Denon AVR-1603 Operating Instructions Manual page 25

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.
The following three types of RDS information can be received on this unit:
2 Program Type (PTY)
PTY identifies the type of RDS program.
The program types and their displays are as follows:
News
Current Affairs
Information
Sports
Education
Drama
Culture
Science
Varied
Pop Music
2 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 you leaving home.
2 Radio Text (RT)
RT allows the RDS station to send text messages that appear on the display.
NOTE: The operations described below using the RDS, PTY and RT buttons 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 RDS service.
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1 Set the input source to "TUNER".
(Main unit) (Remote control unit)
2 Press the RDS button until "RDS
SEARCH" appears on the
display.
(Main unit)
Rock Music Phone In
Easy Listening
Travel
Music
Light Classical Leisure
Serious
Jazz Music
Classical
Other Music Country Music
Weather National Music
Finance Oldies Music
Children's
Folk Music
programmes
Social Affairs Documentary
Religion
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3 Press the PRESET UP or DOWN button to
automatically begin the RDS search operation.
(Main unit) (Remote control unit)
If no RDS stations is found with above operation,
all the reception band are searched.
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When a broadcast station is found, that station's
name appears on the display.
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)".
1 Set the input source to "TUNER".
(Main unit) (Remote control unit)
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Press the RDS button until "PTY
SEARCH" appears on the display.
(Main unit)
3 Watching the display, press the
PTY button to call out the desired
program type.
(Main unit)
4 Press the PRESET UP or DOWN button to
automatically begin the PTY search operation.
(Main unit) (Remote control unit)
If there is no station broadcasting the designated
program type with above operation, all the reception
bands are searched.
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The station name is displayed on the display after
searching stops.
6 To continue searching, repeat step 4.
If no other station broadcasting the designated
program type is found when all the frequencies
are searched, "NO PROGRAMME" is displayed.
5 To continue searching, repeat step 3.
If no other RDS station is found when all the
frequencies are searched, "NO RDS" is displayed.
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