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AF – Alternative frequency

The range of FM stations is limited. For this
reason, FM programmes are distributed to
different frequencies. The AF RDS service
sends these frequencies to the tuner. If the
reception deteriorates because the vehicle
leaves the reception area of a frequency, the
tuner can automatically change to the best
receivable frequency.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a wireless radio communica-
tion for short distances. This technology
allows for transmitting voice and data be-
tween devices, e.g. car sound system and
cell phone.

EON – Enhanced Other Network

In case of a trafﬁ c announcement, the de-
vice switches over from a non-trafﬁ c infor-
mation station to a trafﬁ c information sta-
tion of the same station chain. After the
trafﬁ c announcement, the system switches
back to the previously heard programme.

Quality factor – QUALITY

It determines the ﬁ lter quality of the equal-
izer, i.e. the edge steepness and ﬁ lter band-
width, dependent upon the characteristic
frequency.

ID3 tags

ID3 tags contain additional information for
MP3 ﬁ les (e.g. artist, title, album, genre,
year).

Mass storage device

Format for storage media that can perma-
nently store large amounts of data, such as
USB removable storage devices (USB stick
or USB hard disk).

MP3, WMA

MP3 and WMA are audio data formats that
allow for high compression with little loss in
quality.

Playlist

Playback list for MP3 or WMA ﬁ les In playl-
ists, you determine the order in which cer-
tain titles should be played. They are creat-
ed with an MP3 manager, such as WinAmp
or Windows Media Player.

PTY – Program Type

The device searches only for stations with
the previously selected programme content
(e.g. news, rock, pop, sports, etc.).

RDS – Radio Data System

RDS is a service of the radio stations. Be-
sides the conventional music and voice con-
tributions, additional information is broad-
cast in the form of encrypted digital signals
which can be analysed by the device (e.g.
station name). The RDS services are not
supported by all radio stations.

REG – Regional

Some radio stations divide their pro-
grammes into regional programmes with
different contents at certain times. With
the RDS function Regional, the tuner only

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