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Basic playback

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:

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.

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

INPUT SELECT

SOURCESLEEP

CONTROL

INPUT

RECEIVER

ADV SURR

AUTO/

DIRECT

VOL

RECEIVER

BD MENU

ALC/

STANDARD

STEREO

BD DVD TV

DVR/BDR

CD-R

ADAPTER

iPod USB VIDEO

VIDEO

SIGNAL SEL

TUNER

ENTER

SB CH

DISP

CH SELECT

MUTE

RETURN

AUDIO

PARAMETER

TUNER EDIT

TOOLS

MASTER

VOLUME

BAND

TRE

BASS

TOP

HDD DVD VCR

DTV/

S.RETRIEVER

iPod

CTRL

PTY SEARCH

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