Pioneer VSX-LX60 Using the tuner, An introduction to RDS, Naming station presets

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2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).

The display shows STATION MEMORY, then a blinking memory class.

3Press CLASS to select one of the three classes then press ST / to select the station preset you want. You can also use the number buttons to select a station preset.

4Press ENTER.

After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop blinking and the receiver stores the station.

Naming station presets

For easier identification, you can name your station presets.

1 Choose the station preset you want to name.

See Listening to station presets below for how to do this.

2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).

The display shows STATION NAME, then a blinking cursor at the first character position.

3 Input the name you want.

Choose from the following characters for a name up to four characters long.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

!”#$%&’()∗+,–./:;<=>?@[ \ ]^_{} ˜ [space]

Use / to select a character, / to set the position, and ENTER to confirm your selection.

Tip

•To erase a station name, simply repeat steps 1 to 3 and input four spaces instead of a name.

•Once you have named a station preset, you can press DISP when listening to a station to switch the display between name and frequency.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See Saving station presets above if you haven’t done this already.

1Press TUNER to select the tuner.

2Press CLASS to select the class in which the station is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B and C.

3Press ST / to select the station preset you want.

•You can also use the number buttons on the remote control to recall the station preset.

An introduction to RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most 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.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of program. For example, you can search for a station that’s broadcasting a show with the program type, JAZZ.

You can search the following program types:1

NEWS – News	FINANCE – Stock market
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs	reports, commerce,
INFO – General Information	trading, etc.
SPORT – Sport	CHILDREN – Programs for
EDUCATE – Educational	children
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.	SOCIAL – Social affairs
CULTURE – National or	RELIGION – Programs
regional culture, theater,	concerning religion
etc.	PHONE IN – Public
SCIENCE – Science and	expressing their views by
technology	phone
VARIED – Usually talk-	TRAVEL – Holiday-type
based material, such as	travel rather than traffic
quiz shows or interviews.	announcements
POP M – Pop music	LEISURE – Leisure interests
ROCK M – Rock music	and hobbies
EASY M – Easy listening	JAZZ – Jazz
LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical	COUNTRY – Country music
music	NATION M – Popular
CLASSICS – ‘Serious’	music in a language other
classical music	than English
OTHER M – Music not	OLDIES – Popular music
fitting above categories	from the ’50s and ’60s
WEATHER – Weather	FOLK M – Folk music
reports	DOCUMENT – Documentary

Note

1In addition, there are three other program types, ALARM, NO DATA and NO TYPE. ALARM is used for emergency announcements. You can’t search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NO DATA and NO TYPE appears when a program type cannot be found.

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