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Using the radio, Tuning to a preset radio station, Using rds (radio data system) – Kenwood HM-437MP User Manual

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6 Press program button (PROGRAM button on

the remote control) again to store the radio
station.
Repeat steps

3 to 6 to store other preset ra-

dio stations.

Note:

During program, if no button is press within 20 sec-
onds, the system will exit program mode automatically.

Tuning to a preset radio station

Press p.call/album + button (P. CALL + button on
the remote control) or p.call/album – button (P.
CALL –
button on the remote control) or digit but-
tons (0~9) on the remote control to select the
desired preset number.

The preset number and radio frequency will
appear on the display.

STEREO/MONO

Press the STEREO/MONO button on the remote
control to select mono or stereo mode.

When stereo mode is selected, the icon “STE-
REO” will appear on the display (if current sta-
tion is FM stereo).

Note:

You are able to select stereo or mono mode in FM band
only.

Using RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS is a system that transmits useful informa-
tion (in the form of digital data) for FM broadcasts
along with the broadcast signal. Tuners and receiv-
ers designed for RDS reception can extract the
information from the broadcast signal for use with
various functions, such as automatic display of the
station name.

RDS functions:
PTY (Program TYpe Identification) Search
Automatically tunes to a station that is currently
broadcasting the specified program type (genre).

PS (Program Service Name) Display:
Automatically displays the station name transmit-
ted by the RDS station.

Using the radio

Radio Text function:
Displays the radio text data transmitted by some
RDS stations when you press RDS/display but-
ton on the unit (RDS/DISPLAY button on the re-
mote control). There is “NO TEXT” display if no
text data is transmitted.

The icon “R·D·S” appears on the display when
an RDS broadcast (signal) is received.

Note:

Some functions and function names may differ certain
countries and areas.

Using the RDS/DISPLAY button

While receiving a RDS station, pressing RDS/ dis-
play
button on the unit (RDS/DISPLAY button on
the remote control) changes the contents of the
display.

Every time the button is pressed, the display
changes in a following order :

PS (Program Service name) display

PTY (Program TYpe) display

RT (Radio Text) display

Frequency display and preset number display

Tuning by Program TYpe (PTY
search)

This function lets you set the tuner to automati-
cally search for stations which are currently broad-
casting the type of program (genre) you want to
listen to.

1 Press TUNER/band button (TUNER/BAND

button on the remote control) to TUNER mode.

2 Press TUNER/band button (TUNER/BAND

button on the remote control) to select FM.

3 Press PTY button on the remote control.

If the current station is with RDS, the program
type of the station is displayed.

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