Pioneer SX-LX60D, SSP-LX60D, RCS-LX60D Using RDS, Memorizing stations, Searching for RDS programs

07Listening to the radio

Memorizing stations

You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always have easy access to your favorite stations without having to tune in manually each time.

1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.

Select mono or auto-stereo reception (FM) or the Noise Cut mode (AM) as necessary. These settings are saved along with the preset.

2	Press SETUP.
3	Use the	buttons to choose ST.MEM. then
press ENTER.
4	Use the	buttons to select the station preset

you want then press ENTER.

Listening to station presets

Displaying RDS information

You can display the different types of RDS information available.2

		O	OUC CO
1	2	3
/ ST-	ENTER	/ ST+ PAUSE LIVE TV
4	5	6
F. S. SURR	/ TUNE- TEST TONE		VIDEO IN
7	8	9
SURROUND	ADVANCED	SOUND	MENU
	0
SLEEP		CLEAR	JUKEBOX
INPUT	CHANNEL	VOLUME	DISPLAY
	TEXT	TV/DVD	RDS DISP
	TV CONTROL
MAIN	SUB

1Make sure the tuner function is selected.

2Use the ST +/– buttons to select a station preset.

Using RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of information — the name of the station and the kind of show they’re broadcasting, for example.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of program. For example, you can search for a station that’s broadcasting a show with the program type, JAZZ.

You can search the following program types:1

•Press RDS DISP for RDS information. Each press changes the display as follows:

•Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the radio station. For example, a talk radio station may provide a phone number as RT.

•Program Service Name (PS) – The name of the radio station.

•Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the kind of program currently being broadcast.

•SEARCH – PTY search (see below)

•Current tuner frequency

NEWS – News	FINANCE – Stock market reports,	Searching for RDS programs
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs	commerce, trading, etc.	You can search for a program type listed above.
INFO – General Information	CHILDREN – Programs for	1 Press the FM/AM button for the FM band.3
SPORT – Sport	children
EDUCATE – Educational	SOCIAL – Social affairs
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.	RELIGION – Programs	2 Press RDS DISP repeatedly until SEARCH appears in
CULTURE – National or regional	concerning religion	the display.
culture, theater, etc.	PHONE IN – Public expressing
SCIENCE – Science and	their views by phone	3 Use the	buttons to select the program type
technology	TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel	you want to hear.
VARIED – Usually talk-based	rather than traffic
material, such as quiz shows or	announcements	4 Press ENTER to start the search.
interviews	LEISURE – Leisure interests and	The system searches the station presets for a match. If it
POP M – Pop music	hobbies
		finds one, searching stops for five sec.
ROCK M – Rock music	JAZZ – Jazz
EASY M – Easy listening	COUNTRY – Country music	5 If you want to keep listening to the station, press
LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical music	NATION M – Popular music in a
		ENTER within the five seconds.
CLASSICS – ‘Serious’ classical	language other than English
music	OLDIES – Popular music from the	If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.
OTHER M – Music not fitting	’50s and ’60s
above categories	FOLK M – Folk music
WEATHER – Weather reports	DOCUMENT – Documentary

Note

1 In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM, and NO TYPE. 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. NO TYPE appears when a program type can- not 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 NO TYPE may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.

3 RDS is only possible in the FM band.

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