RDS (Radio Data System)
RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which allows station to send additional information along with the regular radio program signal.
The following three types of RDS information can be received on this unit:
2Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
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EDUCATE | Education | OTHER M | Other Music | COUNTRY | Country Music | |
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DRAMA | Drama | WEATHER | Weather | NATION M | National Music | |
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CULTURE | Culture | FINANCE | Finance | OLDIES | Oldies Music | |
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VARIED | Varied | SOCIAL | Social Affairs | DOCUMENT | Documentary | |
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POP M | Pop Music | RELIGION | Religion |
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2Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
This allows you to easily find out the latest traffic conditions in your area before you leaving home.
2Radio Text (RT)
RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that appear on the display.
NOTE: The operations described below using the RDS, PTY and RT buttons will not function in areas in which there are no RDS broadcasts.
RDS search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide RDS service.
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2 | Press the RDS button until “RDS |
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SEARCH” | appears | on the |
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4 | When a broadcast station is found, that station's | 5 | To continue searching, repeat step 3. |
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frequencies are searched, “NO RDS” is displayed.
PTY search
Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated program type (PTY).
For a description of each program type, refer to “Program Type (PTY)”.
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If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type with above operation, all the reception bands are searched.
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6 | To continue searching, repeat step 4. |
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program type is found when all the frequencies are searched, “NO PROGRAMME” is displayed.
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