RDS Tuner(Regional Option for some countries in Europe, etc.)
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 capable of translating these signals and putting the information on the display. These codes contain the following information. Program Service name(PS), A list of Program Types(PTY), Radio Text(RT).
■Notes :
•In the other countries, RDS tuner function cannot be available.
•RDS is only possible in the FM band.
•RDS searches for the preset stations only. If no stations have been stored in the memory, or if the program type could not be found among the preset stations, “NO PTY” is displayed.
Therefore, preset the radio stations before searching for RDS stations.
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Searching for stations by program type
• You can search for stations by program type.
1. In the FM mode, press the SEARCH MODE button.
• “SEARCH” is displayed for several seconds.
2. While displaying “SEARCH”, select the desired program type.
•Each time these buttons are pressed, one of different types of programs is selected.
(NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO, SPORT, EDUCATE, DRAMA, CULTURE, SCIENCE, VARIED, POP M, ROCK M, EASY M, LIGHT M, CLASSICS, OTHER M, WEATHER, FINANCE, CHILDREN, SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN, TRAVEL, LEISURE, JAZZ, COUNTRY, NATION M, OLDIES, FOLK M, DOCUMENT)
•If “SEARCH” disappears, press the SEARCH MODE button again.
3. While displaying the selected program type, press the OK button.
•The tuner start searching through the preset stations for a match.
•When a station is found, the search stops and the stations plays for five seconds.
•If no stations is found, “NO PTY” is displayed.
4. If you want to keep listening to the station, press the OK button within the five seconds.
• If you don’t press the OK button, searching resumes.
Displaying RDS information
• In the FM mode,
•Each time the DISPLAY button is pressed, the display mode changes as follows:
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*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.
•If the signals are too weak or no RDS service is available, “NO TEXT”, “NO NAME” or “NO PTY” will be displayed.
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