An Introduction To Rds; Searching For Rds Programs - Pioneer VSX-529-k Operating Instructions Manual

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An introduction to RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most 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.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of program.
For example, you can search for a station that's broadcasting
a show with the program type, JAZZ.
You can search the following program types:
NEWS – News FINANCE – Stock market
reports, commerce, trading,
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs
etc.
INFO – General Information
CHILDREN – Programs for
SPORT – Sport
children
EDUCATE – Educational
SOCIAL – Social affairs
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.
RELIGION – Programs
CULTURE – National or
concerning religion
regional culture, theater, etc.
PHONE IN – Public expressing
SCIENCE – Science and
their views by phone
technology
TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel
VARIED – Usually talk-based
rather than traffic
material, such as quiz shows
announcements
or interviews.
LEISURE – Leisure interests
POP M – Pop music
and hobbies
ROCK M – Rock music
JAZZ – Jazz
EASY M – Easy listening
COUNTRY – Country music
LIGHT M – 'Light' classical
NATION M – Popular music in
music
a language other than English
CLASSICS – 'Serious' classical
OLDIES – Popular music from
music
the '50s and '60s
OTHER M – Music not fitting
FOLK M – Folk music
above categories
DOCUMENT – Documentary
WEATHER – Weather reports
Note
• In addition, there are three other program types, ALARM,
ALARMTST, and NO TYPE. ALARM and ALARMTST are
used for emergency announcements. NO TYPE appears
when a program type cannot be found.
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Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.
1
TUNER
Press
• RDS is only possible in the FM band.
2
Press PTY.
TOOLS
MENU
SEARCH shows in the display.
3
PRESET +/–
Press
ENTER ENTER
to hear.
4
ENTER
Press
The system starts searching through the station presets for a
RETURN
BAND PTY
match, stopping when it was found one. Repeat to search for
Fav
other stations.
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn't find that
program type at the time of the search.
RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been
preset, or if the program type could not be found among the
CLR
station presets NO PTY is displayed.
FINISH means the search is complete.
Basic playback
BAND
then press to select the FM band.
to select the program type you want
to search for the program type.
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