Using The Digital Radio (Dab); Starting Procedure; Reading The Screen - Pioneer AVIC-F50BT Operation Manual

Using the Digital Radio (DAB)

p This function is only available on AVIC-
F950DAB.
You can listen to the Digital Audio Broadcast-
ing using the navigation system. This section
describes operations for Digital Audio Broad-
casting.
To receive DAB signals, connect a DAB aerial
(AN-DAB1) sold separately to the unit.
Digital Radio (DAB) features the following:
! High sound quality (nearly as high as for
CDs, although it may be reduced in some
cases in order to allow more services to be
broadcast)
! Interference-free reception
Some individual services in an ensemble may
be further subdivided into Service Compo-
nents. The main Service Component is called
the Primary Service Component, and any aux-
iliary Service Components are called Second-
ary Service Components.
Ensemble
Service 1 Primary Service Component
Primary Service Component
Service 2
Secondary Service Component
Secondary Service Component
Service 3
Primary Service Component
Data
: Primary data
: Secondary data

Starting procedure

1 Display the AV operation screen.
= For details of the operations, refer to Dis-
playing the AV operation screen on page 76.
2 Touch [Digital Radio] on the left edge
of the screen to display the "Digital Radio"
screen.
3 Use the touch panel keys on the screen
to control the radio.
= For details, refer to Using the touch panel
keys on page 84.

Reading the screen

2 3
1
b a 9 8
1 Source icon
Shows which source has been selected.
2 Current time
3 Service component number
4 Band indicator
Shows which band the radio is tuned to:
DAB1, DAB2 or DAB3.
5 Current broadcast information
! PTY label
! Ensemble label
! Service label
! Service component label
p "- - - - - - -" is displayed if there is no corre-
sponding information.
6 Current bit rate
Shows the data volume being received broad-
cast.
7 Frequency indicator
8 Preset number indicator
Shows the selected preset item.
9 Channel number indicator
a Signal level indicator
b FM Link indicator
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