Table of Contents
Advertisement
Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)
The Radio Data System offers you more
convenience when listening to FM radio sta-
tions.
More and more radio stations have begun to
broadcast RDS information alongside their
programmes.
As soon as a programme has been identified,
the station name including a regional identi-
fier, if applicable, will appear in the display,
for example, NDR1 NDS (regional program-
me in Lower Saxony, Germany).
When RDS is activated, the station buttons
become programme buttons. You now know
exactly which programme you have tuned
into, making it easy to find the desired station
quickly.
But RDS offers you further advantages:
AF - Alternative frequency
The AF (Alternative Frequency) function
makes sure that the strongest frequency of
the currently selected programme is always
tuned in automatically.
This function is activated when "AF" appears
in the display.
In order to switch this function on or off,
•
press the AF button briefly.
While searching for the strongest reception
signal, the radio may switch to mute briefly.
24
If "SEARCH" appears in the display when
switching on the radio or recalling one of the
stored frequencies, the unit is automatically
searching for an alternative frequency.
"SEARCH" will disappear from the display
when the alternative frequency has been
found or after the frequency band has been
run through completely.
If the reception quality of the selected pro-
gramme becomes too bad:
•
Tune into another station.
REG - regional programme
Certain radio programmes are split up at
times into regional programmes offering lo-
cal information. The 1st programme broad-
cast by NDR, for example, offers program-
mes with different contents in the northern
states of Germany Schleswig-Holstein, Ham-
burg and Lower Saxony at certain times of
the day. If you are listening to one program-
me and move to an area where another
linked regional programme becomes stron-
ger, the unit will switch to that programme.
If you wish to continue listening to the first
programme,
•
press the AF button for approximately 2
seconds.
"REG ON" appears in the display.
If you leave the service area of the regional
programme tuned into, or if you would like to
take advantage of the full RDS service, switch
to "REG OFF".
•
Press the AF button for approximately
2 seconds until "REG OFF" appears.
When active, "REG ON" will be briefly dis-
played each time the radio is switched on.
Selecting a waveband
With this car radio you can select between
the following wavebands:
FM 87.5 - 108 MHz
MW 531 - 1602 kHz
LW 153 - 279 kHz
•
Select the desired waveband by pres-
sing the FM
or M•L button.
T
To switch between MW and LW:
•
Press M•L.
Automatic tuning
/
•
Press
/ ; the car radio will automati-
cally search for the next station.
When keeping the upper or lower part / of
the rocker switch depressed, seek tuning will
speed up in upwards or downwards direc-
tion.
Advertisement
Chapters
Table of Contents
