Advanced Tuner Operations

Overview of DAB

DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) is a new multimedia broadcasting system that transmits audio programmes with a quality which is comparable from the current AM broadcasts to that of CDs.

Each DAB station multiplex radio programmes

(services) into an ensemble which it then broadcasts. Each service contains one or more components. All services and components are identified by name, so you can access any of them without having to know their frequencies.

Furthermore, additional information (called programme associated data) can be broadcast along with the services in the form of text.

EnsembleService

Service

Service

Component

Component

Component

Notes

•The status of the DAB broadcast depends on your country or region. It may be not broadcasted or may be in the test phase.

•DAB programmes are broadcast in Band-III (174 to 240 MHz) and/or L-Band (1,452 to 1,491 MHz), with each band divided into channels (41 in Band-III and 23 in L- Band). These channels have its own channel label. For details of the channel label and its frequency, see the list in the page 21. One ensemble is broadcast per channel by each DAB station.

Receiving Broadcasts

Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations (Automatic Tuning) Z

With automatic tuning you can quickly tune in a station without having to know its frequency.

DAB, FM, AM

TUNING/SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING MODE1Press DAB, FM or AM for the desired type of broadcast.2Press TUNING MODE so that “AUTO” appears in the display.

3Turn TUNING/SELECT slightly and release it when the frequency numbers start changing. Turn the control to the right for a higher frequency; turn it to the left for a lower frequency. When the tuner locates a station, it stops automatically. “TUNED” appears in the display.

4Repeat step 3 until you tune in the appropriate station.

To store the station, operate steps 4 to 5 in the “Storing Stations Manually” on this page 11.

Note

When you tune the DAB broadcast and change the station, it may take a few second.

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