Using Radio Data System; Changing The Radio Data System Display Information; Tuning By Program Type (Pty Search) - Kenwood C-717DV Instruction Manual

Using Radio Data System

Radio Data System is a system that transmits useful
information (in the form of digital data) for FM
broadcasts along with the broadcast signal. Tuners
and receivers designed for Radio Data System
reception can extract the information from the
broadcast signal for use with various functions, such
as automatic display of the station name.
Radio Data System functions
PTY (Program TYpe Identifi cation) Search:
Automatically tunes to a station that is currently broadcasting
the specified program type (genre).
PS (Program Service Name) Display:
Automatically displays the station name transmitted by the
Radio Data System station.
Radio Text function:
Displays the radio text data transmitted by some Radio Data
System stations when you press the DISPLAY button. There is
"NO TEXT" display if no text data is transmitted.
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• Some functions and function names may differ in certain
countries and areas.
Changing the Radio Data System
display information
While receiving a Radio Data System station, pressing
the DISPLAY button changes the contents of the
display.
Every time the button is pressed, the display
changes in the following order:
Information
PS (Program Service name) display
PTY (Program TYpe) display
RT (Radio Text) display
Frequency display and preset number display

Tuning by Program Type (PTY search)

This function lets you set the tuner to automatically
search for stations which are currently broadcasting
the type of program (genre) you want to listen to.
1
Press TUNER BAND button to select FM.
2
Press PTY button.
If the current station is with
program type of the station is displayed.
3 Press FOLDER/P.CALL 5 or ∞ button to select
your desired program type.
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• Under certain receiving conditions, it may take more than 1
• If the desired program type cannot be found, "NO PROGRAM"
, the
Radio Data System
Program type table
Program Type Name
News
Current Affairs
Information
Sport
Education
Drama
Culture
Science
Varied Speech
Pop Music
Rock Music
Easy Music
Light Classical Music
Serious Classical Music
Other Music
Weather
Finance
Children's Program
Social Affairs
Religion
Phone In
Travel
Leisure
Jazz Music
Country Music
National Music
Oldies Music
Folk Music
Documentary
Press PTY button to start searching.
minute to complete the search.
is displayed, then after several seconds the display returns to
the original display.
Display
"NEWS"
"AFFAIRS"
"INFO"
"SPORT"
"EDUCATE"
"DRAMA"
"CULTURE"
"SCIENCE"
"VARIED"
"POP M"
"ROCK M"
"EASY M"
"LIGHT M"
"CLASSICS"
"OTHER M"
"WEATHER"
"FINANCE"
"CHILDREN"
"SOCIAL"
"RELIGION"
"PHONE IN"
"TRAVEL"
"LEISURE"
"JAZZ"
"COUNTRY"
"NATION M"
"OLDIES"
"FOLK M"
"DOCUMENT"
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