malfunction.

•If the signal from an RDS station is weak, RDS data may be displayed intermittently or not at all.

RDS Program Types (PTY)

Type	Display
None	None
News reports	News
Current affairs	Affairs
Information	Info
Sport	Sport
Education	Educate
Drama	Drama
Culture	Culture
Science and technology	Science
Varied	Varied
Pop music	Pop M
Rock music	Rock M
Middle of the road music	Easy M
Light classics	Light M
Serious classics	Classics
Other music	Other M
Weather	Weather
Finance	Finance
Children’s programmes	Children
Social affairs	Social
Religion	Religion
Phone in	Phone In
Travel	Travel
Leisure	Leisure
Jazz music	Jazz
Country music	Country
National music	Nation M
Oldies music	Oldies
Folk music	Folk M
Documentary	Document
Alarm test	TEST
Alarm	Alarm!

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