Searching For Rds Programs; Displaying Rds Information - Pioneer VSX-819H-K Operating Instructions Manual

08 Using the tuner
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT
ZONE 2
RECEIVER ON/OFF TV CONTROL
INPUT
BD TV DVR
CD CD-R TUNER TUNER
VIDEO MULTI CH AUX
iPod USB DIMMER SIGNAL SEL
BD MENU

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.
Press TUNER then press BAND to select
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the FM band.
Press PTY SEARCH.
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SEARCH shows in the display.
Press PRESET / to select the program
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type you want to hear.
Press ENTER to search for the program
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type.
The system starts searching through the
station presets for a match. When it finds one,
the search stops and the station plays for five
seconds.
5 If you want to keep listening to the
station, press ENTER within the 5 seconds.
If you don't press ENTER, searching resumes.
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner
couldn't find that program type at the time of
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the search.
Note
1 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
2 RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been preset, or if the program type could not be found among the station
presets NO PTY is displayed. FINISH means the search is complete.
3 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If you see NO TEXT 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, NO NAME is displayed).
• In the PTY display, NO PTY may be shown.
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En
AUDIO TUNER EDIT
PARAMETER
TOOLS
MENU
TOP
MENU
SOURCE
ENTER ENTER
HOME
MENU
BAND
SETUP
iPod CTRL RETURN
PTY SEARCH PTY SEARCH
CH
DTV/TV
BASS TRE
VOL
HDD DVD VCR
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Displaying RDS information

MASTER
VOLUME
Use the DISPLAY button to display the
different types of RDS information available.
Press DISPLAY for RDS information.
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Each press changes the display as follows:
• Listening mode
MUTE
• Master volume
• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the
MEMORY
radio station. For example, a talk radio
DISPLAY DISPLAY
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.
• Current tuner frequency (FREQ)
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