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Seeing information about a

radio station

The FM tuner is supplied with the RDS
(Radio Data System) facility. This shows
information about the radio station being
listened to. Press DISPLAY (RDS) repeatedly
to cycle through the various data types:

PS

(Programme Service Name)
The name of the channel will
appear in the display.

PTY

(Programme Type Recognition)
The programme type (e.g. Jazz
or News) will appear in the
display.

RT

(Radio Text)
A text message contains special
information from the broadcast
station. This text may scroll
across the display.

CT

(Time controlled by the channel)

This shows the time and date as
broadcast by the station.

You can search the radio stations by
programme type by pressing DISPLAY

(RDS). The display will show the last PTY in
use. Press ZOOM (PTY) one or more times
to select your preferred programme type.
Press and hold

/

. The tuner will search

automatically. When a station is found the
search will stop.