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Rds (radio data system), Pty (program type) – Marantz NR1601 User Manual

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Tuning in radio stations

RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows a station to send additional information along with the regular
radio program signal.

NOTE

The operations described as follows using

SEARCH/INFO

will not function in areas in

which there are no RDS broadcasts.

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RDS search

Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide
the RDS service.

1

Press

TUNE

twice to switch the

input source to “TUNER”.

2

Press

SEARCH/INFO

to select

“RDS SEARCH”.

RDS-RDS Station

CH A1

FM105.50MHz PS Name

[SRCH]:PTY

[CH+-]:Search

3

Press

PRESET +

or

PRESET –

.

The search for RDS stations begins automatically.

• If no RDS stations are found with the above operation, all the

reception bands are searched.

• When a broadcast station is found, that station’s name appears on

the display.

• If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been

searched, “NO RDS” is displayed.

PTY (Program Type)

PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:

NEWS

News

WEATHER

Weather

AFFAIRS

Current Affairs

FINANCE

Finance

INFO

Information

CHILDREN

Children’s
program

SPORT

Sports

EDUCATE

Education

SOCIAL

Social Affairs

DRAMA

Drama

RELIGION

Religion

CULTURE

Culture

PHONE IN

Phone In

SCIENCE

Science

TRAVEL

Travel

VARIED

Varied

LEISURE

Leisure

POP M

Pop Music

JAZZ

Jazz Music

ROCK M

Rock Music

COUNTRY

Country Music

EASY M

Easy Listening
Music

NATION M

National Music

OLDIES

Oldies Music

LIGHT M

Light Classical

FOLK M

Folk Music

CLASSICS

Serious Classical

DOCUMENT

Documentary

OTHER M

Other Music

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PTY search

Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated
program type (PTY).

1

Press

TUNE

twice to switch the

input source to “TUNER”.

2

Press

SEARCH/INFO

to select

“PTY SEARCH”.

PTY-Program category

[Genres]

FM105.50MHz PS Name

CH A1

[CH+-]:Search

[SRCH]:TP

NEWS

AFFAIRS

INFO

SPORT

EDUCATE

DRAMA

[ ]:Genre

3

Watching the display, press

ui

to call out the

desired program type.

4

Press

PRESET +

or

PRESET –

.

PTY search begins automatically.

• If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type

with the above operation, all the reception bands are searched.

• The station name is displayed on the display after searching stops.
• If no station broadcasting the designated program type is found

when all the frequencies have been searched, “NO PROGRAMME”
is displayed.