06Using the tuner

4 Press ENTER.

After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop blinking and the receiver stores the station.

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).

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

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 four characters long.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

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

Use / to select a character, / to set the position, and ENTER to confirm your selection.

Tip

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

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

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See Saving station presets on page 35 if you haven’t done this

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

already.

1Press FM/AM 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.

3Press 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 above.

 

 

 

 

EXIT

TUNE

TOOLS

 

 

 

DVR 1

DVR 2

CD

CD-R

TOP MENU

 

MENU

DTV/TV

EON

MPX SIGNAL SEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

T.EDIT

 

 

 

FM/AM

 

 

iPod USB

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ENTER

ST

AUDIO

DISPLAY

CH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

DIMMER

PTY

 

 

TV CTRL

 

RECEIVER

SELECT

 

 

RETURN

 

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SEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENRE

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SLEEP

SETUP

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1Press FM/AM to select the FM band.2

2Press the PTY SEARCH button. SEARCH shows in the display.

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-LX51 manual Using the tuner, An introduction to RDS, Naming station presets, Listening to station presets