R.D.S. (Radio Data System)

RDS is a system which transmits useful information (dig- ital 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.

3 5

XD-750/700/550/500 (En)

This unit is equipped with the following functions utilizing RDS data:

PTY (Program Type Identification) Search :

ß

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

PS (Program Service Name) Display : (See below.)

When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically displayed.

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

EX.BASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNED STEREO

R D S

 

 

AUTO

 

 

EON TP TA NEWS INFO. PTY

 

 

- - ￿ F M 1 ) 2. 5￿)MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REV.MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLASSIC

ROCK

EQ.

POP

MANUAL VOL.

RUNNING

INDICATOR

EON (Enhanced Other Network) :

°

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 different names depending on countries or areas.

Note before the use of RDS

To receive RDS stations, you have to preset RDS stations using the auto preset function. The auto preset function presets the RDS stations in priority. Flashing “NO DATA” will be displayed when no RDS station has been preset with this function.

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

To switch the display contents

Pressing the RDS DISPLAY key changes the display contents.

RDS

DISPLAY

Display mode priority ranking

When an RDS broadcast is received :

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 displayed.

EX.BASS

 

 

CLASSIC

 

 

 

TUNED STEREO

 

 

 

ROCK EQ.

POP

R D S EON TP

TA NEWS INFO. PTY

AUTO

B B C ￿ 1 ￿ F￿M ￿ ￿

MANUAL

VOL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MHz

 

 

2Frequency Display :

The frequency of the current station is displayed.

EX.BASS

 

 

CLASSIC

 

 

 

TUNED STEREO

 

 

 

ROCK EQ.

POP

R D S EON TP

TA NEWS INFO. PTY

AUTO

- - ￿ F M 1 ) 2. 5￿)MHz

MANUAL

VOL.

 

 

 

 

Application section

Page 35
Image 35
Kenwood XD-500, XD-700, XD-750, XD-550 S. Radio Data System, C 1 FM, 1 2 MHz, To switch the display contents