06More tuner features: RDS
Chapter 6
More tuner features: RDS
U.K. model only
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| Displaying RDS information | ||
An introduction to RDS | ||||
Use the DISPLAY button to display the | ||||
Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by | different types of RDS information available.2 | |||
most FM radio stations to provide listeners with | • Press DISPLAY for RDS information. | |||
various kinds of | ||||
station and the kind of show they’re | Each press changes the display as follows: | |||
broadcasting, for example. | • Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the | |||
One feature of RDS is that you can search by | radio station. For example, a talk radio | |||
type of program. For example, you can search | station may provide a phone number as RT. | |||
for a station that’s broadcasting a show with | • Program Service Name (PS) – The name of | |||
the program type, JAZZ. | the radio station. | |||
You can search the following program types:1 | • Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the | |||
NEWS – News | FINANCE – Stock market | kind of program currently being broadcast. | ||
• SEARCH – PTY search (see below) | ||||
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs | reports, commerce, | |||
INFO – General Information | trading, etc. | • Current tuner frequency | ||
SPORT – Sport | CHILDREN – Programs for | |||
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EDUCATE – Educational | children | Searching for RDS programs | ||
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc. | SOCIAL – Social affairs | |||
CULTURE – National or | RELIGION – Programs | You can search for a program type listed above. | ||
regional culture, theater, | concerning religion |
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etc. | PHONE IN – Public | 1 Press the TUNER button for the FM band.3 | ||
SCIENCE – Science and | expressing their views by |
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technology | phone | 2 Press DISPLAY repeatedly until SEARCH | ||
VARIED – Usually talk- | TRAVEL – | |||
appears in the display. | ||||
based material, such as | travel rather than traffic | |||
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quiz shows or interviews. | announcements | 3 Use | to select the program type you | |
POP M – Pop music | LEISURE – Leisure | |||
want to hear. |
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ROCK M – Rock music | interests and hobbies |
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EASY M – Easy listening | JAZZ – Jazz | 4 Press ENTER to start the search. | ||
LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical | COUNTRY – Country music | |||
The system searches the station presets for a | ||||
music | NATION M – Popular | |||
match. If it finds one, searching stops for 5 sec. | ||||
CLASSICS – ‘Serious’ | music in a language other | |||
classical music | than English | 5 If you want to keep listening to the | ||
OTHER M – Music not | OLDIES – Popular music | |||
fitting above categories | from the ’50s and ’60s | station, press ENTER within the 5 seconds. | ||
WEATHER – Weather | FOLK M – Folk music | If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes. | ||
reports | DOCUMENT – Documentary |
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Note
1In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM, and NONE. ALARM and TEST are used for emergency an- nouncements. You can’t search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NONE appears when a program type cannot be found.
2• If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
•If you see NO RADIO TEXT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).
•In the PTY display, NO DATA or NONE may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.
3RDS is only possible in the FM band.
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