Onkyo T-4711 - Manual (Page 13)

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Receiving RDS
PTY Classifications in USA
1. NEWS
2. Information
3. Sports
4. Talk
5. Rock
6. Classic Rock
7. Adult Hits
8. Soft Rock
9. Top 40
10. Country
11. Oldies
12. Soft
13. Nostalgia
14. Jazz
15. Classical
16. R & B
17. Soft R & B
18. Language
19. Religious Music
20. Rligious Talk
21. Personality
22. Public
* Alert: When an RDS station
is making an emer-
gency broadcast, this
PTY will appear on
the display, and flash
on and off.
RDS reception is only available in areas where RDS broadcasts are
available. However, if radio reception is weak. RDS may not be
received.
What is RDS?
Many FM stations now transmit RDS signals which give additional
information. RDS provides you with various services so that (for
example) you can choose a station broadcasting your favorite catego-
ries of music, or other information. The information below is avail-
able on this unit.
PS: Program Service Name
PTY: Program Type
TP: Traffic Program
AF: Alternative Frequency list
RT: Radio Text
CT: Clock Time
T-4711
SCAN
RDS
For models other than European models
T-4711
SCAN
RDS
For European models
1. Press the RDS button, and the program type of the currently
selected station will be shown on the display.
If the station you are receiving is not broadcasting RDS, “Prog
Type?” will be shown on the display.
2. Use the PRESET/TUNING dial to select your favorite program
type (PTY) (for example, “Sport”).
See the PTY description below.
3. Press the SCAN button to start searching for the chosen PTY.
When a station is received with the desired PTY, the scanning
stops for approximately 5 seconds, before the unit starts scan-
ning again.
4. When the desired station is reached, press SCAN again to stop
scanning.
How to search for a station which broadcasts
your favorite category (PTY scan) 1
2
3 4
RDS
RDS IF BAND HI-BLEND
TUNED STEREO NARROW
(For models other than European models)
(For European models)
TUNED STEREO NARROW
PRESET / TUNING
DISPLAY GROUP SCAN DISPLAY GROUP SCAN
PTY Classifications in Europe
1. NEWS (News reports)
2. Current Affairs
(Current Affairs)
3. Information (Information)
4. Sport (Sport)
5. Education (Education)
6. Drama (Drama)
7. Culture (Culture)
8. Science
(Science and technology)
9. Varied (Varied)
10. Pop Music (Pop Music)
11. Rock Music (Rock Music)
12. M.O.R. Music
(Middle of the road music)
13. Light Classics
(Light Classics)
14. Serious Classics
(Serious Classics)
15. Other Music (Other Music)
* Alarm: When an RDS station
is making an emer-
gency broadcast, this
PTY will appear on
the display, and flash
on and off.