An Introduction To Rds - Pioneer VSX-1020-K Operating Insructions

05 Basic playback

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 two other program types, TEST and NONE. You can't search for these.
2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
3 RDS searches all frequency. If the program type could not be found among all frequency, NO PTY is displayed.
4 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If you see NO RT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station.
• If you see NO PS DATA in the PS display, it means no PS data can be received.
• If you see NO PTY DATA in the PTY display, it means no PTY data can be received.
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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
Searching for RDS programs
One of the most useful features of RDS is the
ability to search for a particular kind of radio
program. You can search for any of the
program types listed above.
1 Press TUNER to select the FM band.
2 Press PTY SEARCH.
PTY SEARCH shows in the display.
Press PRESET / to select the program
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type you want to hear.
4 Press ENTER to search for the program type.
The system starts searching through all
frequency 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 five 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.
Displaying RDS information
Use the DISP button to display the different
types of RDS information available.
• Press DISP 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.
• Current tuner frequency.
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