Denon S-81 - Manual (Page 19)

Listening to radio broadcasts Listening to radio broadcasts
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RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows station to send additional information along with the regular
radio program signal.
¢ Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
News
Current Affairs
Information
Sports
Education
Drama
Culture
Science
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
Varied
Pop Music
Rock Music
Easy Listening
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
EASY M
Light Classical
Serious Classical
Other Music
LIGHT M
CLASSICS
OTHER M
Weather WEATHER
Finance
Children’s
Programs
Social Affairs
Religion
Phone In
Travel
FINANCE
CHILDREN
SOCIAL
RELIGION
PHONE IN
TRAVEL
Leisure
Jazz Music
LEISURE
JAZZ
Country Music
National Music
Oldies Music
COUNTRY
NATION M
OLDIES
Folk Music
Documentary
FOLK M
DOCUMENT
¢ Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
¢ Radio Text (RT)
RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that appear on
the display.
NOTE:
• The operations described below pressing [RDS] will not function
in areas in which there are no RDS broadcasts.
RDS (Radio Data System)
Use BAND to select “FM AUTO”. 1
Press [RDS] . 2
Press SEARCH .
• Automatically begin the RDS search operation.
If no RDS station is found, “NO PROGRAM” is displayed.
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RDS search
Use BAND to select “FM AUTO”. 1
Press [RDS] twice. 2
Press SEARCH .
• Automatically begin the PTY search operation.
If no program of the specified type is found, “NO PROGRAM” is
displayed.
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PTY search
Use [PTY] to select the type of program. 3
Use BAND to select “FM AUTO”. 1
Press [RDS] three times. 2
Press SEARCH .
• Automatically begin the TP search operation.
“NO PROGRAM” is displayed when there is no traffic information
broadcast station.
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TP search
Press [TIME/DISPLAY] until “Radio Text” scrolls on the
display.
When the station currently tuned in is offering a radio text
message service, the message scrolls on the display.
RT (Radio Text)
• When the RT mode is turned on while an RDS radio station not
offering an RT service is tuned in, “NO TEXT” is displayed on the
display, then the mode automatically switches to the PS mode.
• In the same way, the mode automatically switches to the PS mode
when the RT service is finished. In this case, the mode automatically
switches from the PS mode back to the RT mode when an RT
broadcast is resumed.
• The RT mode cannot be set in the AM band or for FM stations not
offering RDS broadcasts.
• To turn the RT mode off, use [TIME/DISPLAY] and switch to the
desired display mode.