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Basic playback

Tip

•To erase a station name, simply repeat steps 1 to 3

and input eight spaces instead of a name.

• Once you have named a station preset, you can press

DISP when listening to a station to switch the display

between name and frequency.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See

Saving station presets on page 48 if you haven’t done this

already.

1Press

TUNER

to select the tuner.

2Press

CLASS

to select the class in which the station

is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A to G.

3Press

PRESET

/

to select the station preset you

want.

• You can also use the number buttons on the remote

control to recall the station preset.

An introduction to RDS

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:

Searching for RDS programs

One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to

search for a particular kind of radio program. You can

search for any of the program types listed above.

1Press

TUNER

to select the FM band.

2Press

PTY SEARCH

PTY SEARCH shows in the display.

3Press

PRESET

/

to select the program type you

want to hear.

4Press

ENTER

to search for the program type.

The system starts searching through all frequency for a

match. When it finds one, the search stops and the

station plays for five seconds.

5 If you want to keep listening to the station, press

ENTER

within the five seconds.

If you don’t press ENTER, searching r esumes.

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

that program type at the time of the search.

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:

• 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.

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 – Program

con

cerning religion

PHONE IN – Public expressing

their views by phone

Note

1 In addition, there are two other program types, TEST and NONE. You can’t search for these.

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

2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.

3RDS searches all frequency. If the program type could not be found among all frequency, NO PTY is displayed.

4 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

• If you see NO RT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station.

• If you see NO PS DATA in the PS display, it means no PS data can be received.

• If you see NO PTY DATA in the PTY display, it means no PTY data can be received.

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