BASIC OPERATION

mChanging the RDS modes

When an RDS station is received, “PS”, “PTY”, “RT” and/or “CT” that correspond to the RDS data services employed by the stationEnglish light up on the display. By pressing the RDS MODE/FREQ button once or more, you can change the display mode among the RDS modes employed by the received station in the order shown below. (The RDS mode not employed by the station cannot be

selected.) Illumination of the indicator on the head of the name of an RDS mode shows that the corresponding RDS mode is now selected.

*When an RDS station is received, do not press the RDS MODE/FREQ button until one or more names of RDS modes light up on the display. If the button is pressed before one or more names light up on the display, the mode cannot be changed. This is because the unit has not received all of the RDS data on the station yet.

*If no name of RDS mode lights up on the display, the mode cannot be changed.

RDS MODE/

FREQ

PS mode

The name of the station being received is displayed.

 

 

If the station does not employ the PS data service, this mode

 

 

 

 

will not be selected.

 

 

 

 

PTY mode

The type of the program currently broadcasted on the station

 

 

is displayed. If the station does not employ the PTY data

 

 

 

 

service, this mode will not be selected.

 

 

(You can make this unit search for a station which is

 

 

broadcasting a program of your desired program type. For

 

 

details, refer to the next page.)

 

 

 

 

RT mode

Information about the program currently broadcasted on the

 

 

station is displayed. Information is displayed by a maximum

 

 

 

 

of 64 Roman Alphabets including umlaut sign. If other

 

 

characters are used on the RT data, they are displayed with

 

 

under-bars.

 

 

 

If the station does not employ the RT data service, this mode

 

 

will not be selected.

 

 

 

 

CT mode

Current time is displayed in the following form. The CT data

 

 

from the station being received changes every minute.

 

 

 

 

Hour

Minute

 

 

If the reception of data is accidentally cut off, “CT WAIT” may

 

 

light up. If the station does not employ the CT data service,

 

 

this mode will not be selected.

 

 

 

 

Frequency

The frequency of the station being received is displayed.

display mode

 

 

Notes

•RDS data service cannot be utilized by this unit if the received signal is not strong enough. Especially, the RT (Radio Text mode) needs sufficient data to be received, so the RT mode may not display even if other RDS modes (PS, PTY, etc.) are displayed.

•RDS data reception may not be possible due to poor reception conditions. If so, press the TUNING MODE button so that the “AUTO” indicator goes off from the display. Though the reception mode is changed to monaural by this operation, when you change the display to an RDS mode, RDS data may be displayed.

•If the signal strength becomes weakened by external interference when receiving an RDS station, the RDS data service may be

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cut off suddenly and “ WAIT” will light up on the display.

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