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Using RDS
Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by
most FM radio stations to provide listeners with
various kinds of information — the name of the
station and the kind of show they’re
broadcasting, for example.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by
type of program. For example, you can search
for a station that’s broadcasting a show with
the program type, Jazz.
You can search the following program types:
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Displaying RDS information
Use DISPLAY to display the different types of
RDS information available.
2
• Press for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the
radio station. For example, a talk radio
station may provide a phone number as RT.
• Program Service Name (PS) – The name of
the radio station.
•Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the
kind of program currently being broadcast.
• PTY SEARCH – PTY search (see below)
• Current tuner frequency
Searching for RDS programs
You can search for a program type listed above.
1 Press for the FM band.
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2 Press repeatedly until ‘
PTY
SEARCH
’ appears in the display.
3 Select the program type you want
to hear.
4 Start the search.
The system searches the station presets for a
match. If it finds one, searching stops for five sec.
5 If you want to keep listening to the
station, press
ENTER
within the five seconds.
If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.
News – News
Affairs – Current Affairs
Info
– General Information
Sport – Sport
Educate – Educational
Drama – Radio plays, etc.
Culture – National or
regional culture, theater,
etc.
Science – Science and
technology
Varied – Usually talk-
based material, such as
quiz shows or interviews.
Pop M – Pop music
Rock M – Rock music
Easy M – Easy listening
Light M – ‘Light’ classical
music
Classics – ‘Serious’
classical music
Other M – Music not fitting
above categories
Weather – Weather
reports and forecasts,
meteorological information
Finance – Stock market
reports, commerce,
trading, etc.
Children – Programs for
children
Social – Social affairs
Religion – Programs
concerning religion
Phone In – Public
expressing their views by
phone
Travel – Holiday-type travel
information as opposed to
traffic announcements.
Leisure – Leisure interests
and hobbies
Jazz – Jazz
Country
– Country music
Nation M – Popular music
in a language other than
English
Oldies – Popular music
from the ’50s and ’60s
Folk M – Folk music
Document
– Documentary
Note
1 In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM!, and None, ALARM! and TEST are used for emergency
announcements. None appears when a program type cannot be found.
2 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If you see No Radio Text Data in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will
automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).
• In the PTY display, NO DATA or None may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.
3 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
DISPLAY
FM
/
AM
TUNER
DISPLAY
ENTER
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