RDS (Radio Data System)

C-V750 (En/T)

Functions of RDS

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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.

Functions made possible with RDS

The RDS indicator lights up when an RDS broadcast (signal) is received.

PTY (Program Type Identification) Search :

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

EON (Enhanced Other Network) reservation

By selecting one of the three kinds of programme previously, the tuner switches automatically to a station broadcasting that kind of program whenever it starts broadcasting. When the broadcasting completes, the tuner returns automatically to the originally-received station.

RDSFM B B C 1 FM

*Some functions may not be provided or be given different names depending on countries or areas.

PS (Program Service Name) Display : See figure 1below.

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

RT (Radio Text) display :See figure 3 below.

Some of the RDS stations also transmit text data.

When the RT display is selected with the RT key, the broadcast text is scrolled on the display.

AUTO MEMORY

This function automatically selects the stations providing RDS and FM broadcasting and stores them in the preset memory (up to 40 stations can be preset).

Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to perform the AUTO MEMORY operation by referring to the description in “Storing RDS stations automatically in the preset memory”.

DISPLAY key

Main unit

GRC

Pressing the RDS DISPLAY

Tuner

key

changes the display contents.

ENTER

 

 

RDS

 

ENTER

RDS

 

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RDS Display

ENTER

1PS (Program Service Name) Display :

When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automati- cally displayed.

If no PS data was sent, “NO PS” is displayed.

2Frequency Display :

The frequency of the current station is displayed.

RT key

Main unit

RT

3RT (Radio Text) display:

Text accompanying RDS broadcast is scrolled on the displayed during reception. “NO RT” is displayed if the received RDS station is not accompanied with RT data.

Display mode priority ranking

When an FM broadcast is received :

1 PS (Program Service Name) Display2Frequency Display

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Text is scrolled from the right to the left.

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