Eltax AVR-800 - Manual (Page 18)

RDS OPERATI ON
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RDS Operation
Now in use in many countries, RDS (Radio Data System) is a
description of the station's programming hidden space in the
FM signal.
Your new receiver is equipped wit h RDS t o assist in t he
selection of FM stations using station and network names,
rather than broadcast frequencies. Additional RDS functions
include the ability to search for programme types.
RADI O TEXT
Some RDS stations broadcast RADI O TEXT, which is additional
information on the station and programme being broadcast.
RADI O TEXT information appears as 'running' t ext in the
display. RADI O TEXT is transmitted character-by-character by
the radio station. As a result of that it may take some time until
the entire text has been completely received.
RDS DI SPLAY
When a receiver is tuned to an FM station that is transmitting
RDS dat a. t he Fr ont Panel I nf or mat ion Display will
automatically show the station name or RDS TEXT in place of
the typical display of the station's broadcast frequency.
To change the display, press the RDS button on the remote
control unit.
PROGRAMME TYPE(PTY) DI SPLAY
The RDS system categorizes programmes according to their
genre into different programme type(PTY)groups. To display
the programme type information of the current station, press
the PTY button in the TUNER MODE on the remote control unit.
PTY AUTO SEARCH
Your receiver is equipped to automatically search for stations
transmitting any of 29 different programme types. To search
for a PTY, follow these procedures.
1. Press the PTY button in the TUNER MODE on the remote
controller, The current station's PTY will be displayed, or the
currently selected PTY group will be displayed in blinking if no
station or RDS data is present.
2. To change t o a new PTY t ype, press t he PRESET
CALL(
or ) button until the desired PTY is shown in the
display.
3. Once the desired PTY group or type has been selected.
press t he PTY but t on while t he display blink ( approx. 5
seconds). The PTY Auto search will start and the tuner will
pause at each st at ion broadcast ing RDS PTY information
corresponding to the selected choice.
4. To advance to the next RDS station with the desired PTY,
press the PTY button again within 5 seconds.
NUMBER DI SPLAY PROGRAMME TYPE
1 NEWS News
2 AFFAI RS Current Affairs
3 I NFO Information
4 SPORT Sport
5 EDUCATE Education
6 DRAMA Drama
7 CULTURE Culture
8 SCI ENCE Science
9 VARI ED Varied
10 POP M Pop Music
11 ROCK M Rock Music
12 EASY M Easy Listening Music
13 LI GHT M Light classical
14 CLASSI CS Serious classical
15 OTHER M Other Music
16 WEATHER Weather
17 FI NANCE Finance
18 CHI LDREN Children's programmes
19 SOCI AL Social Affairs
20 RELI GI ON Religion
21 PHONE I N Phone I n
22 TRAVEL Travel
23 LEI SURE Leisure
24 JAZZ Jazz Music
25 COUNTRY Country Music
26 NATI ON M National Music
27 OLDI ES Oldies Music
28 FOLK M Folk Music
29 DOCUMENT Documentary
30 TEST Alarm test
31 ALARM Alarm