Rds Radio Operation; Af Alternative Frequency; Selecting Frequency Band Areas; Station Tuning - Blaupunkt Alaska RDM168 Operating Instructions Manual

RDS radio operation

The radio data system improves the ease
of listening to FM stations.
More and more radio stations send RDS in-
formation in addition to the program.
As soon as station programs can be identi-
fied, the abbreviated name of the station
along with the abbreviation of the region (if
available) will be displayed (e.g., NDR 1,
NDS (Niedersachsen)).
When the AF function is activated, RDS
turns the station keys into program keys.
Now you know exactly which program you
are receiving and you are able to select the
desired program directly.
RDS offers the following additional benefits:

AF alternative frequency

The AF function automatically assures that
the program is received at the best frequen-
cy.
This function is on when the display lights
up with the letters "AF".
The radio output can be muted during the
search for the best frequency of the select-
ed program.
The unit is automatically searching for an
alternative frequency if the display shows
"SEARCH" when you turn the radio on or
call a stored frequency.
"SEARCH" is no longer displayed when an
alternative frequency is found or the entire
frequency band was searched.
You should choose a different program if the
selected one can no longer be received with
acceptable quality.

Selecting frequency band areas

You may choose between the following fre-
quency band areas:
FM 87.7 107.9 MHz,
AM 530 1710 kHz
You select the desired frequency band area
by pressing the BA key.

Station tuning

Station search NV
When you press A/V the car radio will au-
tomatically search for the next station.
When you hold A/v depressed in the up or
down position the station search will quick-
ly fast forward or
reverse.
Station
search
A
V dpwn
is turned off)
Manual tuning with << >>
You can tune manually.
AF and PTY must be turned off. (The sym-
bols do not light up in the display.)
You may also turn these functions off by
To perform manual tuning:
Pressing cc >> will incrementally change the
frequency up or down.
If you hold the toggle switch down on the
right or left, the frequency search will be
conducted quickly.
Scrolling through station chains
(only FM)
You can call a station in the reception area
by pressing <c >>.
If several programs of the station chains can
be received you are able to scroll >> (for-
ward) or << (reverse) through the station
chains (e.g., NDR 1, 2, 3, 4, N-JOY . ..).
In order for this to work, the stations must
have been received at least once before and
AF must be activated (lit up in the display).
For example, you can start Travelstore as
follows:
Press the BA key for 2 seconds. This
l
will cause a frequency search.
AF
If AF is not lit up you press the RDS
l
key.
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