Denon RCD-M39 Owner's Manual page 19

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 four types of RDS information can be received with this
unit:
n RDS Search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide
the RDS service.
1
Press TUNER to select "FM".
2
Press DAB/RDS .
3
Use ui to select "RDS
ENTER
SEARCH", then press or
p .
4
Press o p .
Automatically begin the RDS search
operation.
• If no RDS station is found, "NO STATION"
is displayed.
Viewing information during reception
INFO
Press while receiving a RDS to display the information currently
being broadcast.
* *
1 2
Freq. PS
RT CT
*1 Frequency
*2 Program service name
• If a station name is entered, it is displayed.
DISC
PTY (Program Type)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
NEWS News
AFFAIRS Current Affairs
INFO Information
SPORT Sports
Education
EDUCATE
Drama
DRAMA
Culture
CULTURE
SCIENCE Science
VARIED Varied
POP M Pop Music
ROCK M Rock Music
Easy Listening
EASY M
Music
LIGHT M Light Classical
CLASSICS Serious Classical
OTHER M Other Music
PTY
n 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)".
WEATHER Weather
1
FINANCE Finance
Children's
CHILDREN
programmes
2
SOCIAL Social Affairs
RELIGION Religion
3
PHONE IN Phone In
TRAVEL Travel
LEISURE Leisure
JAZZ Jazz Music
4
Country Music
COUNTRY
National Music
NATION M
Oldies Music
OLDIES
5
FOLK M Folk Music
DOCUMENT Documentary
• If no program of the specified type is found,
"NO STATION" is displayed.
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Listening to FM broadcasts
Press TUNER to select "FM".
Press DAB/RDS .
ui
Use to select "PTY
SEARCH", then press ENTER or
p
.
ui
Use to call out the desired
program type.
o p
Press .
Automatically begin the PTY search
operation.