XHDATA D-808 - FM Reception; FM RDS (radio data system)

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FM Recepon
To receive FM broadcasts, fully extend the whip antenna and press the FM buon.
Here are your tuning opons.
1. Press FREQ, enter the frequency of the staon, and press FREQ again.
2. Long press the FM buon to acvate ATS to store all strong staons into
memory (see secon on the Memory system for how to access them).
3. Press the up or down arrow keys to go to the next frequency.
4. Long press the up or down arrow to scan for the next strong staon.
5. Rotate the tuning knob to tune staons.
Some FM staons broadcast in stereo. In this case, STEREO appears on the display.
Listening to the two stereo channels requires headphones. Stereo can be turned o
and on with the FM ST buon. It may be automacally disabled for a weak signal. In
some situaons, you may get improved recepon by turning stereo o. The stereo
seng is stored in the staon memory when the frequency is saved.
FM RDS (radio data system)
RDS is a means for FM radio staons to transmit data along with their program-
ming. Not all FM staons employ RDS, but the ones that do typically transmit the
staon name, the staon type, the song arst and tle when playing music, and
occasionally the me. When RDS is present, the RDS icon on the display is shown
and the RDS data informaon appears at the boom of the display. Use the INFO
buon to cycle through the RDS data opons. This radio supports the following RDS
informaon:
• PS—Program Service Name
• DATE—Date and Time (“NO DATE” of not present)
• PTY—Program type: News, Drama, Rock music… (“NONE” if not present)
• RT— Radio Text may contain arst and tle informaon for music (“NO RT” if
not present)
RDS date informaon can be used to automacally set the radio clock. Refer to the
Clock Seng topic for addional informaon. MW (medium wave)