Denon AVR-1910 Owner's Manual page 44

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RDS (Radio Data System)
RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows a station to send additional information along with the regular
radio program signal.
The following three types of RDS information can be received with
this unit:
n Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
NEWS News WEATHER
AFFAIRS Current Affairs FINANCE
INFO Information
CHILDREN
SPORT Sports
SOCIAL
Education
EDUCATE
RELIGION
Drama
DRAMA
PHONE IN
CULTURE Culture
TRAVEL
SCIENCE Science
LEISURE
VARIED Varied
JAZZ
POP M Pop Music
COUNTRY
ROCK M Rock Music
NATION M
Easy Listening
EASY M
Music OLDIES
LIGHT M Light Classical FOLK M
CLASSICS Serious Classical DOCUMENT Documentary
OTHER M Other Music
n Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
This allows you to easily find out the latest traffic conditions in your
area before leaving home.
n
Radio Text (RT)
RT allows RDS stations to send text messages that appear on the
display.
NOTE
The operations described below using
which there are no RDS broadcasts.
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RDS Search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide the
RDS service.
1
Set
to "MAIN".
2
Press
3
Press
Weather
Finance
Children's
4
Press
programmes
Social Affairs
The search for RDS stations begins
Religion
automatically.
Phone In
b If no RDS stations are found with the
Travel
above operation, all the reception bands are
Leisure
searched.
Jazz Music
b
When a broadcast station is found, that
Country Music
station's name appears on the display.
National Music
5
Oldies Music
To continue searching, repeat steps
Folk Music
2 to 3.
b
If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been
searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.
will not function in areas in
to "MAIN/TV" and
Front
to select "TUNER".
to select "RDS SEARCH".
.
PTY Search
Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated
program type (PTY).
For a description of each program type, refer to "Program Type (PTY)" .
1
Set to "MAIN/TV" and
to "MAIN".
2
Press to select "TUNER".
3
Press to select "PTY SEARCH".
4
ui
Watching the display, press
call out the desired program type.
5
Press .
PTY search begins automatically.
b If there is no station broadcasting the
designated program type with the above
operation, all the reception bands are
searched.
b The station name is displayed on the display
after searching stops.
6
To continue searching, repeat steps 2 to 4.
b If no station broadcasting the designated program type is found
when all the frequencies have been searched, "NO PROGRAMME"
is displayed.
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