Rds (Radio Data System); Rds Search; Pty Search; Tp Search - Denon S-81 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to radio broadcasts

RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows station to send additional information along with the regular
radio program signal.
¢ Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
News
NEWS WEATHER
Current Affairs
AFFAIRS FINANCE
Information
INFO
CHILDREN
Sports
SPORT
Education
EDUCATE SOCIAL
Drama RELIGION
DRAMA
Culture
CULTURE PHONE IN
Science
SCIENCE TRAVEL
Varied
VARIED LEISURE
Pop Music
POP M JAZZ
Rock Music COUNTRY
ROCK M
Easy Listening
EASY M NATION M
Light Classical
LIGHT M OLDIES
Serious Classical
CLASSICS FOLK M
Other Music DOCUMENT
OTHER M
¢ Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
¢ Radio Text (RT)
RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that appear on
the display.
NOTE:
• The operations described below pressing [RDS] will not function
in areas in which there are no RDS broadcasts.

RDS search

1
BAND
Use to select "FM AUTO".
2 [ RDS ]
Press .
3
SEARCH
Press .
Weather
• Automatically begin the RDS search operation.
Finance
If no RDS station is found, "NO PROGRAM" is displayed.
Children's
Programs

PTY search

Social Affairs
Religion
1
BAND
Use to select "FM AUTO".
Phone In
Travel
2 [ RDS ]
Press twice.
Leisure
Jazz Music
3
[ PTY ]
Use to select the type of program.
Country Music
National Music
4 SEARCH
Press .
Oldies Music
• Automatically begin the PTY search operation.
Folk Music
If no program of the specified type is found, "NO PROGRAM" is
Documentary
displayed.

TP search

1
BAND
Use to select "FM AUTO".
2 [ RDS ]
Press three times.
3
SEARCH
Press .
• Automatically begin the TP search operation.
"NO PROGRAM" is displayed when there is no traffic information
broadcast station.
Press
display.
• When the RT mode is turned on while an RDS radio station not
offering an RT service is tuned in, "NO TEXT" is displayed on the
display, then the mode automatically switches to the PS mode.
• In the same way, the mode automatically switches to the PS mode
when the RT service is finished. In this case, the mode automatically
switches from the PS mode back to the RT mode when an RT
broadcast is resumed.
• The RT mode cannot be set in the AM band or for FM stations not
offering RDS broadcasts.
• To turn the RT mode off, use [TIME/DISPLAY] and switch to the
desired display mode.
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Listening to radio broadcasts

RT (Radio Text)

[ TIME/DISPLAY ]
until "Radio Text" scrolls on the
When the station currently tuned in is offering a radio text
message service, the message scrolls on the display.
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