Radio Data System (Rds) On Fm - VDO CD 2104 User Manual

Switching the display mode (RDS station)
•
press DISPLAY once or repeatedly to switch the
display between station name, frequency followed
by PTY and sound style and clock.
Switching the display mode (non RDS station)
Press DISPLAY once or repeatedly to switch the
•
display between frequency,sound style and
clock.

RADIO DATA SYSTEM (RDS) ON FM

Many FM stations broadcast RDS information. This
set uses the RDS information to offer you many
advantages including :
DISPLAY OF STATION NAME
The set displays the name of the station instead
of its frequency.
AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY(AF)
The set remains tuned to the current station by
continually searching for the best possible
alternative frequency for reception.
Note : You can switch off AF when not required,
see 'SETUP' (page15 ); option 'AF'.
ALARM MESSAGES (PTY ALARM)
This set automatically receives emergency
messages made by the broadcaster.
– During the messages the display shows
'ALARM' and the station-name alternately.
TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (TA and NEWS)
You can activate the TA and/or NEWS modes to
give priority so as to hear announcements related
to these subjects, (even if you play a CD/MP3* or
mute the set).
Activate/deactivate TA
• Press
button to activate/deactivate TA.
Activate/deactivate NEWS
• See 'SETUP' , select option 'NEWS' and set the
value to 'ON'.
If you activate TA/NEWS mode :
• You will hear the Traffic/NEWS Announcements
when broadcast.
• If the tuned station does not enable the reception
of Traffic Announcements, the display shows
'NO TA'. The radio automatically searches an
appropriate station.
News announcements may be interrupted by
Traf fic Announcements ( if the TA mode is
switched on).
* Depending on version
Interrupting T raffic Announcement/News mode
If you do not wish to continue listening to a
particular Traffic Announcement or News mode,
you can interrupt it without switching off the mode.
• Press to interrupt TA/NEWS :
– The set will return to the previous operating
mode.
RDS MEMO STORE
It is possible to store up 50 stations in
alphabetical order in a separate FM memory.
Note:
You can switch off RDS features if not required.
• See 'SETUP, option 'RDS'.
– All above RDS related features e.g. TA, NEWS
etc... will be deactivated when option 'RDS' is
set to 'OFF'.
Loading RDS A-Z memory
• Press A-Z button for more than 2 seconds to
activate RDS MEMO.
–
The set mutes during searching . When the
search is completed, the set beeps again and
you will hear the first alphabetically stored
station in FM A-Z band.
Scrolling through the A-Z memory
• Press to select FM A-Z band.
• Press or to select the desired station
according to alphabetical order in FM A-Z
band.
– if you hear a beep and cannot select station
according to alphabetical order,see 'Loading
RDS memory' to load RDS memory in the
A-Z memory first.
Note:
You will hear an error beep if you press preset
key in A-Z band.
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