Philips FW-C83/25 User Manual page 18

TUNER
Receiving RDS Radio Station
Ç
RDS (Radio Data System) is a broadcasting
service that allows FM stations to send
additional information along with the
regular FM radio signal. This additional
information can contain:
• STATION NAME: The radio station
name is displayed.
• PROGRAM TYPE: The following
program types exist and can be received
by your tuner: News, Affairs, Info, Sport,
Educate, Drama, Culture, Science,
Varied, Pop M, Rock M, M.O.R. (middle
of the road music), Light M, Classics,
Other M, No type.
• RADIO TEXT (RT): text messages
appear in the display.
When you have tuned to a RDS station, the
RDS logo (Ç) and the radio station name
will appear on the display:
• The display normally shows the radio
station name if available.
By repeatedly pressing RDS button you
can change the type of display
information:
™ The display shows in turn:
STATION NAME ™ PROGRAM
TYPE ™ RADIO TEXT ™
TUNED FREQUENCY ™
STATION NAME ...
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Note:
– When you press the RDS button and the
display shows " NO RDS ", it indicates
that either the tuned station is not
transmitting RDS signal or it is a non
RDS station.
RDS Clock
Some RDS station may be transmitting a
real clock time at an interval of every
minute.
Setting the time with RDS clock
1 Press CLOCK/TIMER.
™ "--:--" or current time appears on
the display.
2 Press CLOCK/TIMER once more to
enter clock setting mode.
™ "00:00" or current time starts
flashing.
3 Press RDS.
™ The message "SEARCH RDS
TIME" will be displayed.
™ If the station does not transmit RDS
clock, "NO RDS TIME" will be
displayed.
™ When the RDS clock is read, "RDS
TIME" will be displayed. The
current clock time is displayed for 2
seconds and will be stored
automatically.
™ If within 90 seconds, the RDS time is
not detected, "NO RDS TIME" will
be displayed.
Note:
– Some RDS station may be transmitting a
real time clock at a minute interval. The
accuracy of the transmitted time
depends on the transmitting RDS
station.
NEWS/TA (Traffic
Announcement)
(only available in Radio Station with
RDS)
You can activate NEWS or TA function in
Standby, Demonstration or any source
mode except Tuner mode. Once the News
Program Type (for NEWS function) or Traffic
Announcement data (for TA function) is
detected in any of the selected RDS
stations, it will switch to TUNER mode
automatically.
NEWS/TA key toggles in the following
sequence :
NEWS ™ TA ™ OFF ™ NEWS
To start NEWS or TA function
1 Press NEWS/TA to select NEWS
function.
™ The and "NEWS" will be
NEWS
displayed.
• If you want to select TA function, press
NEWS/TA again.
™ The and "TA" will be displayed.
TA
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2 When NEWS or TA is selected;
• It will scan stations stored in the first 5
preset and wait for the News Program
Type / Traffic Announcement data to be
available in any of these RDS stations.
During the search :
™ The current source activity will
remain uninterrupted.
™ If no RDS station is found in the first
5 presets, the NEWS/TA function will
be switched off. The display will
show "NO RDS NEWS" or "NO
RDS TA" and
or will
NEWS TA
disappear from the display.
• When NEWS/TA transmission is
detected, the system will switch to
Tuner mode.
™ The or starts flashing.
NEWS TA
To cancel NEWS or TA function
• Press NEWS/TA until the or
NEWS TA
disappears and "TA OFF" is displayed.
Notes:
– If you are listening to a non RDS TUNER
radio station and should you decide to
hear NEWS or TA, first select other
source (e.g. CD, TAPE or AUX), then
press NEWS/TA.
– Before using the NEWS or TA feature,
ensure that the first 5 presets are RDS
stations.
– The NEWS/TA works only once for each
activation.
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