An introduction to rds, Searching for rds programs, Using the tuner 07 – Pioneer VSX-1016V-K User Manual

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Using the tuner

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Naming station presets

For easier identification, you can name your station
presets.

1

Choose the station preset you want to name.

See

Listening to station presets

below for how to do this.

2

Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).

The display shows

STATION NAME

, then a blinking

cursor at the first character position.

3

Input the name you want.

Choose from the following characters for a name up to
four characters long.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

!”#$%&’()

+,–./:;<=>?@[ \ ]^_{|} ˜

[space]

• Use the

ST

/

buttons (remote) to select

characters.

• Press

ENTER

to confirm a character. If no character

is input, a space is input.

• The name is stored when

ENTER

is pressed after

choosing the fourth character.

Tip

• To erase a station name, simply repeat steps 1 to 3

and input four spaces instead of a name.

• Once you have named a station preset, you can press

DISP

when listening to a station to switch the display

between name and frequency.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See

Saving station presets

above if you haven’t done this

already.

1

Press

TUNER

to select the tuner.

2

Press CLASS to select the class in which the station

is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B and C.

3

Press ST

/

to select the station preset you want.

• You can also use the number buttons on the remote

control to recall the station preset.

An introduction to RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM
radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of
information—the name of the station and the kind of
show they’re broadcasting, for example.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of
program. For example, you can search for a station that’s
broadcasting a show with the program type,

JAZZ

.

You can search the following program types:

1

Searching for RDS programs

One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to
search for a particular kind of radio program. You can
search for any of the program types listed on the previous
page.

1

Press the BAND button to select the FM band.

2

2

Press the PTY SEARCH button.

SEARCH

shows in the display.

3

Press

ST

/

to select the program type you

want to hear.

NEWS –

News

AFFAIRS

– Current Affairs

INFO

– General Information

SPORT

– Sport

EDUCATE

– Educational

DRAMA

– Radio plays, etc.

CULTURE

– National or

regional culture, theater,
etc.

SCIENCE

– Science and

technology

VARIED

– Usually talk-

based material, such as
quiz shows or interviews.

POP M

– Pop music

ROCK M

– Rock music

EASY M

– Easy listening

LIGHT M

– ‘Light’ classical

music

CLASSICS

– ‘Serious’

classical music

OTHER M

– Music not

fitting above categories

WEATHER

– Weather

reports

FINANCE

– Stock market

reports, commerce,
trading, etc.

CHILDREN

– Programs for

children

SOCIAL

– Social affairs

RELIGION

– Programs

concerning religion

PHONE IN

– Public

expressing their views by
phone

TRAVEL

– Holiday-type

travel rather than traffic
announcements

LEISURE

– Leisure

interests and hobbies

JAZZ

– Jazz

COUNTRY

– Country music

NATION M

– Popular

music in a language other
than English

OLDIES

– Popular music

from the ’50s and ’60s

FOLK M

– Folk music

DOCUMENT

– Documentary

Note

1 In addition, there are three other program types,

ALARM

,

NO DATA and NO TYPE. ALARM is used for emergency announcements. You can’t search

for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal.

NO DATA and NO TYPE appears when a program type cannot be found.

2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.

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