Operation – Harman-Kardon HA160-0004-A User Manual

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Operation

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Signature 2.0

Auto: When Auto is selected, the ID and PTY
portions of the RDS datastream will be displayed

in the front panel

Information Display

(Figure

FPD-14) shortly after an FM station transmitting RDS

is tuned. This is the factory default condition and it is

recommended to enable you to make maximum use

of the RDS system.

Manual: When Manual is displayed, the tuner
will not display RDS data-fields unless the

RDS

button

is pressed. When Manual is displayed,

you may also enter data fields for FM stations that

will display a section name or ID and attach an RDS

PTY

search code, even when the station does not

actually transmit RDS data.

If you select the Auto mode, press the

¤

Menu

Control

button i and the highlighted video line

will skip over the ID and Type lines, as they may

not be changed in the Automatic mode. If RDS data is

present, however, the data transmitted by the station

will be displayed. You will now be at the Type

Search >

line, where you may conduct an RDS

search as described on page 49. To make a search, press

the ›

Menu Control

button i to initiate the search

process. If no search is required, and all adjustments have

been made, press the

Menu

button j twice to exit

from the menu system and return to normal operation.

Station Naming and Personal Preferences

A unique feature of the 2.0 is the ability to not only

create names for FM stations, but to assign an RDS

program type (PTY) to them, even if the station is not

transmitting RDS data. To program that type of entry,

first make certain that the RDS line on the Tuner

Menu

has been been set to Manual, as described

above. After the setting is made, press the

¤

Menu

Control

button i so that the ID line is highlighted.

At the ID line, press the ›

Menu Control

button i

and note that a series of underline dashes will appear

(Figure OSD-36). Next press the

or

¤

Menu

Control

buttons i and note that a full set of upper

and lower case alphanumeric characters will appear.

Press the buttons until the first letter or character of the

label or name you wish to give this station appears.

Figure OSD-36

After reaching the desired character, press the

Menu Control

button i to move to the next

position. Repeat the procedure, pressing the

or

¤

Menu Control

buttons i to bring the next desired

letter into view. Repeat the procedure for each space

until you have the entire name or identification label.

When you are finished, press the

Menu

button j

and any spaces to the right of the label that are not used

will disappear. The dashes are only there to guide you

during character entry and will not remain once the

Menu

button is pressed.

While the ID line is highlighted, press the

¤

Menu

Control

button i so that the Type line is high-

lighted. At this time, use the ‹ or ›

Menu Control

buttons i to scroll through the list of RDS Program

Types as detailed in Appendix C on page 63. You may

assign any name on the list, regardless of the type of

programming the station broadcasts. Unlike RDS codes,

which are set by the station, this is totally under

your control.

Note that there are three codes available for assignment

that are not part of the official RDS types. Shown in the

list as PERSONL1, PERSONL2 and PERSONL3,

these are your own “personal” program types, and you

may assign them as you wish. Using these special per-

sonal codes lets a member of the family assign their own

PTY tag to a favorite station, and then quickly search it

out by choosing their “PERSONL” program type in an

RDS search.

T u n e r M e n u

P S e t :

F R E Q : 9 0 . 7

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R D S : M a n u a l

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