Rds (Radio Data System); Alarm; Program Type (Pty) Function - Kenwood KDC-715S Instruction Manual

RDS features
Function of the KDC-X715

RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS is a service used by radio stations to transmit data
outside normal radio broadcast signals.
When an RDS station is received, you can immediately find out
what kind of data is being transmitted by looking at the
program service name, which appears in the display after the
frequency.
The ™ indicator turns on when an RDS station is being
received.

Alarm

When an emergency transmission (announcing disasters, etc.)
is made, the current function will be interrupted to allow the
warning to be received under the following conditions:
during tuner reception, or when the Traffic Information
function is turned on.

Program Type (PTY) Function

Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected
kinds of programs.
1
Press the 38(PTY) button.
"PTY" is displayed once the program type selection mode is
entered.
NOTE
You cannot use this function while the traffic bulletin is received.
2
Select the type of program to be received
• Press either the FM or AM buttons repeatedly to select the
type of program you want to listen to.
The selection includes:
Speech (SPEECH)
Music (MUSIC)
1. News (NEWS)
2. Information (INFORM)
3. Sports (SPORTS)
4. Talk
5. Rock
6. Classic Rock
7. Adult Hits
8. Soft Rock
9. Top 40
10. Country
11. Oldies
12. Soft
13. Nostalgia
14. Jazz
15. Classical
16. R&B
17. Soft R&B
18. Language
19. Religious Music
20. Religious Talk
21. Personality
22. Public
(Speech.....1~4, 18, 20~22, Music.....5~17, 19)
• You can select the type of program directly by pressing a
preset button. The buttons are factory-set to the following
type of programs:
1. Music
4. Sports
NOTE
Changing the Preset Button Settings for Program Type
After selecting the type of program to be stored in a certain
preset button, press that button for at least two seconds.
The previously stored data for that button are erased and the
new program type is stored.
3
Seeking the Selected Program Type
Press the 4 or ¢ button to make a seek of frequencies
with your selected type of program.
The display blinks and the seek starts.
"PTY" blinks in the display for about 30 seconds.
If you make no key input in 30 seconds, the PTY selection
mode will turn off automatically.
NOTE
If no program can be found, "NO PTY" is displayed.
If you want to select another type of program, repeat steps 2 and
— 20 —
(TALK)
(ROCK)
(CLS ROCK)
(ADLT HIT)
(SOFT RCK)
(TOP 40)
(COUNTRY)
(OLDIES)
(SOFT)
(NOSTALGA)
(JAZZ)
(CLASSICL)
(R & B)
(SOFT R&B)
(LANGUAGE)
(REL MUSC)
(REL TALK)
(PERSNLTY)
(PUBLIC)
2. Speech 3. News
5. Classical 6. Jazz