Kenwood KDC-X717 RDS Radio Data System, Alarm, Radio Text Scroll, Program Type PTY Function, News

Models: KDC-X717

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To scroll manually:

English

RDS features

Function of the KDC-X917/KDC-X817

Description about this indicator for these features can be displayed

To scroll manually:

by setting the Lower Part Display (page 12) to "... + Function

1

Press the DISP button to display radio text on the upper part

indicator."

 

display.

 

2

Pressing the DISP button for at least one second results in one

 

 

scrolling display of the text.

NOTE

RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS is a service used by radio stations to transmit data outside normal radio broadcast signals.

When an RDS station is received, you can immediately find out what kind of data is being transmitted by looking at the program service name, which appears in the display after the frequency.

The RDS indicator turns on when an RDS station is being received.

Please see the menu settings (page 33) about switching between manual scrolling and automatic scrolling.

You can scroll text when the vertical division display mode has been selected by the switching display mode function.

For details refer to the Switching Display Mode page for the menu settings. (page 33)

Alarm

When an emergency transmission (announcing disasters, etc.) is made, the current function will be interrupted to allow the warning to be received under the following conditions: during tuner reception, or when the Traffic Information function is turned on.

Radio Text Scroll

This function permits the text to be scrolled and the entire text to be displayed. The scrolling method differs depending on the setting of scrolling in the menu.

To scroll automatically:

Press the DISP or CLK button to display radio text on the upper or lower part display.

The display of the text will be scrolled repeatedly.

Program Type (PTY) Function

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

1Press the PTY button.

"PTY Select" is displayed once the program type selection mode is entered.

NOTE

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

2Select the type of program to be received

Press either the FM or AM buttons repeatedly to select the type of program you want to listen to.

The selection includes:

 

Speech

(All Speech)

 

Music
(All Music)

1.

News

(News)

2.

Information

(Information)

3.

Sports

(Sports)

4.

Talk

(Talk)

5.

Rock

(Rock)

6.

Classic Rock

(Classic Rock)

7.

Adult Hits

(Adult Hits)

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Kenwood KDC-X717 RDS Radio Data System, Alarm, Radio Text Scroll, Program Type PTY Function, RDS features, English, Speech