About The Feature Logos; Rbds (Cde-147Bt Only); Pty (Program Type) Tuning; Displaying Radio Text - Alpine CDE-147BT Manual

About the Feature Logos

• Digital, CD-quality sound. HD Radio Technology enables local radio
stations to broadcast a clean digital signal. AM sounds like today's
FM and FM sounds like a CD.
• Program Service Data: Contributes to the superior user experience of
HD Radio Technology. Presents song name, artist, station IDs, HD2/
HD3 Channel Guide, and other relevant data streams.
• Adjacent to traditional main stations are extra local FM channels.
These HD2/HD3 Channels provide new, original music as well as
deep cuts into traditional genre.
®
• iTunes Tagging provides you the opportunity to discover a wide
range of content and the means to "tag" that content for later review
and purchase from the iTunes
®
Store.

RBDS (CDE-147BT only)

Rotary encoder

/ENTER/OPTION
VIEW
The RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data System) is a radio information
system.

PTY (Program Type) Tuning

1
Press and hold ENTEROPTION for at least 2 seconds
while the unit is in Radio (FM receiving) mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select PTY SELECT, and then
press ENTER.
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to choose the desired program
type while the PTY (program type) is being displayed.
4
Press ENTER after selecting the program type to start
searching for a station in the selected program type.
The chosen program type display blinks during searching and
lights when a station is found.
If no PTY station is found, "NO PTY" will be displayed for 5
seconds.

Displaying Radio Text

Text messages from a radio station can be displayed.
Press k VIEW while receiving FM in the radio mode to
select the Radio Text display.
The display will change every time the button is pressed.
For details, refer to "Displaying the Text" on page 23.
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