R.D.S. (Radio Data System) (For U.K., Europe and Russia)
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.
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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 broad- casting a specified program type (genre).
PS (Program Service Name) Display : (See below.)
The “RDS” indicator lights up when an
RDS broadcast (signal) is received.
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When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically displayed.
EON (Enhanced Other Network) : | â |
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.
ÖSome 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. | ¦ |
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To switch the display contents
Pressing the RDS DISP. key changes the display contents.
RDS DISP.
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.
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2Frequency Display :
The frequency of the current station is displayed.
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