RDS features

English

RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS is a digital information system that lets you receive signals besides those of regular radio programmes, such as network information being transmitted from radio stations. When listening to an RDS station (ie, a station with RDS capability), the programme service name of the station is displayed along with the frequency, advising you quickly which station is being received.

RDS (Radio Data System) stations also transmit frequency data for the same station. When you are making long trips, this function automatically switches to the particular frequency with the best reception for the particular network of stations that you want to listen to. The data is automatically stored, allowing you to switch quickly to another RDS stations, broadcasting the same programme, that has better reception. These include stations stored in the station preset memory that you often listen to.

Enhanced Other Network

Stations that offer <Enhanced Other Network> also transmit information about other RDS stations that have traffic information. When you are tuned to a station that is not transmitting traffic information, but another RDS station starts transmitting a traffic bulletin, the tuner automatically switches to the other station for the duration of the bulletin.

Alarm

When an emergency transmission (announcing disasters, etc.) is sent, all current functions are interrupted to allow the warning to be received.

Programme Type (PTY) Function

Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected kinds of programmes.

1Press the 38(PTY) button.

"PTY" is displayed, and the Programme Type Selection (PTY) Mode entered.

If you make no key input in 30 seconds, the mode will automatically turn off.

NOTE

You cannot use this function whilst the traffic bulletin is received.

NOTE Changing the Display Language to French, German, or Swedish In the PTY mode, press the DISP button to display the name of the language currently used.

If you want to change the language, press the preset button for the desired language and then the DISP button.

English is #1, French is #2, German is #3, and Swedish is #4

2Select the type of programme to be received

•Press either the FM or AM buttons repeatedly until the type of programme you want to listen to.

The selection includes:

 

Speech

(All Speech)

 

Music

(All Music)

1.

News

(News)

2.

Current Affairs

(Current Affairs)

3.

Information

(Information)

4.

Sports

(Sport)

5.

Education

(Education)

6.

Drama

(Drama)

7.

Culture

(Cultures)

8.

Science

(Science)

9.

Varied

(Varied Speech)

10.

Pop Music

(Pop Music)

11.

Rock Music

(Rock Music)

12.

Easy Listening Music

(Easy Listening)

13.

Light Classical

(Light Classics M)

14.

Serious Classical

(Serious Classics)

15.

Other Music

(Other Music)

16.

Weather

(Weather& Metr)

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