Rds (Radio Data System); Rds Search; Pty Search - Denon AVR-1708 Owner's Manual

RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows a station to send additional information along with the
regular radio program signal.
The following three types of RDS information can be received
with this unit:
Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
NEWS News WEATHER
AFFAIRS Current Affairs FINANCE
INFO Information
CHILDREN
SPORT Sports
SOCIAL
EDUCATE Education
RELIGION
DRAMA Drama
PHONE IN
CULTURE Culture
TRAVEL
Science
SCIENCE
LEISURE
Varied
VARIED
JAZZ
POP M Pop Music
COUNTRY
ROCK M Rock Music
NATION M
Easy Listening
EASY M
Music
OLDIES
Light Classical
LIGHT M FOLK M
Serious Classical DOCUMENT Documentary
CLASSICS
OTHER M Other Music
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 leaving home.
Radio Text (RT)
RT allows RDS stations to send text messages that appear on the
display.
NOTE
The operations described below using <RDS>, <PTY> and <RT> 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
the RDS service.
1
<SOURCE SELECT>
Either turn
select "TUNER".
2
[MODE SELECTOR 1]
Set
(vpage 42 "Remote Control Unit Operations")
3
<RDS>
Press until "RDS SEARCH" appears on the
display.
Weather
4
Finance <PRESET CHANNEL>
Press
Children's
The search for RDS stations begins automatically.
programmes
b If no RDS stations are found with the above operation, all the
Social Affairs
reception bands are searched.
Religion
b When a broadcast station is found, that station's name appears on
Phone In
the display.
Travel
5
To continue searching, repeat steps 2 to 3.
Leisure
Jazz Music
Country Music b If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been
searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.
National Music
Oldies Music
Folk Music

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
[TUNER]
or press to
(PTY)" .
1
Either turn
select "TUNER".
to "AUDIO".
2
Set
(vpage 42 "Remote Control Unit Operations")
3
Press
[CHANNEL] display.
or .
4
Watching the display, press
desired program type.
5
Press
PTY search begins automatically.
b If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type
with the above operation, all the reception bands are searched.
b The station name is displayed on the display after searching
stops.
6
To continue searching, repeat steps 2 to 4.
b If no station broadcasting the designated program type is found
when all the frequencies have been searched, "NO PROGRAMME"
is displayed.
<SOURCE SELECT>
or press
[MODE SELECTOR 1]
to "AUDIO".
<RDS>
until "PTY SEARCH" appears on the
<PTY>
to call out the
<PRESET CHANNEL> [CHANNEL]
or
ENGLISH
[TUNER]
to
.
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