Rds Functions - Pioneer AppRadio SPH-DA110 Operation Manual

Chapter
04
Using the radio

RDS functions

The functions related to RDS (Radio Data Sys-
tem) are available only in areas with FM sta-
tions broadcasting RDS signals. Even if this
product is receiving an RDS station, not all
the functions related with RDS will be availa-
ble.
Displaying radio text
This tuner can display radio text data trans-
mitted by RDS stations, such as station infor-
mation, the title of the currently broadcast
song and the name of the artist.
p When no radio text is received, "No Text"
is displayed.
Tap .
The "Radio Text" screen appears.
Touch and hold the [Memo] key while
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receiving the radio text to store the text in
memory. You can call the text later by
tapping the [Memo] key.
Receiving traffic announcements
TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re-
ceive traffic announcements automatically, no
matter what source you are listening to. TA
can be activated for both a TP station (a sta-
tion that broadcasts traffic information) or an-
other enhanced network's TP station (a sta-
tion carrying information that cross-referenc-
es TP stations).
Tap to changes the setting as fol-
lows:
(default):
•
Turns off the TA function.
:
•
Turns on the TA function.
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Setting the volume for traffic announce-
ments
Use the Volume (+/–) button to adjust
the TA volume when a traffic announce-
ment begins.
The newly set volume is stored in memory and
recalled for subsequent traffic announce-
ments.
Searching for an RDS station using PTY
information
You can search for general types of broadcast-
ing programmes.
1 Tap to open the search menu.
2 Tap or to select a programme type.
There are four programme types.
News&Info, Popular, Classics, Others
3 Tap [Start] to begin the search.
The product searches for and displays sta-
tions broadcasting that type of programme
service name. PTY (programme type ID code)
information is listed in the following section.
To cancel the search, tap [Cancel].
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PTY list
News&Info
News (News), Affairs (Current affairs),
Info (Information), Sport (Sports),
Weather (Weather), Finance (Finance)
Popular
Pop Mus (Pop music), Rock Mus (Rock music),
Easy Mus (Easy listening), Oth Mus (Other music),
Jazz (Jazz), Country (Country music),
Nat Mus (National music), Oldies (Oldies music),
Folk Mus (Folk music)
Classics
L. Class (Light classical), Classic (Classical)
Others
Educate (Education), Drama (Drama),
Culture (Culture), Science (Science), Varied
(Varied),
Children (Children's), Social (Social affairs),
Religion (Religion), Phone In (Phone in),
Touring (Travel), Leisure (Leisure),
Document (Documentaries)
p The programmes of some stations may dif-
fer from that indicated by the transmitted
PTY.