C) Radio Operation - Renkforce RUCD-1804 Operating Instructions Manual

• TA SEEK/ALARM
TA SEEK: When the radio has lost the traffic information, it will seek a new station with Traffic
Announcement coding.
TA ALARM: When the radio cannot receive the TA code any more, there will be an alarm signal.
• MASK DPI/ALL
Device reaction during channel search:
MASK DPI: Alternative frequencies with different programme information (PI) are not considered.
MASK ALL: Alternative frequencies with different programme information (PI) and alternative frequencies with
a high signal strength but without RDS information are not considered.
• RETUNE S/L
Reaction of the device when the traffic announcement ID is lost:
RETUNE S: When the radio does not receive traffic announcements any more, the auto-scan starts
30 seconds later.
RETUNE L: When the radio does not receive traffic announcements any more, the auto-scan starts
90 seconds later.
• TAVOL
Use the rotary control (10) to set the minimum volume for traffic reports her.

c) Radio Operation

Receiving concept RDS
The abbreviation RDS stands for Radio Data System, i.e. inaudible, additional information codes are transmitted by
the FM RDS station.
With the Renkforce car radio, you have a device that is able to evaluate these coded data that are transmitted by
most of the radio stations.
The following important data is transmitted:
- Program identification (PI)
- Traffic program (TP)
- Traffic announcement (TA)
- Program service (PS)
- Alternative frequencies (AF)
- Program type (PTY)
- Clock time (CT)
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