✎If you remove the USB device or Power Cable during the recording process, the portion of the file which has already been recorded may not play back.
✎Recording will not start if the remaining free space in the USB storage device is less than 2MB.
✎If the USB device is removed or has insufficient space (under 2MB), the appropriate message is displayed and the recording stops.
To show the RDS signals
You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display.
Press the RDS DISPLAY button while listening to an FM station.
~Each time you press the button, the display change
to show you the following information : PS NAME RT CT Frequency
About RDS Broadcasting
PS (Program
While searching, <PS NAME> appears and then the station
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.
Service)
names will be displayed.
<NO PS> appears if no signal is sent.
While searching, <RT> appears and then text messages the
Settings
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.
RT (RadioText) station sends will be displayed. <NO RT> appears if no signal is sent.
When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS service, the RDS indicator lights up on the display.
Description on RDS function
Frequency
Station frequency
~PTY (Program Type) : Displays the type of program currently being broadcast.
~PS NAME (Program Service Name) : Indicates the name of broadcasting station and is composed of 8 characters.
~RT (Radio Text) : Decodes the text broadcast by a station (if any) and is composed of maximum 64 characters.
~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.
~TA (Traffic Announcement) : TA ON/OFF it shows that the traffic announcement is in progress.
✎RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting RDS signal properly or if the signal strength is weak.
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 letters and always uses upper case letters.
~The display window cannot show accented letters, <A,> for instance, may stands for accented <A’s> like <À, Â, Ä, Á, Å and Ã.>
PTY (Program Type) indication and
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
~Before you start!
-The PTY Search is only applicable to preset stations.
-To stop searching any time during the process, press 5 button 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.
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