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What is RDS?

RDS (Radio Data System) is a system for transmitting data along with FM programs. This data,
which is inaudible, provides a variety of features such as: program service name, program type
display, traffic a nnounce ment standby, a utom atic tu ning and p rogra m type tuning , inte nded t o
aid radio listeners in tuning to a desired station.
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• RDS service m ay not be provided by al l sta ti ons.
• RDS functions, like AF (A lt ernative freque ncies search ) and TA (Traffi c Announcem ent sta ndby),
are only active when your ra di o is tuned to RDS stations .

Program Service Name Display

With this function, the names of networks/stations providing RDS services replace the
frequency on the display a few seconds after they are tuned in.

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Each press of the DISP/Clock button selects the mode in the following order:
Program Service Name + PTY Information + Frequency
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• After switching displays, if you do not perform an operation within 8 seconds, the Program Service
Name is automatically displayed.

Displaying PTY Information

PTY (Program Type ID code) information for the cur rently tuned station appears on the display
for 8 seconds. The information is correlated with the list in the section “PTY Function” on page
25.

Displaying the Frequency

The fre quency of the current station appears on the display.
Each press changes the Mode ...