Kenwood KRC-177RA, KRC-177RG Alarm, RDS (Radio Data System), EON (Enhanced Other Network), AF (Alternative Frequency) Function, Restricting RDS Region (Region Restrict Function)

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RDS features (See page 6)

RDS (Radio Data System)		AF (Alternative Frequency) Function
RDS is a digital information system that lets you receive sig-		When poor reception is experienced, automatically switch to
nals besides those of regular radio programmes, such as net-		another frequency broadcasting the same programme in the
work information being transmitted from radio stations.		same RDS network with better reception.
When listening to an RDS station (ie, a station with RDS capa-		The AF indicator lights up when the AF function is turned on.
bility), the programme service name of the station is displayed		Turning AF Function On/Off:
along with the frequency, advising you quickly which station
is being received.	1		Hold down the MENU button for one second or more.
RDS (Radio Data System) stations also transmit frequency			"MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on.
data for the same station. When you are making long trips,	2		Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the AF function appears
this function automatically switches to the particular frequen-
cy with the best reception for the particular network of sta-			in the display.
tions that you want to listen to. The data is automatically			Press the 4 button to search in the other direction.
stored, allowing you to switch quickly to another RDS sta-			The function setting is indicated by "AF ON" or "AF OFF" in the
tions, broadcasting the same programme, that has better			display, indicating that the AF function is on or off, respective-
reception. These include stations stored in the station preset			ly.
memory that you often listen to.	3		Switching settings
			Press either the AM button or FM button.
			The display and setting will change.
EON (Enhanced Other Network)	4
			Press the MENU button to end the menu mode.
Stations that offer EON also transmit information about other
		Displaying Frequencies:
RDS stations that have traffic information. When you are
			Hold down the CLK button for one second or more.
tuned to a station that is not transmitting traffic information,
but another RDS station starts transmitting a traffic bulletin,			The frequency for the RDS station will be displayed for five
the tuner automatically switches to the other station for the			seconds instead of the station name.
duration of the bulletin.
		NOTE
The EON indicator lights up when the RDS station currently
		When no other stations with stronger reception are available for
being listened to starts to broadcast EON frequency data.
		the same programme in the RDS network, you may hear the
		incoming broadcast in bits and snatches. Turn off the AF function
		in such a case.
Alarm
When an emergency transmission (announcing disasters, etc.)
		Restricting RDS Region (Region Restrict Function)
is sent, all current functions are interrupted to allow the warn-
		You can choose whether or not to restrict the RDS channels,
ing to be received.
		received with the AF function for a particular network, to a
		specific region. When the Region Restrict Function is on, the
		region is restricted and the REG indicator is turned on.
		Turning Region Restrict Function On/Off:
	1		Hold down the MENU button for one second or more.
			"MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on.

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