Presetting Stations; About Rds Broadcasting - Samsung HT-KX20 Instruction Manual

Listening to Radio

Presetting Stations

Example : Presetting FM 89.10 in the memory
1
Press the TUNER button to select the FM band.
2
Press the .,, button to select <89.10>.
3
Press the TUNER MEMORY button.
 <PRGM> fl ashes in the display.
4
Press the #,$ button to select preset number.
 You can select between 1 and 15 presets.
5
Press the TUNER MEMORY button again.
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Press the TUNER MEMORY button before <PRGM> disappears from the display.
 <PRGM> disappears from the display and the station is stored in memory.
6
To preset another station, repeat steps 2 to 5.
d To tune in to a preset station, press the #,$ button on the remote control
to select a channel.
• This unit does not receive AM broadcasts.
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About RDS broadcasting

Using the RDS (Radio Data System) to receive FM stations
RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals. For example, the stations send
their station names, as well as information about what type of program they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.
When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS service, the RDS
indicator lights up on the display.
Description on RDS function
• PTY (Program Type) : Displays the type of programme currently being broadcast
• PS NAME (Program Service Name) : Indicates the name of broadcasting station and
• RT (Radio Text) : Decodes the text broadcast by a station (if any) and is composed
• CT (Clock Time) : Decodes the real time clock from the FM frequency.Some stations
• TA (Traffi c Announcement) : When this symbol fl ashes it shows that the traffi c
• RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting RDS
signal properly or if the signal strength is weak.
TO show the RDS signals
You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display.
Press the RDS DISPLAY while listening to an FM station.
 Each time you press the button, the display change to show you the following
information :
PS NAME RT
• PS (Program Service) : While searching, <PS> appears and then the station names
• RT(RadioText) : while searching, <RT> appears and then text messages the station
sends will be displayed. <NO RT> appears if no signal is sent.
• Frequency : station frequency (non-RDS service)
About characters shown in the display
When the display shows PS,or RT signals,the following characters are used.
• The display window cannot differentiate upper case and lower case letters and always
uses upper case letters.
• The display window cannot show accented letters, <A,> for instance, may stands for
accented <A's> like <À, Â, Ä, Á, Å and Ã.>
• If searching fi nishes at once, <PS>, and <RT> will not appear on the display.
is composed of 8 characters.
of maximum 64 characters.
may not transmit PTY, RT or CT information therefore this may not be
displayed in all cases.
announcement is in progress.
CT Frequency
will be displayed. <NO PS> appears if no signal is sent.
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