Pioneer VSX-LX52 Listening to station presets, An introduction to RDS, Searching for RDS programs

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Tip

•To erase a station name, simply repeat steps 1 to 3 and input eight 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.

TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel	NATION M – Popular music in a
rather than traffic	language other than English
announcements	OLDIES – Popular music from the
LEISURE – Leisure interests and	’50s and ’60s
hobbies	FOLK M – Folk music
JAZZ – Jazz	DOCUMENT – Documentary
COUNTRY – Country music

Searching for RDS programs

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See Saving station presets on page 48 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 to G.

3Press PRESET / to select the station preset you want.

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

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

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.

1Press TUNER to select the FM band.2

2Press PTY SEARCH.

PTY SEARCH shows in the display.

3Press PRESET / to select the program type you want to hear.

4Press ENTER to search for the program type.

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

5If you want to keep listening to the station, press ENTER within the five seconds.

If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.

If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn’t find that program type at the time of the search.3

Displaying RDS information

Use the DISP button to display the different types of RDS information available.4

•Press DISP for 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

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.

Note

1In addition, there are two other program types, TEST and NONE. You can’t search for these.

2RDS is only possible in the FM band.

3RDS searches all frequency. If the program type could not be found among all frequency, NO PTY is displayed.

4• If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

•If you see NO RT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station.

•If you see NO PS DATA in the PS display, it means no PS data can be received.

•If you see NO PTY DATA in the PTY display, it means no PTY data can be received.

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