Memorizing Stations; Listening To Station Presets; Using Rds; Displaying Rds Information - Pioneer RCS-404H Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to the radio
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Memorizing stations

You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always
have easy access to your favorite stations without having
to tune in manually each time.
1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.
For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo reception as
necessary. This setting is saved along with the preset.
2 Press SETUP .
3 Use the
press ENTER .
4 Use the
you want then press ENTER .

Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the tuner function is selected.
2 Use the ST +/– buttons to select a station preset.

Using RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM
radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of
information—the name of the station and the kind of
show they're broadcasting, for example.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of
program. For example, you can search for a station that's
broadcasting a show with the program type, JAZZ.
You can search the following program types:
NEWS – News
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs
INFO – General Information
SPORT – Sport
EDUCATE – Educational
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.
CULTURE – National or regional
culture, theater, etc.
SCIENCE – Science and
technology
VARIED – Usually talk-based
material, such as quiz shows or
interviews.
POP M – Pop music
ROCK M – Rock music
EASY M – Easy listening
LIGHT M – 'Light' classical music
CLASSICS – 'Serious' classical
music
OTHER M – Music not fitting
above categories
WEATHER – Weather reports
Note
1 In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM, and NO TYPE. ALARM and TEST are used for emergency announcements. You can't
search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NO TYPE appears when a program type cannot be found.
2 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If you see NO DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will automatically switch to the PS data
display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).
• In the PTY display, NO DATA or NO TYPE may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.
3 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
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buttons to choose ST.MEM. then
buttons to select the station preset
FINANCE – Stock market reports,
commerce, trading, etc.
CHILDREN – Programs for
children
SOCIAL – Social affairs
RELIGION – Programs
concerning religion
PHONE IN – Public expressing
their views by phone
TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel
rather than traffic
announcements
LEISURE – Leisure interests and
hobbies
JAZZ – Jazz
COUNTRY – Country music
NATION M – Popular music in a
language other than English
OLDIES – Popular music from the
'50s and '60s
FOLK M – Folk music
DOCUMENT – Documentary

Displaying RDS information

You can display the different types of RDS information
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available.
• Press RDS DISP for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the radio station.
For example, a talk radio station may provide a phone
number as RT.
• Program Service Name (PS) – The name of the radio
station.
• Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the kind of
program currently being broadcast.
• SEARCH – PTY search (see below)
• Current tuner frequency

Searching for RDS programs

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You can search for a program type listed above.
1 Press the FM/AM button for the FM band.
2 Press RDS DISP repeatedly until SEARCH appears in
the display.
3 Use the
you want to hear.
4 Press ENTER to start the search.
The system searches the station presets for a match. If it
finds one, searching stops for 5 sec.
5 If you want to keep listening to the station, press
ENTER within the 5 seconds.
If you don't press ENTER, searching resumes.
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SET UP /TUNE SR ONE TOUCH COPY
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/ST ENTER ENTER /ST MENU
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SLEEP CLEAR
JUKE BOX
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INPUT CHANNEL VOLUME DISPLAY
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TV CONTROL RDS DISP
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buttons to select the program type
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