Samsung HT-D4200/ZF, HT-D4200/XN, HT-D4200/EN, HT-D4200/XE manual About RDS broadcasting

Basic Functions

About RDS broadcasting

Using the RDS (Radio Data System) to

receive FM stations

RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals. For example, the stations send their station names, as well as information about what type of program they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.

When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS service, the RDS indicator lights up on the display.

Description on RDS function

•PTY (Program Type) : Displays the type of program currently being broadcast.

•PS NAME (Program Service Name) : Indicates the name of broadcasting station and is composed of 8 characters.

•RT (Radio Text) : Decodes the text broadcast by a station (if any) and is composed of maximum 64 characters.

•CT (Clock Time) : Decodes the real time clock from the FM frequency. Some stations may not transmit PTY, RT or CT information therefore this may not be displayed in all cases.

•TA (Traffic Announcement) : TA ON/OFF it shows that the traffic announcement is in progress.

✎NOTE

RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting RDS signal properly or if the signal strength is weak.

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To show the RDS signals

You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display.

Press the RDS DISPLAY button while		RDS DISPLAY
			1
listening to an FM station.
• Each time you press the button, the
display change to show you the
following information : PS NAME
RT CT Frequency
PS	While searching, <PS NAME>
	appears and then the station
(Program
	names will be displayed. <NO
Service)
	PS> appears if no signal is sent.
	While searching, <RT> appears
RT	and then text messages the
	station sends will be displayed.
(RadioText)
	<NO RT> appears if no signal is
	sent.
Frequency	Station frequency (non-RDS
	service)

About characters shown in the display

When the display shows PS,or RT signals,the following characters are used.

•The display window cannot differentiate upper case and lower case letters and always uses upper case letters.

•The display window cannot show accented letters, <A,> for instance, may stands for accented <A’s> like <À, Â, Ä, Á, Å and Ã.>

PTY (Program Type) indication and

PTY-SEARCH function

One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a particular kind of program from the preset channels by specifying the PTY codes.

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