An Introduction To Rds & Eon - Pioneer VSX-839RDS Operating Instructions Manual

An Introduction to RDS & EON
Radio Data System, or RDS as it's usually known, is a system used by FM radio stations to provide listeners
with various kinds of information—the name of the station and the kind of show they're broadcasting, for
example. This information shows up as text on the display, and you can switch between the kind of information
shown. Although you don't get RDS information from all FM radio stations, you do with most.
Probably the best feature of RDS is that you can search automatically by type of program. So, if you felt like
listening to jazz, you could search for a station that's broadcasting a show with the program type, "JAZZ." There
are around 30 such program types, including various genres of music, news, sport, talk shows, financial
information, and so on.
The receiver lets you display three different kinds of RDS information: Radio Text, Program Service Name, and
Program Type.
Radio Text (RT) is messages sent by the radio station. These can be anything the broadcaster chooses—a talk
radio station might give out it telephone number as RT, for example.
Program Service Name (PS) is the name of the radio station.
Program Type (PTY) indicates the kind of program currently being broadcast.
The receiver can search for and display the following program types:
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFORMATION
SPORT
EDUCATION
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
M.O.R. M
LIGHT M
CLASSICAL
OTHER M
WEATHER
FINANCE
CHILDREN
SOC. AFFAIR
RELIGION
PHONE IN
TRAVEL
LEISURE
JAZZ
COUNTRY M
NATIONAL M
OLDIES M
FOLK M
DOCUMENTARY Documentaries
In addition, there is a program type, ALARM!, used for exceptional emergency announcements. You can't
search for this, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal.
Current affairs
General information
Educational material
Radio plays or serials
Science and technology
Usually talk-based material, such as quiz shows or interviews.
Pop music
Rock music
"Middle of the road" music
'Light' classical music
'Serious' classical music
Other music not fitting any of the above categories
Stock market reports, commerce, trading, etc.
Children's entertainment
Social affairs
Holiday-type travel rather than traffic announcements.
Leisure interests and hobbies
Country music
Popular music in a language other than English
Popular music from the '50s
Folk music
Using the Tuner
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