Rds Operation - Marantz SR5400 User Manual

RDS OPERATION

Now in use in many countries, RDS (Radio Data
S y s t e m ) i s a d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s t a t i o n ' s
programming hidden space in the FM signal.
Your new receiver is equipped with RDS to assist
in the selection of FM stations using station and
n e t w o r k n a m e s , r a t h e r t h a n b r o a d c a s t
frequencies. Additional RDS functions include the
ability to search for programme types.
RADIO TEXT
Some RDS stations broadcast RADIO TEXT,
which is additional information on the station and
programme being broadcast.
RADIO TEXT information appears as 'running' text
in the display. RADIO TEXT is transmitted
character by the radio station. As a result of that it
may take some time until the entire text has been
completely received.
RDS DISPLAY
When a receiver is tuned to an FM station that is
transmitting RDS data, the Front Panel Information
Display will automatically show the station name or
RDS TEXT in place of the typical display of the
station's broadcast frequency.
To change the display, press the DISP./RDS button
on the remote.
CHANNEL/SKIP
BASS TREBLE TUNE/SEARCH
MODE DISP./RDS F.DIRECT
+/A /ANT –/B /VCR ATT. PTY
DISC/DECK
SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROLLER
RC5400SR
PS (Program Service Name) RT (RADIO TEXT)
PROGRAMME TYPE (PTY) DISPLAY
The RDS system categorizes programmes
according to their genre into different programme
type (PTY) groups. To display the programme
type information of the current station, press the
PTY button in the TUNER MODE on the remote.
CHANNEL/SKIP
BASS TREBLE TUNE/SEARCH
MODE DISP./RDS F.DIRECT
+/A /ANT –/B /VCR ATT. PTY
DISC/DECK
SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROLLER
RC5400SR
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PTY AUTO SEARCH
Your receiver is equipped to automatically search
for stations transmitting any of 29 different
programme types. To search for a PTY, follow
these procedures:
2.
2.
EIVER SR5400
CLEAR MEMORY TUNING F/P MODE
1.
VIDEO OFF 6.1CH INPUT A/D S-DIRECT DISPLAY
TV DVD VCR1 DSS/VCR2 AUX CD-R TAPE CD TUNER
3.
4.
1.
Press the PTY button in the TUNER MODE on
the remote controller. The current station's
PTY will be displayed, or the currently
selected PTY group will be displayed in
blinking if no station or RDS data is present.
2.
To change to a new PTY type, press the
TUNING or button on the front panel or
numeric buttons on the remote until the
desired PTY is shown in the display.
3.
Once the desired PTY group or type has been
selected, press the PTY button while the
display blink (approx. 5 seconds). The PTY
Auto search will start, and the tuner will pause
at each station broadcasting RDS PTY
information corresponding to the selected
choice.
4.
To advance to the next RDS station with the
desired PTY, press the PTY button again
within 5 seconds.
Frequency
NUMBER DISPLAY PROGRAMME TYPE
1 POP Pop Music
2 ROCK Rock Music
3 MOR M. O. R. Music
4 LIGHT Light classical
T.TONE
5 CLASSIC Serious classical
S-DIRECT AUTO DTS
1 2 3
6 NEWS News
NIGHT CSII EX/ES DSP
4 5 6
7 AFFAIR Current Affairs
DISPLAY M-CH ST STEREO 6.1CH IN
7 8 9 8 INFO Information
CLEAR MEMO A/D P.SCAN
0 9 SPORT Sport
CHANNEL/SKIP
10 EDUCATE Education
BASS TREBLE TUNE/SEARCH
11 DRAMA Drama
MODE DISP./RDS F.DIRECT
12 CULTURE Culture
13 SCIENCE Science
+/A /ANT –/B /VCR ATT. PTY
14 OTHERS Varied
DISC/DECK
15 OTHER Other Music
SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROLLER
RC5400SR
16 WEATHER Weather
17 FINANCE Finance
18 CHILDREN Children's programmes
19 SOCIAL Social Affairs
20 RELIGION Religion
21 PHONE IN Phone In
22 TRAVEL Travel
23 HOBBIES Hobbies
24 JAZZ Jazz Music
25 COUNTRY Country Music
26 NATION National Music
27 OLDIES Oldies Music
28 FOLK Folk Music
29 DOCUMENT Documentary