Operation Manual

7
USING THE RDS (RADIO DATA SYSTEM)
FUNCTION ON FM
USING THE RDS (R
RDS (R
The majority of FM radio stations use the
RDS system. The radio in your vehicle has
this system,.
The RDS system enables these stations
to transmit non-audible data in addition to
the broadcasting of their programmes. The
data provides access to various functions
described in this chapter, such as: display of
the station name, intermittent traffi c informa-
tion fl ashes or automatic scanning of stations.
This enables you to continue listening to
your chosen radio station, regardless of the
different frequencies it uses in the regions
through which you are travelling.
SCANNING OF RDS STATIONS
Your radio keeps the best possible recep-
tion by continuously looks for any other
frequencies on which the selected radio
station is broadcast, automatically choosing
the frequency offering the best reception
(if the station broadcasts on more than one
transmitter or frequency.
R D S SYS T EM
ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION OF THE RDS
FUNCTIONS
The RDS functions can be accessed via the
following two menus :
Main menu
(press button
O
).
AUDIO menu
(press button
L
).
To activate/deactivate the RDS functions
on the display C :
1.
Press button
O
.
2.
Select the AUDIO icon using buttons
J
or
M
.
3.
Confi rm your choice with a press on button
L
.
4.
Select the sub-menu for the FM wave-
band, via buttons
J
or
M
. Confi rm your
choice with a press on button
L
.
5.
Select scanning for RDS stations, via
buttons
J
or
M
.
6.
Validate your choice with a press on button
L
.
7.
Using control
L
, select/deselect to acti-
vate/deactivate the function.
8.
Validate your choice by selecting “
OK
”
on the display.
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To activate/deactivate the RDS functions
on the display A :
1.
Press button
O
.
2.
Select the AUDIO-CD icon via buttons
J
or
M
.
3.
Select scanning for RDS stations, via
buttons
J
or
M
. The system tells you the
status (active or inactive) of the func-
tion.
4.
Modify this status via buttons
K
or
N
.
5.
Then please wait for the display to disap-
pear.
Note :
If the RDS function is active :
The “
RDS
” on the display will light up
provided the station being received
uses the RDS system with scanning of
frequencies.
The “
RDS
” on the display is barred if the
station received uses the RDS system
without frequency search.
If your RDS function is deactivated, the
“
RDS
” on the display will be absent in all
cases.
The display will indicate the “
NAME
” for the
stations that use the RDS system and the
frequency for stations that do not use it.
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