Using the tuner

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An introduction to 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

Displaying RDS information

Use the DISPLAY button to display the different types of RDS information available.2

• Press DISPLAY 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.

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News – News

Affairs – Current Affairs Info – General Information Sport – Sport

Educate – Educational Drama – Radio plays, etc. Culture – National or regional culture, theater, etc.

Science – Science and technology

Varied – Usually talk- based material, such as quiz shows or interviews. Pop M – Pop music Rock M – Rock music Easy M – Easy listening Light M – ‘Light’ classical music

Classics – ‘Serious’ classical music

Other M – Music not fitting above categories Weather – Weather reports

Finance – Stock market reports, commerce, trading, etc.

Children – Programs for children

Social – Social affairs Religion – Programs concerning religion Phone In – Public expressing their views by phone

Travel Holiday-type travel rather than traffic announcements Leisure – Leisure interests and hobbies

Jazz – Jazz

Country – Country music Nation M – Popular music in a language other than English

Oldies – Popular music from the ’50s and ’60s Folk M – Folk music Document – Documentary

• Current tuner frequency (FREQ)

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.

1Press the FM button to select the FM band.3

2Press PTY SEARCH (front panel). SEARCH shows in the display.

3Use the MULTI JOG dial to select the program type you want to hear.

4Press ENTER to search for the program type.

The system starts searching through the station presets for a match. When it finds one, the search stops and the station plays for five seconds.

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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 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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Pioneer VSX-516-K manual Using the tuner An introduction to RDS, Displaying RDS information, Searching for RDS programs

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