Displaying the RDS informationPress DISPLAY repeatedly until the information you want is displayed.

Information

You can

displayed

 

 

 

Station Name*

Locate each station by name

 

(e.g., WDR) instead of

 

frequency.

 

 

Frequency*

Locate each station by

 

frequency.

 

 

Clock Time

Display the current time.

(24 hour system)

 

 

 

Programme Type

Locate a specific type of

 

programme being broadcast.

 

(See page 14 for the types of

 

programmes you can select.)

 

 

Radio Text

Display the text messages sent

 

by the RDS station.

 

 

Programme

Determine each broadcast's

Identification

country of origin.

Digital signal meter*

Check the signal strength of

 

FM frequencies. (See page 10

 

for details.)

 

 

*This information also appears for non-RDS FM stations.

Notes

•If there is an emergency announcement by governmental authorities, “ALARM” flashes in the display.

•If a station is not providing a particular RDS service, “NO...” (such as “NO PTY”) appears in the display.

•When a station broadcasts radio text data, the display shows the data at the rate it is sent from the station. The display speed changes in relation to the speed at which the data is sent.

Monitoring traffic, news, or information programmes (EON)(ST-SE570 only)

Enhanced Other Networks (EON) allows the tuner to automatically switch to a station broadcasting traffic, news, or information. After the programme ends, the tuner switches back to the station you were listening to. To use this function, be sure to store the stations beforehand.

To monitor traffic programmes

1 Tune to a preset FM RDS station so that the RDS TP, or RDS TP EON indicators light in the display.

2 Press EON TA so that “TA” appears in the display.

Each time you press EON TA, the display changes as follows:

TA (Traffic Announcement) y OFF When the tuner automatically tunes in a traffic programme, the TA indicator flashes. If you do not want to listen to the entire programme, press EON TA to switch back to the original station.

To monitor news and/or information programmes

1 Tune to a preset FM RDS station so that the RDS TP or RDS TP EON indicators light in the display.

2 Press EON NEWS/INFO so that either “NEWS”, “INFO”, or “NEWS/INFO” appear in the display.

Each time you press EON NEWS/INFO, the display changes cyclically as follows: NEWS t INFO t NEWS/INFO t OFF

When the tuner automatically tunes in a news or information programme, the respective indicator flashes. If you do not want to listen to the entire programme, press EON NEWS/INFO to switch back to the original station.

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