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Basic playback

An introduction to RDS (For Europe)

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio

stations to provide listeners with various kinds of

information—the name of the station and the kind of show

they’re broadcasting, for example.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of program.

For example, you can search for a station that’s broadcasting

a show with the program type, JAZZ.

You can search the following program types:

Note

•

In addition, there are three other program types, ALARM,

ALARMTST, and NO TYPE. ALARM and ALARMTST are

used for emergency announcements. NO TYPE appears

when a program type cannot be found.

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.

Press

TUNER

then press

BAND

to select the FM band.

•

RDS is only possible in the FM band.

Press

PTY

SEARCH shows in the display.

Press

PRESET

/

to select the program type you

want to hear.

Press

ENTER

to search for the program type.

The system starts searching through the station presets for a

match, stopping when it was found one. Repeat to search for

other stations.

If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn’t find that

program type at the time of the search.

RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been

preset, or if the program type could not be found among the

station presets NO PTY is displayed.

FINISH means the search is complete.

Displaying RDS information

Use the

DISP

button to display the different types of RDS

information available.



Press

DISP

for RDS information.

Each press changes the display as follows:

•

Listening mode

•

Master volume

•

Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the radio station.

•

For example, a talk radio station may provide a phone

number as RT.

•

Program Service Name (PS) – The name of the radio

station.

•

Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the kind of

program currently being broadcast.

•

Current tuner frequency (FREQ)

Note

•

If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll,

some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

•

If you see NO TEXT in the RT display, it means no RT data

is sent from the broadcast station. The display will

automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data,

NO NAME is displayed).

•

In the PTY display, NO PTY may be shown.

NEWS – News

AFFAIRS – Current Affairs

INFO – General Information

SPORT – Sport

EDUCATE – Educational

DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.

CULTURE – National or

regional culture, theater, etc.

SCIENCE – Science and

technology

VARIED – Usually talk-based

material, such as quiz shows

or interviews.

POP M – Pop music

ROCK M – Rock music

EASY M – Easy listening

LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical

music

CLASSICS – ‘Serious’ classical

music

OTHER M – Music not fitting

above categories

WEATHER – Weather reports

FINANCE – Stock market

reports, commerce, trading,

etc.

CHILDREN – Programs for

children

SOCIAL – Social affairs

RELIGION – Programs

concerning religion

PHONE IN – Public expressing

their views by phone

TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel

rather than traffic

announcements

LEISURE – Leisure interests

and hobbies

JAZZ – Jazz

COUNTRY – Country music

NATION M – Popular music in

a language other than English

OLDIES – Popular music from

the ’50s and ’60s

FOLK M – Folk music

DOCUMENT – Documentary

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