Rds (Radio Data System); Rds Search; Pty Search - Denon DRA-500AE Operating Instructions Manual

Operation

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:
¢ Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
News
NEWS WEATHER
Current Affairs
AFFAIRS FINANCE
Information
INFO
CHILDREN
Sports
SPORT
SOCIAL
Education
EDUCATE
RELIGION
Drama
DRAMA
PHONE IN
Culture
CULTURE
TRAVEL
Science
SCIENCE
LEISURE
Varied
VARIED
JAZZ
Pop Music
POP M
COUNTRY
Rock Music
ROCK M
NATION M
Easy Listening
EASY M
OLDIES
Music
Light Classical
LIGHT M FOLK M
Serious Classical DOCUMENT
CLASSICS
Other Music
OTHER M
¢ 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.
¢ Radio Text (RT)
RT allows RDS stations to send text messages that appear on the
display.
NOTE:
• The operations described below using RDS, PTY and < RT > will not
function in areas in which there are no RDS broadcasts.
Weather
Finance
Children's

RDS search

programmes
Social Affairs
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide the
Religion
RDS service.
Phone In
1 < INPUT SELECTOR >
Use
Travel
[TUNER]
.
Leisure
2
Jazz Music RDS
Press until "RDS SEARCH" appears on the
display.
Country Music
National Music
3
PRESET
Press .
Oldies Music
• The search for RDS stations begins automatically.
Folk Music
If no RDS stations are found with the above operation, all the
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reception bands are searched.
When a broadcast station is found, that station's name appears
on the display.
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To continue searching, repeat step 3.
If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been
searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.

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
2
3
4
to select "TUNER" or press
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< INPUT SELECTOR >
Use to select "TUNER" or press
[TUNER]
.
RDS
Press until "PTY SEARCH" appears on the
display.
PTY
Watching the display, press to call out the desired
program type.
PRESET
Press .
• PTY search begins automatically.
If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type
with the above operation, all the reception bands are searched.
The station name is displayed on the display after searching
stops.
To continue searching, repeat step 4.
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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Operation