More Tuner Features: Rds; An Introduction To Rds; Displaying Rds Information; Searching For Rds Programs - Pioneer DCS-363 Operating Instructions Manual

More tuner features: RDS

Chapter 6
More tuner features: RDS

An introduction to RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by
most FM radio stations to provide listeners with
various kinds of information — the name of the
station and the kind of show they're
broadcasting, for example.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by
type of program. For example, you can search
for a station that's broadcasting a show with
the program type, JAZZ.
You can search the following program types:
NEWS – News
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs
INFO – General Information
SPORT – Sport
EDUCATE – Educational
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.
CULTURE – National or
regional culture, theater,
etc.
SCIENCE – Science and
technology
VARIED – Usually talk-
based material, such as
quiz shows or interviews.
POP M – Pop music
ROCK M – Rock music
EASY M – Easy listening
LIGHT M – 'Light' classical
music
CLASSICS – 'Serious'
classical music
OTHER M – Music not
fitting above categories
WEATHER – Weather
reports
Note
1 In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM, and NONE. ALARM and TEST are used for emergency
announcements. You can't search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NONE appears
when a program type cannot be found.
2 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If you see NO RADIO TEXT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will
automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).
• In the PTY display, NO DATA or NONE may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.
3 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
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FINANCE – Stock market
reports, commerce,
trading, etc.
CHILDREN – Programs for
children
SOCIAL – Social affairs
RELIGION – Programs
concerning religion
PHONE IN – Public
expressing their views by
phone
TRAVEL – Holiday-type
travel rather than traffic
announcements
LEISURE – Leisure interests
and hobbies
JAZZ – Jazz
COUNTRY – Country music
NATION M – Popular
music in a language other
than English
OLDIES – Popular music
from the '50s and '60s
FOLK M – Folk music
DOCUMENT – Documentary

Displaying RDS information

Use the DISPLAY button to display the
different types of RDS information available.
• Press DISPLAY for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the
radio station. For example, a talk radio
station may provide a phone number as RT.
• Program Service Name (PS) – The name of
the radio station.
• Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the
kind of program currently being broadcast.
• SEARCH – PTY search (see below)
• Current tuner frequency

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.
1 Press the TUNER button for the FM
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band.
2 Press DISPLAY repeatedly until SEARCH
appears in the display.
Use / to select the program type you
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want to hear.
4 Press ENTER to start the search.
The system searches the station presets for a
match. If it finds one, searching stops for five sec.
5 If you want to keep listening to the
station, press ENTER within the five seconds.
If you don't press ENTER, searching resumes.
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