Owner's Manual

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TUNING
English
RECEIVING RDS STATIONS
RDS (Radio Data System) is a data transmission system
by FM stations in many countries.
RDS data contains various information such as PS
(Program Service name), PTY (Program Type), RT
(Radio Text), CT (Clock Time), etc. The RDS function is
carried out among the network stations.
FREQ/RDS
When an RDS station is received, press this button to
change the display mode among the PS mode, PTY mode,
RT mode, CT mode (if the station offers those RDS data
service) and/or frequency display mode in turn.
PTY SEEK MODE
Press this button to set the unit in the PTY SEEK mode.
PTY SEEK START
Press this button to begin searching for a station after the
desired program type has been selected in the PTY SEEK
mode.
SHIFT
1
HALL
2
JAZZ
SETUP
3
ROCK
ANGLE
4
ENTERTAINMENT
MARKER
5
SPORTS
6
MONO MOVIE
PLAY MODE
7
MOVIE 1
REPEAT
8
MOVIE 2
A–B
DVD AMP
9
/DTS
TOP MENU
LEVEL
FREQ/
RDS
MENU
SET MENU
TEST
ON SCREEN
B. BOOST
RETURN
PTY SEEK
MODE START
0
SELECT
>
–
10
MATRIX 6.1
GROUP
CANCEL
STEREO
PAGE
MUTE
VOL
ABCDE
ENTER
CH
CH
PRESET
PRESET
PRESET
u, d
PTY SEEK
START
FREQ/
RDS
PTY SEEK
MODE
(U.K. and Europe models)
Description of RDS data
This unit can receive, PS, PTY, RT and CT data when
receiving RDS broadcasting stations.
■ PS (Program Service name)
mode:
The name of the RDS station being received is displayed.
■ PTY (Program Type) mode:
There are 15 program types to classify RDS stations.
■ RT (Radio Text) mode:
Information about the program (such as the title of the
song, name of the singer, etc.) on the RDS station being
received is displayed by a maximum of 64 alphanumeric
characters, including the umlaut symbol. If other
characters are used for RT data, they are displayed with
under-bars.
■ CT (Clock Time) mode:
The current time is displayed and updated every minute.
If the data are accidentally cut off, “CT WAIT” may
appear.
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
M.O.R. M
LIGHT M
CLASSICS
OTHER M
News
Current affairs
General information
Sports
Education
Drama
Culture
Science
Light entertainment
Pops
Rock
Middle-of-the-road music
(easy-listening)
Light classics
Serious classics
Other music
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