Rds; Introduction Of Rds Operation; Switching The Rds Display - Pioneer DEH-P6800MP 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, and is intended to aid radio listeners in
finding and tuning in to a desired station.
1 TXT indicator
Shows when the radio text is received.
2 News indicator
Shows when the set news program is re-
ceived.
3 TP indicator
Shows when a TP station is tuned in.
4 Program service name
Shows the name of broadcast program.
% Press FUNCTION to display the function
names.
Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be-
tween the following functions:
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)
# To return to the frequency display, press
BAND.
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# 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. Switch the display
to find out the frequency.
% Press DISPLAY.
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:
Program service namePTY information and
frequency
PTY (program type ID code) information is
listed on page 21.
# PTY information and the frequency of the cur-
rent station appears on the display for eight sec-
onds.
# If a PTY code of zero is received from a station,
display is blank. This indicates that the station
has not defined its program contents.
# If the signal is too weak for this unit to pick up
the PTY code, the PTY information display is
blank.