Listening To Radio; About Rds Broadcasting - Samsung HT-TXQ120 Instruction Manual

Listening to Radio

Remote Control
1
Press the TUNER button to select the FM band.
2
Tune in to the desired station.
Automatic Tuning 1 : When the
Automatic Tuning 2 : Press and hold the
broadcasting stations.
Manual Tuning : Briefly press the
Main Unit
1
Press the FUNCTION button to select the FM band.
2
Select a broadcast station.
Automatic Tuning 1 : Press the STOP ( ) button to select <PRESET> and then press the
button to select the preset station.
Automatic Tuning 2 : Press the STOP ( ) button to select <MANUAL> and then press and hold
the
Manual Tuning : Press the STOP ( ) button to select <MANUAL> and then briefly press the
button to tune in to a lower or higher frequency.
Press the MO/ST button to listen in Mono/Stereo.
Each time the button is pressed, the sound switches between <STEREO> and <MONO>.
In a poor reception area, select MONO for a clear, interference-free broadcast.
Presetting Stations
Example : Presetting FM 89.10 in the memory
1
Press the TUNER button to select the FM band.
2
Press the
3
Press the TUNER MEMORY button.
"01" flashes in the display.
4
Press the
You can select between 1 and 15 presets.
5
Press the TUNER MEMORY button again.
Press the TUNER MEMORY button before "number" disappears from the display.
"number" disappears from the display and the station is stored in memory.
6
To preset another station, repeat steps 2 to 5.
To tune in to a preset station, press the
control to select a channel.
• This unit does not receive AM broadcasts.
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button is pressed, a preset broadcast station is selected.
button to automatically search for active
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button to increase or decrease the frequency incrementally
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button to automatically search the band.
button to select <89.10>.
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button to select preset number.
button on the remote

About RDS broadcasting

Using the RDS (Radio Data System) to receive FM stations
RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals. For example, the stations
send their station names, as well as information about what type of program they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.
When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS service,the RDS
indicator lights up on the display.
Description on RDS function
• PTY (Program Type) : Displays the type of programme currently being broadcast
• PS NAME (Program Service Name) : Indicates the name of broadcasting station and is composed
• RT (Radio Text) : Decodes the text broadcast by a station (if any) and is composed of maximum
64 characters.
• CT (Clock Time) : Decodes the real time clock from the FM frequency.
Some stations may not transmit PTY, RT or CT information therefore this may
not be displayed in all cases.
• TA (Traffic Announcement) : When this symbol flashes it shows that the traffic announcement is in
• RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting RDS signal properly or if
the signal strength is weak.
TO show the RDS signals
You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display.
Press the RDS DISPLAY button while listening to an FM station.
Each time you press the button, the display change to show you the following information:
PS NAME RT CT
• PS (Program Service) : While searching, "PS" appears and then the station names will be dis-
• RT(RadioText) : while searching, "RT" appears and then text messages the station sends will be
displayed. "NO RT" appears if no signal is sent.
• Frequency : station frequency (non-RDS service)
About characters shown in the display
When the display shows PS,or RT signals,the following characters are used.
The display window cannot differentiate upper case and lower case letters and always uses
upper case letters.
The display window cannot show accented letters, "A," for instance, may stands for accented
"A's" like "À, Â, Ä, Á, Å and Ã."
• If searching finishes at once, "PS", and "RT" will not appear on the display.
of 8 characters.
progress.
Frequency
played. "NO PS" appears if no signal is sent.
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