An Introduction To Rds; Searching For Rds Programs; Displaying Rds Information - Pioneer VSX-821-k Operating Instructions Manual

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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 FINANCE – Stock market
AFFAIRS – Current Affairs reports, commerce, trading,
etc.
INFO – General Information
CHILDREN – Programs for
SPORT – Sport
children
EDUCATE – Educational
SOCIAL – Social affairs
DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.
RELIGION – Programs
CULTURE – National or
concerning religion
regional culture, theater, etc.
PHONE IN – Public expressing
SCIENCE – Science and
their views by phone
technology
TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel
VARIED – Usually talk-based
rather than traffic
material, such as quiz shows
announcements
or interviews.
LEISURE – Leisure interests
POP M – Pop music
and hobbies
ROCK M – Rock music
JAZZ – Jazz
EASY M – Easy listening
COUNTRY – Country music
LIGHT M – 'Light' classical
NATION M – Popular music in
music
a language other than English
CLASSICS – 'Serious' classical
OLDIES – Popular music from
music
the '50s and '60s
OTHER M – Music not fitting
FOLK M – Folk music
above categories
DOCUMENT – Documentary
WEATHER – Weather reports
Note
• In addition, there are three other program types, ALARM,
ALARMTST, and NO TYPE. ALARM and ALARMTST are
used for emergency announcements. NO TYPE appears
when a program type cannot be found.
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AUDIO
PARAMETER
TV
RECEIVER TOP
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
MENU
RECEIVER INPUT SELECT
INPUT
BD DVD TV
HOME
MENU
SETUP
iPod CTRL
CH
DVR/BDR CD CD-R
PTY SEARCH
ADAPTER iPod USB VIDEO 1
BASS
VOL
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HDD
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AUTO/ ALC/ BD MENU
S.RETRIEVER
DIRECT STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR
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Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.
1
Press TUNER then press BAND to select the FM band.
• RDS is only possible in the FM band.
2
Press PTY SEARCH.
SEARCH shows in the display.
3 Press PRESET / to select the program type you
want to hear.
4
Press ENTER to search for the program type.
The system starts searching through the station presets for a
match, stopping when it was found one. Repeat to search for
other stations.
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn't find that
program type at the time of the search.
• 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.

Displaying RDS information

TUNER EDIT MASTER
VOLUME
TOOLS
MENU
Use the DISP button to display the different types of RDS
information available.
ENTER  Press DISP for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
• Listening mode
BAND
RETURN
• Master volume
DTV/ TV MUTE
• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the radio station. For
example, a talk radio station may provide a phone number
TRE
as RT.
• Program Service Name (PS) – The name of the radio
DVD VCR
station.
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DISP
• Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the kind of program
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currently being broadcast.
• Current tuner frequency (FREQ)
Note
• 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.