Rds operati on, Rds operation – Eltax AVR-800 User Manual
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RDS OPERATI ON
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RDS Operation
Now in use in many countries, RDS (Radio Data System) is a
description of the station's programming hidden space in the
FM signal.
Your new receiver is equipped wit h RDS t o assist in t he
selection of FM stations using station and network names,
rather than broadcast frequencies. Additional RDS functions
include the ability to search for programme types.
RADI O TEXT
Some RDS stations broadcast RADI O TEXT, which is additional
information on the station and programme being broadcast.
RADI O TEXT information appears as 'running' t ext in the
display. RADI O TEXT is transmitted character-by-character by
the radio station. As a result of that it may take some time until
the entire text has been completely received.
RDS DI SPLAY
When a receiver is tuned to an FM station that is transmitting
RDS dat a. t he Fr ont Panel I nf or mat ion Display will
automatically show the station name or RDS TEXT in place of
the typical display of the station's broadcast frequency.
To change the display, press the RDS button on the remote
control unit.
PROGRAMME TYPE(PTY) DI SPLAY
The RDS system categorizes programmes according to their
genre into different programme type(PTY)groups. To display
the programme type information of the current station, press
the PTY button in the TUNER MODE on the remote control unit.
PTY AUTO SEARCH
Your receiver is equipped to automatically search for stations
transmitting any of 29 different programme types. To search
for a PTY, follow these procedures.
1. Press the PTY button in the TUNER MODE on the remote
controller, The current station's PTY will be displayed, or the
currently selected PTY group will be displayed in blinking if no
station or RDS data is present.
2. To change t o a new PTY t ype, press t he PRESET
CALL(
or
) button until the desired PTY is shown in the
display.
3. Once the desired PTY group or type has been selected.
press t he PTY but t on while t he display blink ( approx. 5
seconds). The PTY Auto search will start and the tuner will
pause at each st at ion broadcast ing RDS PTY information
corresponding to the selected choice.
4. To advance to the next RDS station with the desired PTY,
press the PTY button again within 5 seconds.
NUMBER
DI SPLAY
PROGRAMME TYPE
1
NEWS
News
2
AFFAI RS
Current Affairs
3
I NFO
Information
4
SPORT
Sport
5
EDUCATE
Education
6
DRAMA
Drama
7
CULTURE
Culture
8
SCI ENCE
Science
9
VARI ED
Varied
10
POP M
Pop Music
11
ROCK M
Rock Music
12
EASY M
Easy Listening Music
13
LI GHT M
Light classical
14
CLASSI CS
Serious classical
15
OTHER M
Other Music
16
WEATHER
Weather
17
FI NANCE
Finance
18
CHI LDREN
Children's programmes
19
SOCI AL
Social Affairs
20
RELI GI ON
Religion
21
PHONE I N
Phone I n
22
TRAVEL
Travel
23
LEI SURE
Leisure
24
JAZZ
Jazz Music
25
COUNTRY
Country Music
26
NATI ON M
National Music
27
OLDI ES
Oldies Music
28
FOLK M
Folk Music
29
DOCUMENT
Documentary
30
TEST
Alarm test
31
ALARM
Alarm