Rds Operation - Harman Kardon HK 3380 Owner's Manual

Operation
Numeric Keys that correspond to the sta-
tion's frequency. The desired station will automat-
ically be tuned.
NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo station
is weak, audio quality will be increased by
switching to Mono mode by pressing the FM
Mode button until the STEREO indicator
goes out.
Preset Tuning
Up to 30 stations may be stored in the HK 3380's
memory for easy recall using the front panel con-
trols or the remote. In order to program preset
stations into memory, you must use the remote
control.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory button on the remote.
Note that the MEMO and PRESET indicators will
light and flash in the Main Information Display.
2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric Keys
corresponding to the location where you wish
to store this station's frequency.
For all preset numbers above "3" the station will
be stored directly. Note that for the presets 1, 2
or 3 either you press the corresponding number
and wait for 5 seconds or you press a "0" befor
you press the 1,2 or 3, then the station will be
stored at once.
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
Auto Preset
• Preset stations may also be programmed auto-
matically for the entire FM band. To automatically
enter each station that may be tuned with
acceptable quality into the HK 3380's preset
memories, first select the FM band. Next, press
and hold the Auto Preset button
MEMO and PRESET indicators begin to flash,
hold on until the station frequency indication
begins to increase. Release the button and note
that the tuner will search the entire FM band,
and stop briefly at each station that has accept-
able signal strength. The HK 3380 will automati-
cally assign a preset number to each station, and
then search for the next station.
If the FM tuner finds fewer than 30 FM stations
with acceptable signal strength, the Auto Preset
tuning will scan up to two more cycles until the
remaining vacant preset memory spaces have
been filled.
The automatic scan process will stop when all 30
preset memory locations have been filled or the
entire FM band has been scanned three times or
the Auto Preset button is pressed again.
NOTE: Using the automatic tuning mode in areas
with more than 30 FM stations will completely fill
the preset memories, and overwrite any previously
memorized presets for either AM or FM stations.
TIP: The automatic scan process may enter sta-
tions that you do not wish to retain in the memo-
ry, or it may enter the same station on the same
frequency (if more than one scan is made) or on
more than one frequency. These unwanted sta-
tions may be removed from the memory using
the Preset Clear function outlined below.
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys
that correspond to the desired station's mem-
ory location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored pre-
set stations one by one
tons on the front panel or remote.
• To automatically scan through the stations
entered in the preset memory, press the Preset
Scan button
remote. The tuner will cycle through the list of
preset stations, stopping for five seconds at each
one. Press the button again to stop the scan at
your desired station.
Clearing Preset Stations
Unwanted preset stations may be erased from
the unit's memory to make it easier to tune only
those stations you want.
To remove a preset station from the HK 3380's
tuner memory, first tune to the station using the
Preset buttons
remote, or by entering the preset number directly,
using the Numeric Keys
When the preset station to be removed has been
tuned, first press the Memory button
MEMO and PRESET indicators in the Main
Information Display will flash, and the actual preset
number will disappear from the display. Next, press
the Clear button
until the
The preset station will be removed from the
memory, and the action will be confirmed by the
brief appearance of the word CLEAR and the
preset number location in the Main Information
Display. That memory location will now be empty,
and you may program a different station to that
location, or leave it empty.

RDS Operation

RDS (Radio Data System) transmits station call
signs or network information, station program
type, text messages about the station or specifics
of a musical selection and the correct time.
RDS Tuning
When an FM station is tuned in and it contains
RDS data, the HK 3380 will automatically display
the station's call sign, with some private stations
also other informations changing all 2 to 5 sec-
onds, and the RDS indicator will light in the
Information Display as well as indicators for the
RDS services program type PTY (see below) and
traffic announcement TA (see page 14) if trans-
mitted by the station. As soon as a radiotext mes-
sage is received completely the radiotext indica-
tor RT will turn on too.
RDS Display Options
When an RDS station is tuned, press RDS Dis-
play button
front panel to cycle through the RDS displays in
the following order:
• The Station name (or other Program informa-
tion with some private stations).
• The station's frequency.
,
press the Preset but- • The Program Type (PTY) as shown in the follow-
ing list in this manual.
• A "text" message (RT) containing special infor-
mation from the broadcast station. Note that this
on the front panel or message will scroll across the display to permit
messages longer than the eight positions in the
display. Depending on signal quality it may take
up to 30 seconds for the text message to appear,
in the meantime the word TEXT will flash in
the display when RT is selected.
• The current time of day (CT) as transmitted by
the station. It may take up to two minutes for the
time to appear, in the meantime the word
TIME will flash in the display when CT is
selected. Note that the accuracy of the time mes-
sage is set by the radio station, not the
on the front panel or
HK 3380.
.
• Some RDS stations may not choose to include
some of these additional features. If the data
required for the selected mode is not being trans-
. The
mitted, the Information Display will show a
N O PTY, N O TEXT or N O TIME mes-
sage after the individual time out.
within five seconds. • In any FM mode the RDS function requires a
strong enough signal for proper operation. If you
receive a partial message or see any RDS indica-
tor going on and off, try slowly adjusting the
antenna to improve the signal strength or tune to
another, stronger, RDS station.
Program Search (PTY)
A major benefit of RDS is its ability to encode
broadcasts with Program Type (PTY) codes that
indicate the type of material being broadcast. The
following list shows the abbreviations used to
indicate each PTY along with an explanation of
the PTY:
• RDS O NLY: (see item 3 below)
• TRAFFIC: Traffic Information
• POP M: Popular Music
• ROCK M: Rock Music
• M.O.R M: Middle-of-the-
on the remote or FM
and Road Conditions (see Note below)
Road Music
OPERATION 13
on the