LISTENING TO RDS BROADCASTS(FM ONLY)
RDS(Radio Data System) is a method for sending information signals together with the transmitter signals. Your tuner is capa- ble of translating these signals and putting the information on the display. These codes contain the following informations. Program Service name(PS), A list of Program Types(PTY), Traffic Announcement(TA), Clock Time(CT), Radio Text(RT).
RDS search | 2 | While displaying “RDS SRCH” |
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• Use this function to automatically search and |
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receive the stations offering RDS services. |
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1 | In the FM mode, select the RDS search |
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mode. |
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| • The tuner automatically searches stations offering | |||
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| RDS services and the station name is displayed. | |||
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| • If the station found is not the desired one, press |
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| the TUNING/PRESET UP( | ) or DOWN( | ) | |
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| button again while the RDS indicator is flickering. | |||
• Each time this button is pressed, the search | • If no other RDS station is found, “NO RDS” is dis- | ||||
mode changes as follows; | played. |
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| • When “RDS SRCH” is not displayed, repeat again | |||
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TP search | 2 | While displaying “TP SRCH”. |
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• Use this function to automatically search and |
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receive the stations broadcasting the traffic |
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program. |
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1 | In the FM mode, select the TP search |
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mode. | • The tuner automatically searches for stations |
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| broadcasting the traffic program. |
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| • “NO TP”is displayed if the signal is too weak or |
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| there are no stations broadcasting the traffic pro- | |||
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• “TP SRCH” is displayed. | • When “TP SRCH” is not displayed, repeat again | ||||
from the above step 1. |
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PTY search |
| While displaying “PTY SRCH”, select the | |||
2 desired program type. |
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receive the stations broadcasting the desired |
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program type. |
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1 | In the FM mode, select the PTY search |
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mode. | • Each time this button is pressed, one of 32 differ- | ||||
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| (NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO, SPORT, EDUCATE, DRAMA, CUL- | |||
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| TURE, SCIENCE, VARIED, POP M, ROCK M, EASY M, LIGHT | |||
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| M, CLASSICS, OTHER M, WEATHER, FINANCE, CHILDREN, | |||
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| SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN, TRAVEL, LEISURE, JAZZ, |
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| COUNTRY, NATION M, OLDIES, FOLK M, DOCUMENT, TEST, | |||
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| ALARM, NONE) |
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• “PTY SRCH” is displayed. | • When “PTY SRCH” is not displayed, repeat again | ||||
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