Receiving FM Stations with RDS
RDS (Radio Data System) allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals. For example, the stations send their station names, as well as information about what type of program they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.
When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS service, the RDS indicator lights up on the display.
With the unit, you can receive the following types of RDS signals.
PS (Program Service):
Shows commonly known station names.
PTY (Program Type):
Shows types of broadcast programs.
RT (Radio Text):
Shows text messages the station sends.
More about RDS
•Some FM stations do not provide RDS signals.
•RDS services vary among FM RDS stations. For details on RDS services in your area, check with local radio stations.
•RDS may not work correctly if the received station is not transmitting the signals properly or if the signal strength is weak.
Changing the RDS Information
Searching for Programs by PTY Codes (PTY Search)
One of the advantages of RDS is that you can locate a particular kind of program by specifying the PTY (Program Type) codes.
•For details on each of the PTY codes, see “Description of the PTY Codes” on page 19.
•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 1 again.
1 Press INTRO/RDS |
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SEARCH until the PTY |
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code you want appears on |
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the display. |
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Each time you press the button, the
PTY codes change as follows:
NEWS 
AFFAIRS 
INFO 
SPORT
CULTURE
DRAMA
EDUCATE
SCIENCE 
VARIED 
POP M 
ROCK M
OTHER M
CLASSICS
LIGHT M
MOR M
You can see RDS information on the display while listening
2 Press 4 or ¢.
SEARCH/TUNING
to an FM station.
Press REMAIN/RDS MODE. |
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Each time you press the button, the |
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display changes to show the following |
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PS 
PTY 
RT
Station frequency
•If no PS, PTY, or RT signals are sent by a station,
“NO PS”, “NO PTY”, or “NO TEXT” appears on the display.
The unit searches FM stations, stops when it finds the one you have selected, and tunes in that station.
•If no program is found, the unit returns to the last received station.
To stop searching during the process, press INTRO/RDS
SEARCH.
On the characters displayed
When the display shows PS, PTY or RT signals:
–The display shows upper case letters only.
–The display cannot show accented letters; For example,
“A” may represent accented “A’s” like “Á, Â, Ã, À, Ä and Å ”.
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