Denon AVR-1311 Owner's Manual page 27

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.
NOTE
The operations described as follows using
SEARCH
will not function in areas in which
there are no RDS broadcasts.
n RDS search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide
the RDS service.
1 Press to switch the input
TUNER
source to "TUNER".
Press to select "RDS
2 SEARCH
SEARCH".
3 Press CHANNEL + or CHANNEL
.
–
The search for RDS stations begins
automatically.
• If no RDS stations are found with the above operation, all the
reception bands are searched.
• When a broadcast station is found, that station's name appears on
the display.
• If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been
searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.
CHANNEL + CHANNEL –
If you press or within 5 seconds after the
broadcast station name is shown on the display, you can search for a
different station.
PTY (Program Type)
PTY identifi es 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
EDUCATE Education SOCIAL
DRAMA Drama RELIGION
CULTURE Culture PHONE IN
SCIENCE Science TRAVEL
VARIED Varied LEISURE
POP M Pop Music JAZZ
ROCK M Rock Music COUNTRY
EASY M Easy Listening NATION M
Music
OLDIES
LIGHT M Light Classical FOLK M
CLASSICS Serious Classical DOCUMENT
OTHER M Other Music
n PTY search
Use this function to fi nd RDS stations broadcasting a designated
program type (PTY).
Press to switch the input
1 TUNER
Weather
source to "TUNER".
Finance
Children's
2 Press SEARCH
program
SEARCH".
Social Affairs
3 Watching the display, press
Religion
to call out the desired program
Phone In
type.
Travel
Leisure
4 Press
CHANNEL +
Jazz Music
– .
Country Music
PTY search begins automatically.
National Music
Oldies Music • If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type
with the above operation, all the reception bands are searched.
Folk Music
• The station name is displayed on the display after searching stops.
Documentary
• If no station broadcasting the designated program type is found
when all the frequencies have been searched, "NO PROGRAMME"
is displayed.
CHANNEL +
If you press
broadcast station name is shown on the display, you can search for a
different station.
ENGLISH
Tuning in radio stations
to select "PTY
ui
or
CHANNEL
CHANNEL –
or within 5 seconds after the
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