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.

NOTE

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 button while 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

While searching, <PS> appears

PS and then the station names will be (Program Service) displayed. <NO PS> appears if no

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.

To search for a program using the PTY

codes

Before you start!

The PTY Search is only applicable to preset stations.

To stop searching any time during the process, press the STOP button while searching.

There is a time limit in doing the following steps.

If the setting is cancelled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

When pressing the buttons on the primary remote control, make sure that you have selected the FM station using the primary remote control.

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RT(RadioText)

signal is sent.

While searching, <RT> appears and then text messages the station sends will be displayed. <NO RT> appears if no signal is sent.

Decodes the real time clock from the FM frequency.

1.

Press the RDS PTY button while listening to an

 

FM station.

 

2.

Press the TUNING (

) button until the PTY

 

code you want appears on the display.

 

• The display gives you the PTY codes

 

described to the right.

 

3.

Press the RDS PTY button again, while the PTY code

 

selected in the previous step is still on the display.

 

• The centre unit searches 30 preset FM stations,

CT (Clock Time) Some stations may not transmit PTY, RT or CT information therefore this may not be displayed in all cases.

stops when it finds the one you have selected,

and tunes in that station.

Frequency

Station frequency (non-RDS service)

NOTE

This product may not have the RDS function

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.>

depending on your region.

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