NEWS | : brief announcements, events, public |
| opinion, reports, actual situations. |
AFFAIRS | : a kind of suggestion including practical |
| announcements other than news, |
| documents, discussion, analysis and so on. |
INFO | : daily information or reference such as |
| weather forecast, consumer guide, medical |
| assistance and so on. |
SPORT | : sports related programs. |
EDUCATE | : educational and cultural information. |
DRAMA | : all kinds of radio concert and serial drama. |
CULTURE | : all aspects of national or local culture |
| including religious events, philosophy, social |
| science, language, theatre, and so on. |
SCIENCE | : programs on natural science and |
| technology |
VARIED | : popular programs such as quiz, |
| entertainment, private interview, comedy, |
| satire and so on. |
POP M | : program on commercial, practical and |
About DAB
With this unit you can receive and listen to Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) programmes. DAB uses digital, not analogue signals, resulting in near
Digital radio is broadcast as groups of data called ensembles or multiplexes. Each multiplex can contain a number of stations (services) and each station contains a primary service and can contain secondary services as illustrated in the following diagram.
DAB SIGNAL
| popular songs, and sale volume of discs, |
| etc. |
ROCK M : practical modern music generally composed | |
| and played by young musicians. |
EASY M | : popular music usually lasting for less than 5 |
| minutes. |
LIGHT M : classical music, instrumental music, chorus, | |
| and light music favored by non- |
| professionals. |
CLASSICS : orchestra including great operas, | |
| symphony, chamber music and so on. |
BBC
National
DAB
BBC Radio 4
Parliament
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| 3+ | PRIMARY | |
2 | SERVICES | ||
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| SECONDARY | |
| SERVICES |
OTHER M | : other music styles(Rhythm & Blues, Reggae, |
| etc.) |
WEATHER | : weather reports, forecast |
FINANCE | : financial reports, commerce, trading |
CHILDREN | : children’s programs |
SOCIAL | : social affairs |
RELIGION | : religious programs |
PHONE IN | : program in which the public expresses its |
| view by phone. |
TRAVEL | : travel reports |
LEISURE | : programs concerning recreational activities |
JAZZ | : jazz music |
COUNTRY | : country music |
NATION M: national music | |
OLDIES | : music from the |
| music |
FOLK M | : folk music |
DOCUMENT: documentaries
TEST
ALARM
Each multiplex is transmitted in a set frequency range and received by this unit for decoding. You can receive multiplexes broadcast in the
Multiplexes and stations have labels (names) that are used to identify them. Instead of needing to know the particular frequency of your favourite broadcast, you can simply select the station name. Secondary services and additional data such as text or multiplex info are also available.
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