Pioneer VSX-LX53 - Manual (Page 43)

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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 above.
1 Press TUNER to select the FM band.
2
2 Press PTY SEARCH.
PTY 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 all frequencies for a
match. When it finds one, the search stops and the
station plays for five seconds.
5 If you want to keep listening to the station, press
ENTER within the five seconds.
If you don’t press
ENTER, searching resumes.
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:
• 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.
Listening to Internet radio stations
Internet radio is an audio broadcasting service
transmitted via the Internet.
5
There are a large number of
Internet radio stations broadcasting a variety of services
from every corner of the world. Some are hosted,
managed, and broadcast by private individuals while
others are by the corresponding traditional terrestrial
radio stations or radio networks. Whereas terrestrial, or
OTA (over-the-air), radio stations are geographically
restricted on the range of radio waves broadcast from a
transmitter through the air, Internet radio stations are
accessible from anywhere in the world, as long as there
is a connection to the Internet, as services are not
transmitted through the air but are delivered over the
World Wide Web. On this receiver you can select Internet
radio stations by genre as well as by region.
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 two other program types, TEST and NONE. You can’t search for these.
2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
3 RDS searches all frequencies. If the program type could not be found among all the frequencies,
NO PTY is displayed.
4 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If you see NO RT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station.
• If you see NO PS DATA in the PS display, it means no PS data can be received.
• If you see NO PTY DATA in the PTY display, it means no PTY data can be received.
5 • To listen to Internet radio stations, you must have high-speed broadband Internet access. With a 56 K or ISDN modem, you may not enjoy
the full benefits of Internet radio.
• The port number varies depending on the Internet radio station. Check the firewall settings.
• Broadcasts may be stopped or interrupted depending on the Internet radio station. In this case, you cannot listen to a radio station selected
from the list of Internet radio stations.