Pioneer VSX-AX2AV-S, VSX-AX4AVi-S Using the tuner, An introduction to RDS, Naming station presets

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Using the tuner

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Naming station presets

For easier identification, you can name your station presets.

1 Choose the station preset you want to name.

See Listening to station presets below for how to do this.

2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).

The display shows STATION NAME, then a blinking cursor at the first character position.

3 Input the name you want.

Choose from the following characters for a name up to

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

four characters long.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

!”#$%&’()+,–./:;<=>?@[ \ ]^_{} ˜ [space]

Use the ST buttons (remote) to select characters.

Press ENTER to confirm a character. If no character is input, a space is input.

The name is stored when ENTER is pressed after choosing the fourth character.

Tip

To erase a station name, simply repeat steps 1-3 and input four spaces instead of a name.

Once you have named a station preset, you can press DISP when listening to a station to switch the display between name and frequency.

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

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See Saving station presets above if you haven’t done this already.

1Press TUNER to select the tuner.

2Press CLASS to select the class in which the station is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B and C.

3 Press ST

to select the station preset you want.

You can also use the number buttons on the remote control to recall the station preset.

Searching for RDS programs

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 program types listed on the previous page.

AVPARAMETER

 

CH LEVEL

A

REC

 

MUTE

TOP MENU

 

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNE

MPX

 

EON

REC STOP

 

 

 

 

 

ST

 

ST T.EDIT

B

C

D

E

SETUP

ENTER

RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

SUBTITLE

HDD

DVD

PTY SEARCH

TUNE

DISP

 

 

CH

CH

 

BAND

 

 

 

 

GUIDE

 

STATUS

 

SIGNAL SEL

SBch

STEREO

 

TV CONTROL

 

INPUT

1Press the BAND button to select the FM band.2

2Press the PTY SEARCH button.

SEARCH shows in the display.

3 Press ST

to select the program type you

want to hear.

 

Note

1In addition, there are three other program types, ALARM, NO DATA and NO TYPE. ALARM is used for emergency announcements. You can’t search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NO DATA and NO TYPE appears when a program type cannot be found.

2RDS is only possible in the FM band.

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Pioneer VSX-AX2AV-S manual Using the tuner, An introduction to RDS, Naming station presets, Listening to station presets