Samsung HT-TWP32R/ELS About RDS broadcasting, PTY Program Type indication and PTY-SEARCH function

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About RDS broadcasting

Using the RDS (Radio Data System) to receive FM stations

RDS 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.

Description on RDS function

1. PTY (Program Type) : Displays the type of programme currently being broadcast

PTY (Program Type) indication and PTY-SEARCH function

One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a particular kind of program from the preset channels by specifying the PTY codes.

To search for a program using the PTY codes

 

 

 

Display

 

Program Type

 

 

Before you start, remember...

NEWS

• News including an announced opinion and

 

 

report

 

 

 

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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.

Note

RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting

 

RDS signal properly or if the signal strength is weak.

What information can RDS signals provide?

You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display.

TO show the RDS signals

Press RDS DISPLAY while listening to an FM station.

Each time you press the button, the display change to show you the following information:

PS (Program Service) :While searching,"PS"appears and then the station names will be displayed."NO PS" appears if no signal is sent.

RT(RadioText) : while searching,"RT"appears and then text messages the station sends will be displayed. "NO RT"appears if no signal is sent.

Frequency : station frequency (non-RDS service)

About characters shown in the display

When the display shows PS,or RT signals,the following characters are used.

The display window cannot differentiate upper case and lower case lrtters and always uses upper case letters.

The display window cannot show accented letters, “A,” for instance, may stans for accented “A’s” like “À, Â, Ä, Á, Åand Ã.”

Note

If searching finishes at once,“PS”,and “RT” will not appear on the display.

The PTY Search is only applicable to preset stations.

To stop searching any time during the process, press PTY SEARCH while searching.

There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is cancelled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

When pressing the buttons on the primary remote control, make sure that you have selected the FM station using the primary remote control.

1Press PTY SEARCH while listenning to an FM station.

2Press the PTY-or PTY+until the PTY code you want appears on the display.

The display gives you the PTY codes described to the right.

3Press PTY SEARCH again, while the PTY code selected in the previous step is still on the display.

The center unit searches 15 preset FM stations,stops when it finds the one you have selected, and tunes in that station.

AFFAIRS

INFO

SPORT

EDUCATE

DRAMA

CULTURE

SCIENCE

VARIED

POP M

ROCK M

M.O.R.M

LIGHT M

CLASSICS

OTHER M

WEATHER

FINANCE

CHILDREN

SOCIAL A

RELIGION

PHONE IN

TRAVEL

LEISURE

JAZZ

COUNTRY

NATION M

OLDIES

FOLK M

DOCUMENT

Several matters including a current incident, documentary, discussion and analysis.

Information including weights and measures, returns and forecast, 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

Current contemporary music considered to be “easylistening.”

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

RADIO OPERATION

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