R.D.S. (Radio Data System)

R.D.S.

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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.

This unit is equipped with the following functions utilizing RDS data:PTY (Program Type Identification) Search :‚

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

PS (Program Service Name) Display : (See below.) When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically displayed.

EON (Enhanced Other Network) :

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When the information to be received is set in advance and any RDS station in the same network starts broadcasting of such information, the reception automatically will be switched to that station.

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For reception of RDS stations, the RDS auto presetting function must be used to preset the stations.

“NO DATA” will be flashed when a station not preset by auto presetting is received.

 

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Preparation

 

 

AUTO ST.

TUNED RDS

 

B B C

1 F M

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

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

section Basic

To switch the display contents

Pressing the DISPLAY key changes the display contents.

RDS

DISPLAY

Display mode priority ranking

1 PS (Program Service Name) Display : When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically displayed. If no PS data was sent, “NO PS” is dis played.

AUTO ST. TUNED RDS

B B C 1 F M

2Frequency Display :

The frequency of the current station is displayed.

AUTO ST. TUNED RDS

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