Blaupunkt SEATTLE RDM 169 Radio operation with RDS Radio Data System, AF Alternative frequency

Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)

The Radio Data System offers you more convenience when you listen to FM radio stations.

More and more radio stations have begun to broadcast RDS information alongside their programs.

As soon as a program has been identified, the station name including a regional iden- tifier, if available, will appear in the display, for example, NDR1 NDS (regional program in Lower Saxony, Germany).

When RDS is activated, the preset buttons become program buttons. You now know exactly which program you have tuned into, making it easy to find the desired station quickly.

But RDS offers you further advantages:

AF - Alternative frequency

The AF (Alternative Frequency) function makes sure that the strongest frequency of the currently selected program is always tuned in automatically.

Switching AF on/off:

For radio operation

•Press TU, menu level 2 will appear.

•Press the AF button briefly.

The function is activated when “AF” lights up in the display.

REG - regional program

	Certain radio programs are split up at times
	into regional programs offering local infor-
	mation. The 1st program broadcast by NDR,
	for example, offers programs with different
	contents in the northern states of Germany
“AF” is highlighted for the corresponding	Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Lower
	Saxony at certain times of the day.
softkey.	If you are listening to a program and want
	to continue to listen to that program, it is ad-
	visable to switch to REG ON.
	If you leave the service area of the regional
	program you are tuned into, or if you would
	like to take advantage of the full RDS serv-
While searching for the strongest reception	ice, switch to “REG OFF”.
	To switch REG on/off:
signal, the radio may switch to mute briefly.

If “SEARCH” appears in the display when •		Press TU, menu level 2 will appear.
you switch on the radio or recall one of the
stored frequencies, this indicates that the
unit is automatically searching for an alter-
native frequency.
“SEARCH” will disappear from the display
when the alternative frequency has been
found or after the frequency band has been	Menu level 2
run through completely.
If the reception quality of the selected pro- •		Press the key marked REG, you can
gram deteriorates beyond a certain point:		switch to “REG ON” or “REG OFF”.
• Tune into another station.

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