Marantz ST-15S1 User Manual page 12

OPERATION
7 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:
• Program Type (PTY)
• PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
• The program types and their displays are as follows:
News
NEWS
Current
AFFAIRS
Affairs
INFO Information
SPORT Sports
EDUCATE Education
DRAMA Drama
CULTURE Culture
SCIENCE Science
VARIED Varied
POP M Pop Music
ROCK M Rock Music
Easy
EASY M
Listening
Music
Light
LIGHT M
Classical
Serious
CLASSICS
Classical
• 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.
• Radio Text (RT)
• RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that
appear on the display.
Note
• The following RDS functions are not applicable where
there is no RDS signal, and pressing the DISPLAY button
q will not alter display.
Other Music
OTHER M
WEATHER Weather
FINANCE Finance
Children's
CHILDREN
Programs
SOCIAL Social Affairs
RELIGION
Religion
PHONE IN Phone In
TRAVEL Travel
LEISURE Leisure
JAZZ Jazz Music
COUNTRY Country Music
NATION M National Music
OLDIES Oldies Music
FOLK M Folk Music
DOCUMENT
Documentary
7 RDS search
Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that
provide RDS service.
1.
Press the MENU button !4 to select menu.
2.
Turn the GYRO TUNING dial !1 to display "RDS".
3. Press the ENTER button !3 to set the RDS search
selection mode.
4. Turn the GYRO TUNING dial !1 to display "RDS
Search".
5. Press the ENTER !3 button to set the RDS search
standby mode.
6.
Turn the GYRO TUNING dial !1 . The RDS search
automatically begins and the RDS LED flashes.
• If no RDS station is found with above operation, all the
reception band are searched.
• When the broadcast station is found, that station's
name appears on the display.
7.
• If no other RDS station is found when all the
frequencies are searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.
DAB/FM/AM TUNER ST-15S1 DAB/FM/AM TUNER ST-15S1
DISPLAY DISPLAY
TUNED TUNED
STEREO STEREO
RDS RDS
BAND BAND
SELECT SELECT SECONDARY SECONDARY
DOWN DOWN
AUTO AUTO
TUNE TUNE
q
MENU MENU
ENTER ENTER
TUNING/PRESET TUNING/PRESET UP UP
POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF
MEMO MEMO
!1 !3 !4
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