28R.D.S. (Radio Data System) (for Europe and U.K.)

RDS is a system which transmits useful information (digital data) for FM broadcasts together with the broadcast signal. Tuners and receivers designed for RDS reception can extract the information from the broadcast signal for use with various functions such as automatic display of the station name.

This unit is equipped with the following functions utilizing RDS data :
PTY (Program Type Identification) Search :

The tuner automatically searches for a station which is currently broadcasting a specified program type (genre).

PS (Program Service Name) Display :

When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically displayed.

EON (Enhanced Other Network) :

When the information to be received is set in advance and any RDS station in the same network starts broadcasting of such information, the reception automatically will be switched to that station.

Program numberRDS, EON, TP indication indication

TV

VIDEO1

VIDEO2

CD

TUNER

TAPE

FUNCTION

Frequency indication

PS or PTY data indication

Application section

Before using RDS

For reception of RDS stations, the auto presetting function must be used to preset the stations. With the auto presetting function, RDS stations are preset with priority.