NAD C 445 owner manual Rds Display Options, Program Search Pty, Fm/Am Tuner Operation

RDS DISPLAY OPTIONS

When an RDS station is tuned, press the INFO Button on the remote control or on the front panel to cycle through the RDS displays in the following order:

•The Program Service or Station Name.

•The current time of the day CLOCK TIME as transmitted by the station. It will take 3-5 seconds for the time to appear. In the meantime the word RDS CLOCK TIME will flash in the display. Note that the accuracy of the time message is set by the radio station, not by the C445 Tuner.

•The Program Type (PTY) as shown in the following list in this manual.

•A Radio Text message, containing special information from the broadcast station. Note that this message will scroll across the display to permit messages longer than the positions in the display. It will take 3 seconds for the text message to appear, in the meantime the word RDS RADIO TEXT will flash in the display. If no Radio Text is available, the display will show the Program Service (Station Name).

•Traffic Announcement. When selected, TRAFFIC ANNOUNCE will blink for 3 seconds. After 3 seconds, the tuner will scan the FM band searching for available traffic announcements.

•The station's frequency. Some RDS stations may not choose to include some of these additional features. If the data required for the selected mode is not being transmitted, the Information Display will show a NO PTY, NO TEXT or NO TIME message after the individual time out or will switch back to the previous display.

•For any FM station the RDS function requires a strong enough signal for proper operation. If you receive a partial message or see any RDS indicator going on and off, try slowly adjusting the antenna to improve the signal strength or tune to another, stronger, RDS station.

Operation

FM/AM TUNER OPERATION

PROGRAM SEARCH (PTY)

A major benefit of RDS is its ability to encode broadcasts with Program Type (PTY) codes that indicate the type of material being broadcast. The following list shows the abbreviations used to indicate each PTY along with an explanation of the PTY:

•NEWS: News

•CURRENT AFFAIRS: Current Affairs

•INFORMATION: Information

•TRAFFIC: Traffic information

•SPORT: Sport

•EDUCATION: Education

•DRAMA: Drama

•CULTURES: Culture

•SCIENCE: Science

•VARIED SPEECH: Varied

•POP MUSIC: Pop Music

•ROCK MUSIC: Rock Music

•EASY LISTENING: Easy Listening Music

•LIGHT CLASSIC M: Light Classical Music

•SERIOUS CLASSICS: Serious Classical Music

•OTHER MUSIC: Other Music

•WEATHER & METR: Weather

•FINANCE: Finance

•CHILDREN'S PROGS: Children's Programmes

•SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Social Affairs

•RELIGION: Religion

•PHONE IN: Phone In

•TRAVEL& TOURING: Travel

•LEISURE& HOBBY: Leisure

•JAZZ MUSIC: Jazz Music

•COUNTRY MUSIC: Country Music

•NATIONAL MUSIC: National Music

•OLDIES MUSIC: Oldies Music

•FOLK MUSIC: Folk Music

•DOCUMENTARY: Documentary

•ALARM TEST: Alarm Test

•ALARM-ALARM!: Alarm

You may search for a specific Program Type (PTY) by following these steps:

1Press and hold the Info Button until the Information Display will show RDS PROGRAM TYPE.

2Turn the Control Ring on the front panel to scroll through the list of program types. Once you have found the program type you would like to listen to, press the Select Button.

3Turn to Control Ring again to start the PTY Search.

When a station is tuned, the search will stop and the display will show the station's "Call Letters" or other "Program Service" information. To turn off the PTY Search at any time, press the INFO Button again. NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specific PTY. The display will stay blank when such a station is selected and PTY is active.

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