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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