Rds; Introduction Of Rds Operation; Switching The Rds Display - Pioneer DEH-P80MP Operation Manual

Section
05

RDS

Introduction of RDS operation

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RDS (radio data system) is a system for provid-
ing information along with FM broadcasts.
This inaudible information provides such fea-
tures as program service name, program type,
traffic announcement standby and automatic
tuning, intended to aid radio listeners in find-
ing and is tuning in to a desired station.
1 Radio text
Shows the headline of currently received
radio text.
! When no radio text is received, nothing
is displayed.
2 Program service name
Shows the name of broadcast program.
3 News (N) indicator
Shows when the set news program is re-
ceived.
4 Traffic (T) indicator
Shows when a TP station is tuned in.
1 Press Multi-Control to display the main
menu.
FUNCTION and AUDIO appear on the display.
2 Use Multi-Control to select FUNCTION.
Turn to change the menu option; press to se-
lect.
The function name appears on the display.
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3 Turn Multi-Control to select the func-
tion.
Turn Multi-Control clockwise to switch be-
tween the functions in the following order:
BSM (best stations memory)Regional (re-
gional)Local (local seek tuning)program
type selection (PTY)TA (traffic announce-
ment standby)AF (alternative frequencies
search)News (news program interruption)
# You can also switch between the functions in
the reverse order by turning Multi-Control coun-
terclockwise.
# To return to the frequency display, press
BAND.
# If MW/LW band is selected, you can only se-
lect BSM or Local.
Notes
! If you do not operate the function within about
30 seconds, the display is automatically re-
turned to the frequency display.
! RDS service may not be provided by all sta-
tions.
! RDS functions such as AF and TA are only ac-
tive when your radio is tuned to an RDS
station.

Switching the RDS display

When you tune in an RDS station its program
service name is displayed. If you want to know
the frequency you can.
% Press DISPLAY.
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:
Program service name and radio textfre-
quencyPTY information
PTY (program type ID code) information is
listed on page 23.