Listening to radio broadcasts
Functions of RDS (Radio Data System) | 39 |
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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). | e |
EON (Enhanced Other Network) reservation
By selecting one of the two kinds of program 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
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PS (Program Service Name) display : See figure 1 below.
When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically displayed.
RT (Radio Text) display :See figure 2 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
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| AUTO STEREO |
| B B C | 1 | AUTO |
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MEMO.TUNED F M | DTS | |||||
RDS EON TP | A M | PRO L | ||||
PTY TA NEWS MW | MHz | |||||
MUTE CLIP | LW | FM KHz | ||||
÷Some functions may not be provided or be given different names depending on countries or areas.
Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to perform the AUTO MEMORY operation by referring to the description in “Presetting RDS stations (AUTO MEMORY)”.
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RDS DISPLAY key
Main unit | GRC |
(Select the icon)
Pressing the RDS DISPLAY key changes the display contents.
RDS
DISPLAY
Display mode priority ranking
When an FM broadcast is received :
1 PS (Program Service Name) display
2 RT (Radio Text) display
3 Frequency display
1 PS (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.
AUTO STEREO |
| B B C | 1 | AUTO |
MEMO.TUNED F M | DTS | |||
RDS EON TP | A M | PRO L | ||
PTY TA NEWS MW | MHz | |||
MUTE CLIP | LW | FM KHz | ||
2RT (Radio Text) display:
Text accompanying RDS broadcast is scrolled on the display during reception. “NO RT” is displayed if the received RDS station is not accompanied with RT data.
Text is scrolled from the right to the left.
AUTO STEREO |
| AUTO |
MEMO.TUNED F M | DTS | |
RDS EON TP | A M | PRO L |
PTY TA NEWS MW | MHz | |
MUTE CLIP | LW | A B C D E F G H KHz |
3Frequency display :
The frequency of the current station is displayed.
AUTO STEREO |
| _ _ | AUTO SO |
MEMO.TUNED F M | DTS DOL | ||
RDS EON TP | A M |
| PRO LOG |
PTY TA NEWS MW |
| MHz SLE | |
MUTE CLIP | LW |
| 1) 2.5 ) KHz TIM |