Denon AVR-1602 Operating Instructions Manual page 21

RDS (Radio Data System)
RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which allows station to send additional information
along with the regular radio program signal.
The following three types of RDS information can be received on this unit:
2 Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
NEWS ROCK M
News
AFFAIRS EASY M
Current Affairs
INFO LIGHT M
Information
SPORT CLASSICS
Sports
EDUCATE OTHER M
Education
DRAMA WEATHER
Drama
CULTURE FINANCE
Culture
SCIENCE CHILDREN
Science
VARIED SOCIAL
Varied
POP M RELIGION
Pop Music
2 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 you leaving home.
2 Radio Text (RT)
RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that appear on the display.
NOTE: The operations described below using the RDS, PTY and RT buttons will not function in areas in which
there are no RDS broadcasts.
RDS search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide RDS service.
1 Set the input function to "TUNER".
(Main unit)
2 Press the RDS button until "RDS
SEARCH" appears on the display.
(Main unit)
3
Press the PRESET UP or DOWN
button to automatically begin the
RDS search operation.
(Main unit)
If no RDS stations is found with above operation,
all the reception band are searched.
PHONE IN
Rock Music Phone In
Easy Listening
TRAVEL
Travel
Music
LEISURE
Light Classical Leisure
Serious
JAZZ
Jazz Music
Classical
COUNTRY
Other Music Country Music
NATION M
Weather National Music
OLDIES
Finance Oldies Music
Children's
FOLK M
Folk Music
programmes
DOCUMENT
Social Affairs Documentary
Religion
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When a broadcast station is found, that station's
name appears on the display.
5 To continue searching, repeat step 3.
If no other RDS station is found when all the
frequencies are 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
Set the input function to "TUNER".
(Main unit)
2 Press the RDS button until "PTY
SEARCH" appears on the display.
(Main unit)
3 Watching the display, press the PTY
button to call out the desired program
type.
(Main unit)
4 Press the PRESET UP or DOWN
button to automatically begin the
PTY search operation.
(Main unit)
If there is no station broadcasting the designated
program type with above operation, all the reception
bands are searched.
5 The station name is displayed on the display after
searching stops.
6 To continue searching, repeat step 4.
If no other station broadcasting the designated
program type is found when all the frequencies
are searched, "NO PROGRAMME" is displayed.
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