FM/AM TUNING
Receiving Radio Data System stations
Radio Data System is a data transmission system used by FM stations in many countries. The Radio Data System function is carried out among the network stations.
This unit can receive various Radio Data System data such as PS (Program Service name), PTY (Program Type), RT (Radio Text), CT (Clock Time), EON (Enhanced Other Networks) when receiving Radio Data System broadcasting stations.
■PS (Program Service name) mode
The name of the Radio Data System station being received is displayed.
■PTY (Program Type) mode
There are 15 program types to classify Radio Data System stations.
NEWS | News |
Changing the Radio Data System mode
Four modes are available for displaying Radio Data System data. The PS, PTY, RT and/or CT indicators that correspond to the Radio Data System data services offered by the station light up in the front panel display.
1Set AMP/SOURCE/TV to SOURCE, then press TUNER on the remote control to set this unit to the tuner mode.
AMP
TUNER
SOURCE
TV
2Press FREQ/TEXT repeatedly on the remote control to display the various Radio Data System data offered by the transmitting
AFFAIRS | Current affairs |
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INFO | General information |
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SPORT | Sports |
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EDUCATE | Education |
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DRAMA | Drama |
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CULTURE | Culture |
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SCIENCE | Science |
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VARIED | Light entertainment |
station.
FREQ/TEXT
Remote control
PS
PTY
RT
CT
POP M | Pops |
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ROCK M | Rock |
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M.O.R. M | |
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LIGHT M | Light classics |
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CLASSICS | Serious classics |
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OTHER M | Other music |
■RT (Radio Text) mode
Information about the program (such as the title of the song or name of the singer) on the Radio Data System station being received is displayed using a maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters, including the umlaut symbol. If other characters are used for RT data, they are displayed with an underbar (_).
■CT (Clock Time) mode
The current time is displayed and updated every minute. If the data are accidentally cut off, “CT WAIT” may appear.
■EON (Enhanced Other Networks)
See “EON function” on page 54.
Frequency display
Notes
•Do not press FREQ/TEXT until a Radio Data System indicator lights up in the front panel display. You cannot change the mode if you press the button prior to this. This is because this unit has not finished receiving all of the Radio Data System data from the station.
•Radio Data System data not offered by the station cannot be selected.
•This unit cannot utilize the Radio Data System data source if the signal received is not strong enough. In particular, the RT mode requires a large amount of data, so it is possible that the RT mode may not be displayed even if other Radio Data System modes (PS, PTY, etc.) are displayed.
•Radio Data System data may not be received under poor reception conditions. In such cases, press TUNING MODE (AUTO/MAN’L MONO) so that the AUTO indicator disappears from the front panel display. Although this will change the reception mode to manual, Radio Data System data may be displayed when you change the display to Radio Data System mode.
•If the signal strength is weakened by external interference during the reception of a Radio Data System station, the Radio Data System data service may be cut off suddenly and “...WAIT” will appear in the front panel display.
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