An introduction to rds & eon 27, An introduction to rds & eon, Using the tuner using the rds display – Pioneer VSX-D510 User Manual
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An Introduction to RDS & EON
Radio Data System, or RDS as it’s usually known, is a
system used by FM radio stations to provide listeners
with various kinds of information—the name of the
station and the kind of show they’re broadcasting, for
example. This information shows up as text on the
display, and you can switch between the kind of
information shown. Although you don’t get RDS
information from all FM radio stations, you do with
most.
Probably the best feature of RDS is that you can search
automatically by type of programme. So, if you felt like
listening to jazz, you could search for a station that’s
broadcasting a show with the programme type, "JAZZ."
There are around 30 such programme types, including
various genres of music, news, sport, talk shows,
financial information, and so on.
The receiver lets you display three different kinds of RDS
information: Radio Text, Programme Service Name, and
Programme Type.
Radio Text (
RT
) is messages sent by the radio station.
These can be anything the broadcaster chooses—a talk
radio station might give out it telephone number as RT,
for example.
Programme Service Name (
PS
) is the name of the radio
station.
Programme Type (
PTY
) indicates the kind of programme
currently being broadcast.
The receiver can search for and display the following
programme types:
News
Accounts of facts, events and reportage
Affairs
Current affairs
Info
General information
Sport
Any aspect of sports
Educate
Educational material
Drama
Radio plays or serials
Culture
National or regional culture, theatre, etc.
Science
Science and technology
Varied
Usually talk-based material, such as quiz
shows or interviews.
Pop M
Pop music
Rock M
Rock music
M.O.R. M
“Middle of the road” music
Light M
‘Light’ classical music
Classics
‘Serious’ classical music
Other M
Other music not fitting any of the above
categories
Weather
Weather reports, forecasts and
Meteological information
Finance
Stock market reports, commerce,
trading, etc.
Children
Children’s entertainment
Social A
Social affairs
Religion
Beliefs and faiths, involving Gods, the
nature of existence, and ethics
Phone in
Public expressing their views by phone
Travel
Holiday-type travel rather than traffic
announcements
Leisure
Leisure interests and hobbies
Jazz
Polyphonic, syncopated music
characterised by improvisation
Country
Country music
Nation M
Popular music in a language other than
English
Oldies
Popular music from the ’50s
Folk M
Folk music
Document
Documentaries
In addition, there is a programme type,
ALARM!
, used
for exceptional emergency announcements. You can’t
search for this, but the tuner will switch automatically to
this RDS broadcast signal.
Using the Tuner
Using the RDS display
To display the different types of
RDS
information
available (
RT
,
PS
and
PTY
as explained on the previous
page), press
TUN
(TUNER) on the remote control and
use the DISPLAY button (also marked
4) to cycle
through the types of
RDS
information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
MEMO
This unit converts lower case characters transmitted by
broadcast station to upper case characters.
3 RT
PS
PTY
Frequency
3
3
3