Receiving RDS broadcasts

Simply select a station from the FM band. When you tune in a station that provides RDS services, “R•D•S” and the station name appear on the display.

RDS information

To check the RDS information

Press DISPLAY. Each time you press DISPLAY, the indicator changes as follows: PS (Station name, up to 8 characters) t PTY (Programme type) tRT (Radio text data, up to 64 characters) tNormal display.

Notes

If the RDS broadcast is not received, the station name, programme type and radio text may not appear on the display.

In addition, if the receiving conditions are not good, the above information may not appear on the display properly.

When receiving a station that does not provide the station name information, none will be displayed when you select “PS”.

When receiving a station that does not provide the programme type information, “NONE” will be displayed when you select “PTY”.

When receiving a station that does not provide the radio text information, “NO RT” will be displayed when you select “RT“.

Locating a station by

programme type (PTY)

You can locate a station you want by selecting a programme type.

1 Press REP/RDS.

The list of programme type appears on the display.

2 Turn the jog dial and select the

 

 

 

 

programme type you want.

The

See the list of programme type (PTY)

on pages 30 and 31.

Radio

 

3 Press the jog dial to enter the selection.

The player starts searching for the

 

 

programme type from the preset 20

 

 

stations and 30 stations which you

 

 

received in the past. “PTY SEARCH” is

 

 

flashing during searching.

 

 

When the player finds the programme

 

 

type you want, it stops searching.

 

 

 

 

 

Note

“NO PTY” appears when the programme type that you selected is not currently being broadcast.

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