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RDS is a system that transmits useful information (in the form of digital data) for FM broadcasts along with the broadcast signal.
Tuners and receivers designed for RDS reception can extract the information from the broadcast signal for use with various
functions, such as automatic display of the station name.
RDS functions:
PTY (Program Type Identification) Search:
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Radio text function: See figure 3 below.
Automatically tunes to a station that is currently broadcasting the
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Displays the radio text: data transmitted by some RDS stations
specified program type (genre).
when you press the DISPLAY key. There Is no display if no text
data was transmitted.
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Radio text can also be displayed on the on screen display using the
TP (Traffic Program) search
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OSD functions.
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Automatically tunes to a station broadcasting traffic information.
PS (Program Service Name) Display: See figure |: below.
Automatically
displays the station
name
transmitted
by the RDS
The "RDS" indicator lights up when an RDS broadcast (signal} is received
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RDS Auto Memory function
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Automatically selects and stores up to 40 RDS stations in the preset
memory.
Some functions and function names may differ for certain
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countries and areas.
Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to perform the RDS Auto Memory operation by referring to the description
| in "Presetting RDS stations (RDS AUTO MEMORY)".
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Using the DISPLAY key
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Pressing the DISPLAY key changes the contents of the display.
Each press switches the display mode as follows:
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