Pioneer VSX-420-S - Manual (Page 40)

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You can search the following program types: 1 Searching for RDS programs
You can search for a program type listed above.
1 Press TUNER then press BAND to select
the FM band. 2
2 Press HOME MENU.
SEARCH shows in the display.
3 Press PRESET
/ to select the program
type you want to hear.
4 Press ENTER to search for the program
type.
The system starts searching through the
station presets for a match, stopping when it
was found one. Repeat to search for other
stations.
If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner
couldn’t find that program type at the time of
the search.
3
Displaying RDS information
Use the DISP button to display the different
types of RDS information available. 4
• Press DISP for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
• Listening mode
• Master volume
• Radio Text ( RT) – Messages sent by the
radio station. For example, a talk radio
station may provide a phone number as RT.
• Program Service Name ( PS) – The name of
the radio station.
• Program Type ( PTY) – This indicates the
kind of program currently being broadcast.
• Current tuner frequency ( FREQ)
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, ALARMTST, ALARM, and NO TYPE. ALARM and ALARMTST are used for
emergency announcements. NO TYPE appears when a program type cannot be found.
1
HDD
ENTER
2 DISP
DVD
3
VCR
MUTE
RETURN
AUDIO
PARAMETER
TUNER EDIT
TOOLS
MASTER
VOLUME
BAND
MENU
HOME
MENU
SETUP
TRE BASS
TOP
MENU
TUNE
TUNE
P R E S E T P R
E S E T
BD DVD
INPUT SELECT
SOURCE SLEEP
TV
CONTROL
DVR
INPUT
CH
RECEIVER
MULTI IN CD CD-R
PORTABLE TUNER SIGNAL SEL
MIDNIGHT PHASE S.RETRIEVER VOL
RECEIVER DTV/TV
2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
3 RDS searches station presets only. If no stations have been preset, or if the program type could not be found among the station
presets NO PTY is displayed. FINISH means the search is complete.
4 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If you see NO TEXT in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will automatically
switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, NO NAME is displayed).
• In the PTY display, NO PTY may be shown.
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