Tuning operation

Receiving RDS stations

English

RDS (Radio Data System) is a data transmission system employed by FM stations in many countries. Stations using this system transmit an inaudible stream of data in addition to the normal radio signal.

RDS data contains various information, such as PI (Program Identification), PS (Program Service name), PTY (Program Type), RT (Radio Text), CT (Clock Time), etc.

RDS function is carried out among the network stations.

*The built-in tuner utilizes PS, PTY, RT and CT to receive RDS broadcast stations.

mRDS modes

The built-in tuner uses the following four modes to display RDS data.

PS (Program Service name) modePTY (Program Type) mode

There are 15 program types to classify RDS stations as described below.

 

 

RT (Radio Text) mode

 

 

CT (Clock Time) mode
PTY modes

 

 

 

NEWS

News

VARIED

Light entertainment

 

 

 

 

AFFAIRS

Current affairs

POP M

Pops

 

 

 

 

INFO

General information

ROCK M

Rock

 

 

 

 

SPORT

Sports

M.O.R. M

Middle of the road music

(easy-listening)

 

 

 

EDUCATE

Education

LIGHT M

Light classics

 

 

 

 

DRAMA

Drama

CLASSICS

Serious classics

 

 

 

 

CULTURE

Culture

OTHER M

Other music

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE

Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISC 1

DISC 2

DISC 3

DISC CHANGE

OPEN/CLOSE

PTY SELECT

PRESET/TUNING/BAND

A/B/C/D/E

VOLUME

DOWNUP

FREQ

PS/PTY/RT/CT

PROGRAM

B.BOOST

MUSIC

INPUT

INPUT

 

 

 

FREQ PS/PTY/RT/CT MODE–PTY SEEK– START

 

 

 

RANDOM

REPEAT

TIME

 

 

 

HOUR

MIN

 

MODE

DOLBY NR

REC/PAUSE

AUTO/MANUAL

MEMORY

DISPLAY

 

 

 

TIMER

TIME ADJ

 

mChanging the RDS modes

When an RDS station is received, by pressing FREQ PS/PTY/ RT/CT once or more, you can change the display mode among the RDS modes employed by the received station in the order shown on the next page. (The RDS mode not employed by the station cannot be selected.)

Notes

cIf the received station is not an RDS station, pressing FREQ PS/PTY/RT/CT displays “NO RDS” on the display, and then it returns to the frequency display mode.

cWhen an RDS station is received, the display is automatically turned into the PS mode. Do not press FREQ PS/PTY/RT/CT until the display is turned into the PS mode. If the button is pressed before the display mode changes, it may occur that “NO PS” appears on the display. This is because the tuner has not received all of the RDS data on the station yet.

STANDBY/ON

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