R.D.S. (Radio Data System) (For U.K., Europe and Russia)

 

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XD-SERIES (En)

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

RDS TP PTY EON TA

NEWS

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.

÷Some functions may not be provided or be given differ- ent names depending on countries or areas.

Note before the use of RDS

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

Set the receiving band to FM and preset RDS stations with the auto preset function.

 

 

To switch the display contents

Pressing the RDS DISP. key changes the display contents.

(Remote control unit only)

RDS DISP.

Display mode priority rankingWhen an RDS broadcast is received :1PS (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 displayed.

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2Frequency Display :

The frequency of the current station is displayed.

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