Displaying Rds Information - Sony STR-DB780 Operating Instructions Manual

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Using the Radio Data System (RDS)
(continued)

Displaying RDS information

While receiving an RDS station, press
DISPLAY.
Each time you press the button, RDS
information on the display changes cyclically
as follows:
PS (Program Service name)
t PTY (Program TYpe) indication
RT (Radio Text) indication
Time) indication (in 24-hour system) t Sound
field currectly applied t Volume level
a) This information also appears for non-RDS FM
stations.
b) Type of program being broadcast (see page 29).
c) Text messages sent by the RDS station.
Notes
• If there is an emergency announcement by
government authorities, "ALARM" flashes in the
display.
• If a station does not provide a particular RDS
service, "NO XX" (such as "NO CT") appears in
the display.
• When a station broadcasts radio text data, it is
displayed at the same rate at which it is sent from
the station. Any change in this rate is reflected in
the display rate of the data.
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a)
t Frequency
a)
b)
t
c)
t CT (Current
Scanning preset stations by
program type
You can tune in preset stations according to a
program type that you specify. The receiver
scans for stations in its preset memory
currently broadcasting the specified program
type.
1
Press RDS PTY.
2
Press TUNING/PTY SELECT + or
TUNING/PTY SELECT – to select the
program type.
See the table on the next page for the
information on each program type.
3
Press RDS PTY.
While the receiver is scanning stations,
"PTY" and "SEARCH" appears by turns in
the display window.
When the receiver finds a station, the
receiver stops scanning. When the receiver
could not find any preset stations currently
broadcasting the specified program type,
"NO PTY" appears in the display.

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