Naming Preset Stations; An Introduction To Rds (For Europe); Searching For Rds Programs - Pioneer VSX-531D Operating Instructions Manual

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PRESET +/–
Press
to select the station preset you
want.

Naming preset stations

For easier identification, you can name all of your preset
stations.
1
Choose the station preset you want to name.
See
Listening to station presets above
2
EDIT
Press
twice.
The cursor at the first character position is blinking on
the display.
3
Input the name you want.
Choose a name up to eight characters long.
PRESET +/–
Use
to select character position.
TUNE +/–
Use
to select characters.
ENTER
The name is stored when
Tip
To erase a station name, follow steps 1 and 2, and press
ENTER
while the display is blank. Press
display is blank, to keep the previous name.
Once you have named a station preset, Press
show the name. When you want to return to the frequency
DISP
display, press
several times to show the frequency.

An introduction to RDS (For Europe)

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.
for how to do this.
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.
is pressed.
SCIENCE – Science and
technology
VARIED – Usually talk-based
material, such as quiz shows
EDIT
while the
or interviews.
POP M – Pop music
DISP
ROCK M – Rock music
to
EASY M – Easy listening
LIGHT M – 'Light' classical
music
CLASSICS – 'Serious'
classical music
OTHER M – Music not fitting
above categories
WEATHER – Weather reports
In addition, there are three other program types, ALARM,
ALARMTST, and NO TYPE. ALARM and ALARMTST
are used for emergency announcements. NO TYPE
appears when a program type cannot be found.
FINANCE – Stock market
reports, commerce, trading,
etc.
CHILDREN – Programs for
children
SOCIAL – Social affairs

Searching for RDS programs

RELIGION – Programs
You can search for a program type listed above.
concerning religion
1
PHONE IN – Public
expressing their views by
phone
2
TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel
rather than traffic
announcements
3
LEISURE – Leisure interests
and hobbies
JAZZ – Jazz
4
COUNTRY – Country music
NATION M – Popular music in
The system starts searching through the station presets for a
a language other than English
match, stopping when it was found one. Repeat to search for
OLDIES – Popular music from
other stations.
the '50s and '60s
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn't find that
FOLK M – Folk music
program type at the time of the search.
DOCUMENT – Documentary
RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been
preset, or if the program type could not be found among the
station presets NO PTY is displayed.
FINISH means the search is complete.
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Basic playback
Note
BD
BD
CBL
CBL
S.BOX
S.BOX
TRE
TRE
TUNER
TUNER
GAME
GAME
CD
CD
TV
TV
DISP
DISP
BT AUDIO
BT AUDIO
BT AUDIO
BT AUDIO
TUNE
TUNE+
TUNE+
PRESET
PRESET-
PRESET-
PRESET-
TUN
TUN
USB
USB
BT
BT
BASS
BASS
TUNE-
TUNE
TUNE-
PHASE
PHASE
S.RETRIEVER
S.RETRIEVER
AUX
AUX
TUN
BAND
Press
then press
to select the FM band.
RDS is only possible in the FM band.
Press PTY.
SEARCH shows in the display.
PRESET +/–
Press
to select the program type you
want to hear.
ENTER
Press
to search for the program type.
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4
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EDIT
EDIT
SLEEP
SLEEP
PRESET+
PRESET+
PRESET+
PRESET
STATUS
STATUS
BAND
BAND

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