Ford Edge Owner's Manual page 441

MyFord Touch™ (If Equipped)
HD Radio Reception/Station Troubleshooting
Potential reception issues
Reception area
Station blending
In order to provide the best possible experience, a contact form has been
developed to report any station issues found while listening to a station
broadcasting with HD Radio technology. Every station is independently
owned and operated. These stations are responsible for ensuring all audio
streams and data fields are accurate.
See the following chart for potential station issues.
Issue
Echo, stutter, skip or
repeat in audio.
Increase or decrease
in audio volume.
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If you are listening to a multicast station and
you are on the fringe of the reception area,
the station may mute due to weak signal
strength.
If you are listening to HD1, the system
switches back to the analog broadcast until
the digital broadcast is available again.
However, if you are listening to any of the
possible HD2–HD7 multicast channels, the
station mutes and stay muted unless it is able
to connect to the digital signal again.
When a station is first received (aside from
HD2–HD7 multicast stations), the system first
plays the station in the analog version and
then, if receiver verifies the station is an HD
Radio station, it shifts to the digital version.
Depending on the station quality, you may
hear a slight sound change when the station
changes from analog to digital. This shift from
analog to digital sound or digital back to
analog, is known as "blending".
Potential station issues
Cause
Poor time-alignment
by the radio
broadcaster.
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Action
None - broadcast
issue.