Rds (Radio Data System); Rds Search; Pty Search - Denon AVR-1707 Operating Instructions Manual

Basic Operation

RDS (Radio Data System)

RDS (works only on the FM band) is a broadcasting service which
allows a station to send additional information along with the regular
radio program signal.
The following three types of RDS information can be received with
this unit:
¢ Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
News
NEWS WEATHER
Current Affairs
AFFAIRS FINANCE
Information
INFO
CHILDREN
Sports
SPORT
SOCIAL
Education
EDUCATE
RELIGION
Drama
DRAMA
PHONE IN
Culture
CULTURE
TRAVEL
Science
SCIENCE
LEISURE
Varied
VARIED
JAZZ
Pop Music
POP M
COUNTRY
Rock Music
ROCK M
NATION M
Easy Listening
EASY M
OLDIES
Music
Light Classical
LIGHT M FOLK M
Serious Classical DOCUMENT
CLASSICS
Other Music
OTHER M
¢ Traffic Program (TP)
TP identifies programs that carry traffic announcements.
This allows you to easily find out the latest traffic conditions in your
area before leaving home.
¢ Radio Text (RT)
RT allows RDS stations to send text messages that appear on the
display.
NOTE:
• The operations described below using < RDS > , < PTY > and < RT > will
not function in areas in which there are no RDS broadcasts.

RDS search

Use this function to automatically tune to FM stations that provide the
RDS service.
1 < INPUT SELECTOR >
Use
[TUNER]
.
2 < RDS >
Press until "RDS SEARCH" appears on the
display.
Weather
3
CHANNEL
Press
Finance • The search for RDS stations begins automatically.
Children's
If no RDS stations are found with the above operation, all the
programmes
reception bands are searched.
Social Affairs
When a broadcast station is found, that station's name appears
on the display.
Religion
Phone In
4
To continue searching, repeat step 3.
Travel
If no RDS station is found when all the frequencies have been
Leisure
searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.
Jazz Music
Country Music
National Music
Oldies Music
Folk Music
Documentary
to select "TUNER" or press
.
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PTY search

Use this function to find RDS stations broadcasting a designated
program type (PTY).
For a description of each program type, refer to "Program Type (PTY)".
< INPUT SELECTOR >
1
Use to select "TUNER" or press
[TUNER]
.
< RDS >
2
Press until "PTY SEARCH" appears on the
display.
< PTY >
3
Watching the display, press to call out the desired
program type.
4 CHANNEL
Press .
• PTY search begins automatically.
If there is no station broadcasting the designated program type
with the above operation, all the reception bands are searched.
The station name is displayed on the display after searching
stops.
5
To continue searching, repeat step 4.
If no station broadcasting the designated program type is found
when all the frequencies have been searched, "NO PROGRAMME"
is displayed.
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Basic Operation