Dolby Laboratories DVD Player - Manual (Page 20)

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Radio Operation
RDS Tuning
1
Press POWER on.
The power LED is green on.
2
Press FUNCTION button.
Press FUNCTION button repeatedly until “AM/FM” appears in
the DVD display.
3
Press BAND button.
Press the BAND button to select a possible FM frequency band.
4
Press the -Tuning + ( or )
buttons to tune into the desired FM
station with RDS service.
When a RDS station is tuned in, you will see RDS appears on the
radio display.
Displaying Brocasting Information
1
Press RDS button.
You may see the program service name (PS) on an maximum
eight character alpha-numerical display instead of
frequency, or Radio Text
message (RT) which contains
maximum 128 characters.
Automatic Searching
Radio Data System provides many convenient search functions in
addition to Program Type (PTY) Search tuning.
Some RDS stations send Program Type Identification code which
is to provide information about program type, such as NEWS,
SPORTS, EDUCATION, CULTURE, and etc.
There are Total
31 types of programs. 16 types are allotted in Europe and
23 types in USA.
You may search your favorite programs
among a specified program type with PTY search function. For
example, if you wish to tune into SPORTS program, do following
steps;
1
Press PTY button repeatedly until
SPORTS appears.
You may press the button to cycle throught possible program
types.
2
Press SEARCH button.
Press the button to search the available SPORTS programs that
are automatically searched.
What is RDS?
RDS (Radio Data System for VHF/FM broad-
casting) are inaudible
digital signals, which are
sent along with FM radio frequencies.
While listening to a RDS station, listeners can
see additional information provided by broadcast-
ers about the station using text display on the
radio inculding PS (Program Service name), TP
(Travel Program), TA (Travel Announcement), AF
(Alternative Frequencies), and some of the
newer features such as Program Type (PTY),
Radiotext (RT), and etc.