More tuner features: RDS

In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, Alarm!, and None. Alarm! and TEST are used for emergency announcements. 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.

Displaying RDS information

Use the DISPLAY button to display the different types of RDS information available (RT, PS and PTY).

Press DISPLAY to select the RDS information display.

Each press changes the display as follows:

RT – Radio Text display

PS – Program Service display

PTY – Program Type display

PTY SEARCH – see Searching for RDS programs below

Current tuner frequency

If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

If you see No Data in the RT display, it means no RT data is transmitted from the broadcast station. If you haven’t, the display will automatically switch to the PS data display. If no PS data is transmitted from the station, the frequency will be displayed.

In the PTY display, there are cases where No Data or None is shown. If this happens, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.

 

 

 

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Searching for RDS programs

 

 

 

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program types listed on the previous page.

 

One of the most useful features of RDS is the

 

 

ability to search for a particular kind of radio

 

 

program. You can search for any of the

 

 

1 Press the TUNER button to select the

 

 

 

 

FM band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RDS is only possible in the FM band.

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2 Press DISPLAY repeatedly until PTY

 

SEARCH appears in the display.

 

3 Use

(cursor left/right) to select

 

the program type you want to hear.

 

 

4 Press ENTER to search for the program

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the search stops and the station plays for five

type.

 

 

 

The system starts searching through the

 

station presets for a match. When it finds one,

 

seconds.

 

 

 

5 If you want to keep listening to the

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station, press ENTER within the 5 seconds.

If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.

 

 

 

 

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Pioneer S-DV99ST, S-DV990ST manual More tuner features RDS, Displaying RDS information, Searching for RDS programs

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