Pioneer VSX Stereo Systems: Mastering the VSX-818V and VSX-918V Tuner Functions

07Using the tuner

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.

CD R
CD	FM	AM	RECEIVER
AUTO/DIRECT	STEREO/	STANDARD	ADVSURR
	A.L.C.
ACOUSTIC		DIALOG	SOUND
PHASE	EQ		RETRIEVER
	CH SEL	LEVEL
MUTE
	MASTER
	VOLUME
	RECEIVER CONTROL		CH+
ONE TOUCH
COPY
AV	TUNE		T.EDIT
PARAMETER
TOPMENU			MENU
ST		ST
	ENTER
GUIDE			CH-
PTY SEARCH	TUNE
SETUP		RETURN

TUNERDISP	CLASS	MPX	D.ACCESS
			ENTER
			DISC
MIDNIGHT	ANALOGATT	DIMMER	SLEEP
	SR+	EON	+10
SIGNAL SEL			iPod CTRL
INFO	TV CONTROL
SHIFT	INPUT	TV CH	TV VOL
	SELECT

RECEIVER

You can search the following program types:1

Displaying RDS information

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

Use the TUNER DISP (SHIFT+1) button to display the different types of RDS information available.2

•Press TUNER 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.

•Current tuner frequency (FREQ)

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.

1Press FM to select the FM band.3

2Press PTY SEARCH.

SEARCH shows in the display.

Note

1In 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.

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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