Advanced Tuner Operations
What you can do with RDS
The Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service that allows radio stations to send additional information along with the regular radio programme signal. This unit offers you three convenient RDS features: displaying the RDS information; monitoring of traffic, news, or information programmes; and locating a station by programme type. When an RDS station is tuned in, the RDS indicator lights up. RDS is available only on FM stations.*
Note
RDS may not work properly if the station you are tuned to is not transmitting the RDS signal properly or if the signal strength is weak.
*Not all FM stations provide RDS service, nor do they provide the same types of services. If you are not familiar with the RDS system, check with your local radio stations for details on RDS services in your area.
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PTY EON
Displaying RDS information
Press DISPLAY repeatedly until the information you want is displayed.
Information displayed | You can |
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Station Name* | Locate each station by name |
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Frequency* | Locate each station by frequency |
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Programme Type | Locate a specific type of |
| programme being broadcast. |
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| programmes you can select.) |
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Clock Time | Display the current time |
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Radio Text | Display the text messages sent |
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*This information also appears for
Notes
•If there is an emergency announcement by governmental authorities, “PTY ALARM” flashes in the display.
•If a station is not providing a particular RDS service, “NO...” (such as “NO PTY”) appears in the display.
•Depending on the method used by the radio station to send the text, some text messages may be incomplete.
Monitoring traffic, news, or information programmes (EON)
Enhanced Other Networks (EON) allows this unit to automatically switch to a station broadcasting traffic, news, or information. After the programme ends, this unit switches back to the station you were listening to (or the programme source you were listening to). To use this function, be sure to store the stations beforehand.
1Tune to a preset FM RDS station so that the RDS EON indicator lights up in the display.
2Press EON repeatedly to select the programme you want to monitor.
Each time you press the EON button, the display changes as follows.
| Ó | TA | Ó | NEWS | \ | INFOÓ | Ó | OFF |
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When this unit automatically tunes in a traffic, news or information programme, the respective indicator flashes. If you do not want to listen to the entire programme, press EON to switch back to the original station (or the programme source you were listening to).
To stop monitoring the programme
Press EON while this unit is in the EON standby mode. The indicator goes off.
Notes
•If you tune in an AM station or an FM station which does not provide the RDS service, the selected indicator (TA, NEWS or INFO) goes off and this unit does not standby for EON stations.
•“Weak Signal” appears when the selected station has a weak signal. “Returning” appears when this unit is trying to retune a station with a weak signal.
•Turn off the EON feature when you want to record a programme without interruption, especially when you want to do timer recording.
•“No EON” appears in the display if you select an EON programme before tuning to an RDS station.