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RDSTitlesMenu
The RDS Titles Menu provides fields for entering Program Service (PS) and Radio Text (RT)
information.
Typically,thePSfield–an8characterstaticdisplay–containsthecalllettersofthestation
–forexample.WOMNFM.However,itispossibletoprogramthePSfieldinsuchawaythat
itcanprovideabitmoreinformation.HerearesomewaystocreativelyusethePSfield:
o Bysplittingtextwiththe“/”symbol,eachtextwillalternatefor3seconds.(WOMN
FM/88.5FM/NOWWITH/OMNIA.9)or(WOMNFM/TODAYS/HOTTEST/HITS)
o Tochangetheamountoftimethetextisdisplayed,putthedesiredtimeinfrontof
thetextinseconds(1.5s:WOMNFM/3.0s:88.5FM/1.5s:OMNIA.9).Inthisexample,
“WOMNFM” will be displayed for 1.5 seconds, “88.5 FM” will be displayed for 3
seconds,and“OMNIA.9”willappearfor1.5seconds.
TheRTfieldprovidesa64characterfreeformmessage.Itcanbestatictoprovideastation
slogan,ordynamicand insync withstationprogrammingto providesongtitlesandartist
information.