Philips FW-M55 Stereo System User Manual


 
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Receiving RDS Radio Station
Ç
RDS (Radio Data System) is a broadcasting
service that allows FM stations to send
additional information along with the
regular FM radio signal. This additional
information can contain:
STATION NAME: The radio station
name is displayed.
PROGRAM TYPE: The following
program types exist and can be received
by your tuner: News, Affairs, Info, Sport,
Educate, Drama, Culture, Science,
Varied, Pop M, Rock M, M.O.R. (middle
of the road music), Light M, Classics,
Other M, No type.
RADIO TEXT (RT): text messages
appear in the display.
When you have tuned to a RDS station, the
RDS logo (Ç) and the radio station name
will appear on the display:
The display normally shows the radio
station name if available.
By repeatedly pressing RDS button you
can change the type of display
information:
The display shows in turn:
STATION NAME
PROGRAM TYPE RADIO
TEXT TUNED
FREQUENCY STATION
NAME ...
Note:
When you press the RDS button and the
display shows "
NO RDS
", it indicates
that either the tuned station is not
transmitting RDS signal or it is a non
RDS station.
RDS Clock
Some RDS station may be transmitting a
real clock time at an interval of every
minute.
Setting the time with RDS clock
1 Press CLOCK/TIMER.
"--:--" or current time appears on
the display.
2 Press CLOCK/TIMER once more to
enter clock setting mode.
"00:00" or current time starts
flashing.
3 Press RDS.
The message "SEARCH RDS
TIME" will be displayed.
If the station does not transmit RDS
clock, "NO RDS TIME" will be
displayed.
When the RDS clock is read, "RDS
TIME" will be displayed. The
current clock time is displayed for 2
seconds and will be stored
automatically.
If within 90 seconds, the RDS time is
not detected, "NO RDS TIME"
will be displayed.
Note:
Some RDS station may be transmitting a
real time clock at a minute interval. The
accuracy of the transmitted time
depends on the transmitting RDS
station.
NEWS/TA (Traffic
Announcement)
(only available in Radio Station with
RDS)
You can activate NEWS or TA function in
Standby, Demonstration or any source
mode except Tuner mode. Once the News
Program Type (for NEWS function) or Traffic
Announcement data (for TA function) is
detected in any of the selected RDS
stations, it will switch to TUNER mode
automatically.
NEWS/TA key toggles in the following
sequence :
NEWS TA OFF NEWS
To start NEWS or TA function
1 Press NEWS/TA to select NEWS
function.
The NEWS and "NEWS" will be
displayed.
If you want to select TA function, press
NEWS/TA again.
The TA and "TA" will be displayed.
TUNER
Tuning to Preset Radio
Stations
Press 4 or 3 to select the desired
preset number.
The preset number, radio frequency,
and waveband appear on the display.
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