Operation Manual

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Basic Operation Basic Operation
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RDS (Radio Data System)
• RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service
which allows station to send additional information along with
the regular radio program signal.
• The following three types of RDS information can be received
on this unit:
2 Program Type (PTY)
• PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
•The program types and their displays are as follows:
PTY NEWS
A1 AM 87.50MHz
News
Current Affairs
Information
Sports
Education
Drama
Culture
Science
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
Varied
Pop Music
Rock Music
Easy Listening
Music
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
EASY M
Light Classical
Serious
Classical
Other Music
LIGHT M
CLASSICS
OTHER M
Weather
WEATHER
Finance
Children’s
programmes
Social Affairs
Religion
Phone In
Travel
FINANCE
CHILDREN
SOCIAL
RELIGION
PHONE IN
TRAVEL
Leisure
Jazz Music
LEISURE
JAZZ
Country Music
National Music
Oldies Music
COUNTRY
NATION M
OLDIES
Folk Music
Documentary
FOLK M
DOCUMENT
2 Traffic Program (TP)
• TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
• This allows you to easily find out the latest traffic conditions in
your area before you leaving home.
2 Radio Text (RT)
RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that appear on
the display.
NOTE:
• The operations described below pressing the SEARCH
button will not function in areas in which there are no RDS
broadcasts.
RDS search
1
Set the input source to “TUNER”.
3
Press the SEARCH button until “RDS SEARCH”
appears on the display.
RDS SEARCH PTY SEARCH
RT ON TP SEARCH
Display
The main unit’s display switches as follows each time the
SEARCH button is pressed.
4
Press the CHANNEL button.
• Automatically begin the RDS search operation.
2
Press the TU (TUNER) button to select the
TUNER mode.
If no RDS stations is found with above operation, all the
reception band are searched.
When a broadcast station is found, that station’s name
appears on the display.
1
Set the input source to “TUNER”.
2
Press the TU (TUNER) button to select the
TUNER mode.
PTY search
• Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a
designated program type (PTY).
• For a description of each program type, refer to “Program Type
(PTY)”.
3
Press the SEARCH button until “PTY SEARCH”
appears on the display.
The main unit’s display switches as follows each time the
SEARCH button is pressed.
RDS SEARCH PTY SEARCH
RT ON TP SEARCH
Display
4
Watching the display, press the CURSOR
FF
or
GG
button to call out the desired program type.
To continue searching, repeat step 3.
If no other RDS station is found when all the frequencies are
searched, “NO RDS” is displayed.
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