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TUNER

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.

2 When NEWS or TA is selected;
• It will scan stations stored in the first 5

preset and wait for the News Program
Type / Traffic Announcement data to be
available in any of these RDS stations.
During the search :
™ The current source activity will

remain uninterrupted.

™ If no RDS station is found in the first

5 presets, the NEWS/TA function will
be switched off. The display will
show "

NO RDS NEWS" or "NO

RDS TA" and

NEWS

or

TA

will

disappear from the display.

• When NEWS/TA transmission is

detected, the system will switch to
Tuner mode.
™ The

NEWS

or

TA

starts flashing.

To cancel NEWS or TA function
• Press NEWS/TA until the

NEWS

or

TA

disappears and "

TA OFF" is displayed.

Notes:
– If you are listening to a non RDS TUNER

radio station and should you decide to
hear NEWS or TA, first select other
source (e.g. CD, TAPE or AUX), then
press NEWS/TA.

– Before using the NEWS or TA feature,

ensure that the first 5 presets are RDS
stations.

– The NEWS/TA works only once for each

activation.

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