Harman-Kardon AVR80 - Manual (Page 29)

Basic Operation
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RDS Operation
Now in use in many countries, RDS
(Radio Data System) is a means of
transmitting station call signs or network
identification, a description of the
station’s programming, indication of
national, regional or local programmes
and others using hidden space in the FM
signal. Your new receiver is equipped with
RDS to assist in the selection of FM
stations using station and network
names, rather than broadcast
frequencies. Additional RDS functions
include the ability to search for
programme types or to find stations with
a specific programme type that have a
stronger signal.
Programme Service Display
When a receiver is tuned to an FM station
that is transmitting RDS data, the front
panel information display will
automatically show the programme
service, network or station name in place
of the typical display of the station’s
broadcast frequency. To display the
frequency, press the front panel
RDS
DISP button ı .
Programme Type (PTY) Display
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, simply press the
RDS/PTY button on either the remote
control or the front panel ˜ z .
Please note that many Stations don´t
broadcast PTY codes yet. Then
N O N E is
indicated.
PTY Auto Search
Your receiver is equipped to
automatically search for stations
transmitting any of the fifteen different
programme types. To search for a PTY,
follow these steps:
1. Press the RDS/PTY button on either
the front panel or the remote. The current
station’s PTY will be displayed, or the
currently selected PTY group will be
displayed if no station or RDS data is
present.
2. To change to a new PTY type, press the
RDS/PTY button ˜ z again until the
desired PTY is shown in the display.
a. When PTY selection is made using the
RDS/PTY button only, the selection
uses the PTY Group shown in Table 1.
b. To select a specific PTY type directly,
use the numeric buttons on the remote
control
m to select the programme
type corresponding to the numbered
choices in Table 1.
3. Once the desired PTY group or type has
been selected, press the
Tune Up/Down
buttons on the front panel or remote
control
^ j while the PTY indication
is blinking (within 5 seconds). The PTY
Auto search will start, and the tuner will
stop at the next station broadcasting RDS
PTY information corresponding to the
selected choice.
4. To advance to the next RDS station
with the desired PTY, press the
Tune
Up/Down button again within
5 seconds.
AF Auto Search
A unique feature of the RDS system is its
ability to find a station with identical
programming automatically. This
feature is particularly useful when
listening to a national radio station
where the same program is broadcast
from a number of transmitters.
To search for Alternate Frequencies
follow these steps:
1. Tune the receiver to the desired station
using the
Tune Up/Down buttons
^ j .
2. Press the RDS/AF button on the front
panel or remote control ˆ ` twice
within 1 second.
3. The tuner will automatically search for
stations broadcasting the same program.
When these stations are received, the
front panel display will indicate
AF-1 . If
the RDS/AF button is pressed again, the
display will indicate the next identically
programmed station by
AF-2 .
4. Press the RDS/AF button repeatedly
until a station is indicated that has the
desired high enough signal strength.
When the display indicates
AF-0 the
tuner has returned to the original station.
NOTE: If the front panel display indicates
NO AF after the RDS/AF button is
pressed once, no alternate stations with
the same program actually are avilable
(not yet searched). In this case press
RDS/AF twice within 1 second to start
the AF search.
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