Operation Manual

6 Using the Tuner
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The XC–L77 can search for and display the following programme types:
Displaying RDS Information
You have access to three kinds of RDS information, and can freely switch between
them.
1 Tune into an FM radio station.
Only FM stations broadcast RDS data, so you must be listening to a station in
the FM band to display any RDS information.
For more detailed instructions on tuning to stations, see page 19.
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Pop M Pop music
Rock M Rock music
M.O.R. M “Middle of the road”
music
Light M ‘Light’ classical music
Classics ‘Serious’ classical music
Jazz
Country Country music
Nation M Popular music in a
language other than
English
Oldies Popular music from the
’50s
Folk M Folk music
Other M Other music not fitting
any of the above
categories
News
Affairs Current affairs
Info General information
Sport
Educate Educational material
Drama
Culture
Science Science and technology
Varied Usually talk-based
material, such as quiz
shows or interviews.
Weather
Finance
Children Children’s entertainment
Social A Social affairs
Religion
Phone in
Tr a v e l Holiday-type travel rather
than traffic announce-
ments, etc.
Leisure Leisure interests and
hobbies
Document Documentaries
In addition, there is a programme type, ALARM!, used for exceptional emergency
announcements. You can't search for this, but the tuner will switch automatically to
any station that’s broadcasting this RDS signal.