Functions Of Rds; Rds Display Key - Kenwood C-V751 Instruction Manual

Functions of RDS

RDS is a system which transmits useful information (digital data) for FM broadcasts together with the broadcast signal. Tuners
and receivers designed for RDS reception can extract the information from the broadcast signal for use with various functions
such as automatic display of the station name.
Functions made possible with RDS
PTY (Program Type Identification) Search :
The tuner automatically searches for a station which is currently
broadcasting a specified program type (genre).
EON (Enhanced Other Network) reservation
By selecting one of the two kinds of program previously, the tuner
switches automatically to a station broadcasting that kind of program
whenever it starts broadcasting. When the broadcasting completes,
the tuner returns automatically to the originally-received station.
PS (Program Service Name) display : See figure 1 below.
When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automatically
displayed.
RT (Radio Text) display :See figure 2 below.
Some of the RDS stations also transmit text data.
When the RT display is selected with the RT key, the broadcast text
is scrolled on the display.
AUTO MEMORY
This function automatically selects the stations providing RDS and
FM broadcasting and stores them in the preset memory (up to 40
stations can be preset).

RDS DISPLAY key

Main unit
(Select the icon)
Pressing the RDS DISPLAY key
changes the display contents.
RDS
DISPLAY
(Radio Data System)
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GRC
The RDS indicator lights up when an
RDS broadcast (signal) is received.
B B C 1 F M
AUTO STEREO
MEMO. TUNED F M
RDS EON TP
A M
PTY TA NEWS MW
LW
MUTE CLIP
÷ Some functions may not be provided or be given different names
depending on countries or areas.
Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to
perform the AUTO MEMORY operation by referring to the
description in "Presetting RDS stations (AUTO MEMORY)".
Display mode priority ranking
When an FM broadcast is received :
1 PS (Program Service Name) display
2 RT (Radio Text) display
3 Frequency display
1 PS (Program Service Name) display :
When an RDS broadcast is received, the station name is automati-
cally displayed.
If no PS data was sent, "NO PS" is displayed.
B B C 1 F M
AUTO STEREO
MEMO. TUNED
F M
RDS EON TP A M
PTY TA NEWS MW
MUTE CLIP LW
2 RT (Radio Text) display:
Text accompanying RDS broadcast is scrolled on the display during
reception. "NO RT" is displayed if the received RDS station is not
accompanied with RT data.
Text is scrolled from the right to the left.
A B C D E F G H
AUTO STEREO
MEMO. TUNED
F M
RDS EON TP A M
PTY TA NEWS MW
MUTE CLIP LW
3 Frequency display :
The frequency of the current station is displayed.
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AUTO STEREO
MEMO. TUNED F M
RDS EON TP
A M
PTY TA NEWS MW
MUTE CLIP LW
Listening to radio broadcasts
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AUTO AUTO
DTS DTS
PRO L PRO L
MHz MHz
KHz T KHz T
AUTO AUTO
DTS DTS
PRO L PRO L
MHz MHz
KHz T KHz T
AUTO
DTS
PRO L
MHz
KHz T
AUTO SO
DTS DOL
PRO LOG
MHz SLE
KHz TIM