Radio Data System (Rds) Category; Rds Program Search - Honda 2012 Pilot Owner's Manual

Playing the FM/AM Radio (U.S. LX model)

Radio Data System (RDS) Category

On the FM band selected, you can
select the program category
provided by the RDS. Press either
side of the FOLDER bar (
to display and select an RDS
category. The principal RDS
categories are shown as follows;
ALL: All RDS category stations
ROCK: Rock, classic rock and soft
rock music
COUNTRY: Country music
SOFT: Adult hits and soft music
TOP 40: Top 40 hits
OLDIES: Nostalgia music and oldies
R & B: Rhythm and blues, and soft
rhythm and blues
RELIGION: Programs concerned
with religion
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CLASSIC: Classical music
JAZZ: Jazz
INFO: News, information, sports,
talk shows, foreign language,
or ) personality, public, college, and
weather
TRAFFIC: Traffic information
Press either side of the FOLDER bar
to select an RDS category. The
display shows the selected RDS
category name for about 10 seconds.
You can use the search or scan
function to find radio stations on the
selected RDS category. If you do
nothing while the RDS category
name is displayed, the selected
category is canceled.

RDS Program Search

This function searches up and down
a frequency for the strongest signal
from the frequencies that carry the
selected RDS category information.
This can help you to find a station in
your favorite category. To activate it,
first press either side of the
FOLDER bar to select an RDS
category, then press and release
either of the SKIP buttons (
). You will see the selected
RDS category name blinking while
searching it. When the system finds
a station, the selected RDS category
name will be displayed again for
about 10 seconds.
If the system does not find a station,
''NOTHING'' blinks for about five
seconds, then the system goes back
to the last selected station.
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