More tuner features RDS, An introduction to RDS

06More tuner features: RDS

Chapter 6 More tuner features: RDS

U.K. model only

		Displaying RDS information
An introduction to RDS
		Use the DISPLAY button to display the
Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by		different types of RDS information available.2
most FM radio stations to provide listeners with		• Press DISPLAY for RDS information.
various kinds of information—the name of the
station and the kind of show they’re		Each press changes the display as follows:
broadcasting, for example.		• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the
One feature of RDS is that you can search by		radio station. For example, a talk radio
type of program. For example, you can search		station may provide a phone number as RT.
for a station that’s broadcasting a show with		• Program Service Name (PS) – The name of
the program type, JAZZ.		the radio station.
You can search the following program types:1		• Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the
NEWS – News	FINANCE – Stock market	kind of program currently being broadcast.
		• SEARCH – PTY search (see below)
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs	reports, commerce,
INFO – General Information	trading, etc.	• Current tuner frequency
SPORT – Sport	CHILDREN – Programs for

EDUCATE – Educational	children	Searching for RDS programs
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.	SOCIAL – Social affairs
CULTURE – National or	RELIGION – Programs	You can search for a program type listed above.
regional culture, theater,	concerning religion
etc.	PHONE IN – Public	1 Press the TUNER button for the FM band.3
SCIENCE – Science and	expressing their views by
technology	phone	2 Press DISPLAY repeatedly until SEARCH
VARIED – Usually talk-	TRAVEL – Holiday-type
		appears in the display.
based material, such as	travel rather than traffic

quiz shows or interviews.	announcements	3 Use	to select the program type you
POP M – Pop music	LEISURE – Leisure
		want to hear.
ROCK M – Rock music	interests and hobbies

EASY M – Easy listening	JAZZ – Jazz	4 Press ENTER to start the search.
LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical	COUNTRY – Country music
		The system searches the station presets for a
music	NATION M – Popular
		match. If it finds one, searching stops for 5 sec.
CLASSICS – ‘Serious’	music in a language other
classical music	than English	5 If you want to keep listening to the
OTHER M – Music not	OLDIES – Popular music
fitting above categories	from the ’50s and ’60s	station, press ENTER within the 5 seconds.
WEATHER – Weather	FOLK M – Folk music	If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.
reports	DOCUMENT – Documentary

Note

1In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM, and NONE. ALARM and TEST are used for emergency an- nouncements. You can’t search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NONE appears when a program type cannot be found.

2• If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

•If you see NO RADIO TEXT DATA 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, the frequency is displayed).

•In the PTY display, NO DATA or NONE may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.

3RDS is only possible in the FM band.

06More tuner features: RDS

Chapter 6

More tuner features: RDS

Displaying RDS information

An introduction to RDS

• Press DISPLAY for RDS information.

Searching for RDS programs

4 Press ENTER to start the search.

The system searches the station presets for a

5 If you want to keep listening to the

If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.