Radio Operation With Rds; Af - Alternative Frequency; Reg - Regional Programme; Selecting A Waveband (Only Milano Rcr 127, San Marino Rcr 127) - Blaupunkt LUGANO RCR 87 Operating Instructions Manual

Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)
The Radio Data System offers you more
convenience when you listen to FM radio
stations.
More and more radio stations have begun
to broadcast RDS information along with
their programmes.
As soon as a programme has been identi-
fied, the station name including a regional
identifier, if applicable, will appear in the dis-
play, for example, NDR1 NDS (regional pro-
gramme in Lower Saxony, Germany).
If RDS is activated, the preset buttons be-
come programme buttons. You now know
exactly which programme you have tuned
into, making it easy to find the desired sta-
tion quickly.
But RDS also offers you further advantag-
es:

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 if "AF" appears in
the display.
In order to switch this function on or off,
• press the AF/TA button for approxi-
mately 1 sec.
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While searching for the strongest reception
signal, the radio may switch to mute briefly.
If "SEARCH" appears in the display when
you switch the radio on or when you recall
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 sound quality of the selected pro-
gramme deteriorates appreciably:
• 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 pro-
grammes with different contents in the north-
ern states of Germany Schleswig-Holstein,
Hamburg and Lower Saxony at certain times
of the day.
If you have tuned to a regional programme,
you can select between REG ON and REG
OFF:
REG ON – the radio keeps tuned to the cur-
rent regional programme, even if the recep-
tion quality is getting poorer.
REG OFF – the radio automatically tunes
to the regional programme offering the best
reception quality (but maybe with local in-
formation for another service area).
If the REG function is active, "REG ON" will
be briefly displayed each time you turn the
radio on.
Selecting a waveband
(only Milano RCR 127,
San Marino RCR 127)
You can select between the following wave-
bands:
FM 87.5 - 108 MHz
MW (AM) 531 - 1602 kHz
LW (L) 153 - 279 kHz
• Press the TS/BND button until the de-
sired waveband shows on the display
panel.
Note:
In the DSC menu you can deactivate the
station selection on either MW or LW or for
both wavebands at the same time.
This has the advantage that only the re-
quired bands can be activated, so that you
must press the TS/BND button less often.
For more information, please refer to "DSC
programming - AM ON or AM OFF.