Listening to Radio (Con’t)

Presetting Stations

Example : Presetting FM 89.10 in the memory

1 Press the TUNER button to select the FM band. 2 Press the .,, button to select <89.10>.

3 Press the TUNER MEMORY button.

<PRGM> flashes in the display.

4 Press the #,$ button to select preset number.

You can select between 1 and 15 presets.

5 Press the TUNER MEMORY button again.

Press the TUNER MEMORY button before <PRGM> disappears from the display.

<PRGM> disappears from the display and the station is stored in memory.

6 To preset another station, repeat steps 2 to 5.

d To tune in to a preset station, press the #,$ button on the remote control to select a channel.

• This unit does not receive AM broadcasts.

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About RDS broadcasting

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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 programme 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) : When this symbol flashes it shows that the traffic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

announcement is in progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting RDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signal properly or if the signal strength is weak.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO show the RDS signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the RDS DISPLAY while listening to an FM station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each time you press the button, the display change to show you the following

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS NAME

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CT

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• PS (Program Service) : While searching, <PS> appears and then the station names

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will be displayed. <NO PS> appears if no signal is sent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• RT(RadioText) : while searching, <RT> appears and then text messages the station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sends will be displayed. <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.>

• If searching finishes at once, <PS>, and <RT> will not appear on the display.

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