Pioneer DEH-P9600MP - Manual (Page 18)

Introduction of RDS operation
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RDS (radio data system) is a system for provid-
ing information along with FM broadcasts.
This inaudible information provides such fea-
tures as program service name, program type,
traffic announcement standby and automatic
tuning, intended to aid radio listeners in find-
ing and is tuning in to a desired station.
1 Program service name
Shows the name of broadcast program.
2 TEXT indicator
Shows when the radio text is received.
3 NEWS indicator
Shows when the set news program is re-
ceived.
4 TP indicator
Shows when a TP station is tuned in.
1 Press OPEN to open the front panel.
2 Press FUNCTION to display the function
names.
Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be-
tween the following functions:
BSM (best stations memory)Preset channel
listRegional (regional)Local (local seek
tuning)Program type selection (PTY)
Traffic Announce (traffic announcement
standby)Alternative FREQ (alternative fre-
quencies search)News Interrupt (news
program interruption)
# To return to the frequency display, press
BAND.
# If MW/LW band is selected, you can only se-
lect BSM, preset channel list and Local.
Notes
! If you do not operate the function within about
30 seconds, the display is automatically re-
turned to the frequency display.
! RDS service may not be provided by all sta-
tions.
! RDS functions such as AF and TA are only ac-
tive when your radio is tuned to an RDS
station.
Switching the RDS display
When you tune in an RDS station its program
service name is displayed. If you want to know
the frequency you can.
1 Press OPEN to open the front panel.
2 Press DISPLAY.
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:
Program service namePTY information
Frequency
PTY (program type IDcode) information is
listed on page 23.
# PTY information and the frequency of the cur-
rent station appears on the display for eight sec-
onds.
# If a PTY code of zero is received from a station,
display is blank. This indicates that the station
has not defined its program contents.
# If the signal is too weak for this unit to pick up
the PTY code, the PTY information display is
blank.
RDS
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