Radio Operation With Rds; Af - Alternative Frequency; Reg - Regional Program; Select A Waveband - Blaupunkt HELSINKI RTM 127 Operating Instructions Manual

Radio operation with RDS (Radio Data System)
The Radio Data System offers you added
convenience when listening to FM radio sta-
tions.
More and more radio stations have begun
to broadcast RDS information along with
their regular programs.
As soon as a program has been identified,
the station name including a regional identi-
fier, if applicable, will appear in the display,
for example, NDR1 NDS (regional program
in Lower Saxony, Germany).
When RDS is activated, the station preset
buttons become program buttons. You now
know exactly which program you have tuned
into, making it easy to find the desired sta-
tion quickly.
RDS also offers other advantages:

AF - Alternative Frequency

The AF (Alternative Frequency) function
makes sure that the radio always automati-
cally tunes into the strongest frequency of
the program currently selected.
If this function has been activated "AF" will
appear in the display.
In order to switch this function on or off,
• press AF/# briefly.
While searching for the strongest reception
signal, the radio may switch to mute briefly.
If "SEARCH" appears in the display when
the radio is switched or one of the stored
frequencies recalled, the unit is automati-
cally searching for an alternative frequen-
cy.
"SEARCH" will disappear from the display
when the alternative frequency has been
found or after the frequency band has run
through completely.
If the reception quality of the selected pro-
gram becomes poor:
• Tune into a different station.

REG - regional program

Certain radio programs are split up at times
into regional programs offering local infor-
mation. The 1st program broadcast by NDR,
for example, offers programs with different
contents in the northern states of Germany
including Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and
Lower Saxony at certain times of the day.
If you are listening to one regional program
and wish to continue doing so, switch RE-
GIONAL ON by
• pressing AF/# for approx. 1 second un-
til "REGIONAL ON" appears in the first
line.
When the regional function has been
switched on "REG" will appear in the dis-
play.
If you leave the service area of the regional
program you are currently tuned into, or if
you would like to take full advantage of RDS
service, switch to "REGIONAL OFF".
• Press AF/# for approx. 1 second until
"REGIONAL OFF" appears.

Select a waveband

You can select between the following wave-
bands:
FM 87.5 - 108 MHz
MW 531 - 1602 kHz
LW 153 - 279 kHz
• Press BND until the desired waveband
appears in the display.

Station tuning

Search

/
• Press / ; the car radio will automati-
cally search for the next station.
If you hold down / (also applies to re-
mote control operation), search will accel-
erate in the upwards or downwards direc-
tion.
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