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Listening to FM broadcasts
RDS (Radio Data System)
RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows a station to send additional information along with the regular
radio program signal.
The following four types of RDS information can be received with this
unit:
n RDS search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide
the RDS service.
1
Press TUNER to select “FM”.
2
Press SEARCH.
3
Use ui to select “RDS
SEARCH”, then press ENTER or
p.
4
Press o p.
Automatically begin the RDS search
operation.
•If no RDS station is found, “NO STATION”
is displayed.
Viewing information during reception
Press INFO while receiving a RDS to display
the information currently being broadcast.
*
1
*
2
Freq. PS
CTRT
PTY
*1 Frequency
*2 Program service name
•If a station name is entered, it is displayed
Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
NEWS News WEATHER Weather
AFFAIRS Current Affairs FINANCE Finance
INFO Information
CHILDREN
Children’s
program
SPORT Sports
EDUCATE Education SOCIAL Social Affairs
DRAMA Drama RELIGION Religion
CULTURE Culture PHONE IN Phone In
SCIENCE Science TRAVEL Travel
VARIED Varied LEISURE Leisure
POP M Pop Music JAZZ Jazz Music
ROCK M Rock Music COUNTRY Country Music
EASY M
Easy Listening
Music
NATION M National Music
OLDIES Oldies Music
LIGHT M Light Classical FOLK M Folk Music
CLASSICS Serious Classical DOCUMENT Documentary
OTHER M Other Music
n PTY search
Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated
program type (PTY).
For a description of each program type, refer to “Program Type
(PTY)”.
1
Press TUNER to select “FM”.
2
Press SEARCH.
3
Use ui to select “PTY
SEARCH”, then press ENTER or
p.
4
Use ui to call out the desired
program type.
5
Press o p.
Automatically begin the PTY search
operation.
•If no program of the specified type is found,
“NO STATION” is displayed.
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