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Receiving radio broadcasts
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Using the RDS (Radio Data System)
to receive FM stations
RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with
their regular program signals. For example, the stations send their
station names, as well as information about what type of program
they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.
When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS service, the
RDS indicator lights up on the display window.
With the center unit, you can receive the following types of RDS
signals.
Notes:
• RDS is not available for AM (MW) broadcasts.
• RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not
transmitting RDS signal properly or if the signal strength is
weak.
IMPORTANT
Set the remote cotnrol mode selector to RDS before using RDS.
What information can RDS signals
provide?
You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display.
From the remote control only:
To show the RDS signals
Press RDS DISPLAY MODE (THEATER POSITION) while
listening to an FM station.
• Each time you press the button, the display change to show you
the following information:
= PS = PTY = RT = Frequency = (back to the beginning)
About characters shown in the display
window
When the display shows PS, PTY, or RT signals, the following
characters are used.
• The display window cannot differentiate upper case and lower
case letters and always uses upper case letters.
• The display window cannot show accented letters, “A,” for
instance, may stand for accented “A’s” like “Å, Ä, Ã, Á, À, and
Â.”
Note:
• If searching finishes at once, “PS”, “PTY”, and “RT” will not
appear on the display window.
Searching for a program by PTY
codes
One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a
particular kind of program from the preset channels (see page 40)
by specifying the PTY codes.
To search for a program using the PTY codes
Before you start, remember...
• The PTY Search is only applicable to preset stations.
• To stop searching any time during the process, press PTY
SEARCH while searching.
• There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting
is cancelled before you finish, start from step 1 again.
• When pressing the buttons on the primary remote control, make
sure that you have selected the FM station using the primary
remote control.
From the remote control only:
1
Press PTY SEARCH while listening to an FM
station.
“PTY SELECT” flashes on the display window.
2
Press and hold PTY – or PTY + until the PTY
code you want appears on the display
window, while “PTY SELECT” is flashing.
The display gives you the PTY codes described to the right.
3
Press PTY SEARCH again, while the PTY
code selected in the previous step is still on
the display window.
While searching, “SEARCH” and the selected PTY code
alternate on the display window.
The center unit searches 30 preset FM stations, stops when it
finds the one you have selected, and tunes in that station.
To continue searching after the first stop
Press PTY SEARCH again while the indications on the display
window are flashing.
If no program is found, “NOT FOUND” appears on the display
window.
PS (Program Service):
Shows commonly known
station names.
PTY (Program Type):
Shows types of broadcast
programs.
RT (Radio Text):
Shows text messages the
station sends.
EON (Enhanced Other Network):
See page 43.
PS (Program Service):
While searching, “PS” appears and
then the station names will be
displayed. “NO PS” appears if no
signal is sent.
PTY (Program Type):
While searching, “PTY” appears and
then the type of the broadcast program
will be displayed. “NO PTY” appears if
no signal is sent.
RT (Radio Text):
While searching, “RT” appears and
then text messages the station sends
will be displayed. “NO RT” appears if
no signal is sent.
Frequency:
Station frequency (non-RDS service)
TV/VIDEO
MUTING
CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME
PLAY
MODE
DSP
MODE
PTY SEARCH
EON
SELECT
RDS DISPLAY
PTY
-
+PTY
RDS
DVD
ENTER
EON
THEATER
POSITION
RDS
selected
RDS
DISPLAY
MODE
(THEATER
POSITION)
CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME
VCR
TV
SLEEP
SETTING
TV RETURN FM MODE
100+
CENTER
TEST
REAR-R
PLAY
MODE
THEATER
POSITION
DSP
MODE
REAR-L
PTY SEARCH
EON SELECT
RDS DISPLAY
PTY
-
+PTY
RDS
DVD
ENTER
EON
2
2
1,3
RDS
selected
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