Denon AVR-1802 Operating Instructions Manual page 22

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RDS (Radio Data System)
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.
The following three types of RDS information can be received on this unit:
2 Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
NEWS
News
AFFAIRS
Current Affairs
INFO
Information
SPORT
Sports
EDUCATE
Education
DRAMA
Drama
CULTURE
Culture
SCIENCE
Science
VARIED
Varied
POP M
Pop Music
2 Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
This allows you to easily find out the latest traffic conditions in your area before you leaving home.
2 Radio Text (RT)
RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that appear on the display.
NOTE: The operations described below using the RDS, PTY and RT buttons will not function in areas in which
there are no RDS broadcasts.
RDS search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide RDS service.
1 Set the input function to "TUNER".
2 Press the RDS button until "RDS
SEARCH" appears on the display.
3
Press the PRESET UP or DOWN
button to automatically begin the
RDS search operation.
If no RDS stations is found with above operation,
all the reception band are searched.
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ROCK M PHONE IN
Rock Music
Easy Listening
EASY M TRAVEL
Music
LIGHT M
LEISURE
Light Classical
Serious
CLASSICS JAZZ
Classical
OTHER M COUNTRY
Other Music
WEATHER NATION M
Weather
FINANCE OLDIES
Finance
Children's
CHILDREN FOLK M
programmes
SOCIAL DOCUMENT
Social Affairs
RELIGION
Religion
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When a broadcast station is found, that station's
name appears on the display.
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5 To continue searching, repeat step 3.
If no other RDS station is found when all the
frequencies are searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.
PTY search
Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated program type (PTY).
For a description of each program type, refer to "Program Type (PTY)".
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Set the input function to "TUNER".
Phone In
Travel
2 Press the RDS button until "PTY
SEARCH" appears on the display.
Leisure
Jazz Music
Country Music
3 Watching the display, press the PTY
National Music
button to call out the desired program
Oldies Music type.
Folk Music
Documentary
4 Press the PRESET UP or DOWN
button to automatically begin the
PTY search operation.
If there is no station broadcasting the designated
program type with above operation, all the reception
bands are searched.
5 The station name is displayed on the display after
searching stops.
6 To continue searching, repeat step 4.
If no other station broadcasting the designated
program type is found when all the frequencies
are searched, "NO PROGRAMME" is displayed.
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