Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)

Fixing the release panel

The Radio Data System will enhance your

If “SEARCH” appears in the display when

If you wish to fix the release panel perma-

enjoyment when you listen to FM radio sta-

the radio is switched on or one of the stored

tions.

frequencies recalled, the unit is already au-

nently to the chassis, screw down the en-

More and more radio stations broadcast

tomatically searching for an alternative fre-

closed bolt at the left hand side of the chas-

quency.

RDS information along with their regular

sis into the hole (C), see Fig.

“SEARCH” will disappear from the display

programming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

when the alternative frequency has been

 

 

 

As soon as a programme has been identi-

 

 

 

found or after the frequency band has run

 

 

 

fied, the station name including a regional

 

 

 

through completely.

 

 

 

identifier, if applicable, will appear in the dis-

 

 

 

If the reception quality of the selected pro-

C

 

 

play, for example, NDR1 NDS (regional pro-

 

 

gramme in Lower Saxony, Germany).

gramme deteriorates beyond a certain point:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Tune into another station.

 

 

 

When RDS is activated, the preset buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

become programme buttons. You now know

REG - regional programme

 

 

 

exactly which programme you have tuned

 

 

 

into, making it easy to find the desired sta-

Certain radio programmes are split up at

Selecting the audio mode

tion quickly.

times into regional programmes offering lo-

But RDS offers you further advantages:

 

 

 

cal information. The 1st programme broad-

 

 

 

 

Use the SRC/SC (source) button to select

AF - Alternative frequency

cast by NDR, for example, offers pro-

between radio and cassette mode.

grammes with different contents in the north-

To select the operating mode:

The AF (Alternative Frequency) function

ern German states of Schleswig-Holstein,

Hamburg and Lower Saxony at certain times

• Press SRC/SC.

makes sure that the radio always tunes into

of the day.

 

 

 

the strongest frequency of the currently se-

 

 

 

 

lected programme automatically.

If you are listening to a particular regional

 

This function is activated when “AF” appears programme and wish to continue doing so,

in the display.

select “REG ON” in the DSC mode.

 

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In order to switch this function on or off,

press the AF·TA button until a beep is emitted.

While searching for the strongest reception signal, the radio may switch to mute briefly.

If you leave the service area of the regional programme you are tuned into, or if you would like to take advantage of full RDS service, switch to “REG OFF” in the DSC mode.

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Blaupunkt RCR 128 Radio operation with RDS Radio Data System, Fixing the release panel, REG regional programme