Introduction of rds operation, Switchingthe rds display – Pioneer DEH-P7700MP User Manual

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Introduction of RDS operation

RDS (radio data system) is a system for provid-

ing information along with FM broadcasts.

This inaudible information provides such fea-

tures as program service name, program type,

traffic announcement standby and automatic

tuning, intended to aid radio listeners in find-

ing and is tuning in to a desired station.

1 TXT indicator

Shows when the radio text is received.

2 NEWS indicator

Shows when the set news program is re-

ceived.

3 TP indicator

Shows when a TP station is tuned in.

4 Program service name

Shows the name of broadcast program.

% Press FUNCTION to displaythe function

names.

Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be-

tween the following functions:

BSM (best stations memory)Regional (re-

gional)Local (local seek tuning)program

type selection (PTY)TA (traffic announce-

ment standby)AF (alternative frequencies

search)News (news program interruption)

# To return to the frequency display, press
BAND.

# If MW/LW band is selected, you can only se-
lect BSM or Local.

Notes

! If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically re-
turned to the frequency display.

! RDS service may not be provided by all sta-

tions.

! RDS functions such as AF and TA are only ac-

tive when your radio is tuned to an RDS
station.

Switchingthe RDS display

When you tune in an RDS station its program

service name is displayed. If you want to know

the frequency you can.

% Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between

the following settings:

Program service namePTY information and

frequencyDAB information (DAB informa-

tion and program service name)

PTY (program type ID code) information is

listed on page 21.

# PTY information and the frequency of the cur-
rent station appears on the display for eight sec-
onds.
# If a PTY code of zero is received from a station,
display is blank. This indicates that the station
has not defined its program contents.
# If the signal is too weak for this unit to pick up
the PTY code, the PTY information display is
blank.
# You can only switch to DAB information when
a DAB tuner (GEX-P700DAB) is connected.

RDS

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