Listening to radio broadcasts, Tuning (non rds) radio stations, Using rds (radio data system) – Kenwood KRF-V8010D User Manual

Page 18: Rds functions

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Operations

KRF-V8010D (En/T)

Listening to radio broadcasts

1

2

3

Each press switches the tuning method as follows:

4

Auto tuning

:

The next station is tuned automatically.

Manual tuning :

Turn the knob (press the key) to select the
desired station.

Each press switches the band
as follows:

1

AUTO lit

(auto tuning)

2

AUTO not lit

(manual tuning)

Tuning (non RDS) radio stations

Frequency
display

"

TUNED

" is displayed

when a station is received

• Normally, set to "

AUTO

" (auto tuning). If the radio waves are weak

and there is a lot of interference, switch to manual tuning. (With
manual tuning, stereo broadcasts will be received in monaural.)

"

AM

" or "

FM

" indicator

Use the input selector to select the tuner.

Use the BAND key to select the desired broadcast band.

Use the AUTO key to select the desired tuning method.

Use the MULTI CONTROL (TUNING/SKIP) to select the
station.

1

FM

2

AM

Lights when a broadcast is
being received in stereo.

RDS is a system that transmits useful information (in the form of digital
data) for FM broadcasts along with the broadcast signal. Tuners and
receivers designed for RDS reception can extract the information from
the broadcast signal for use with various functions, such as automatic
display of the station name.

RDS functions:

PTY (Program Type Identification) Search

)

Automatically tunes to a station that is currently broadcasting the
specified program type (genre).

EON (Enhanced Other Network) reservation

¡

Sets the tuner to automatically switch to stations broadcasting one of
two types of programs, even though you are listening to another
station. The tuner returns to the original station when the broadcast
of the selected program ends.

PS (Program Service Name) Display

Automatically displays the station name transmitted by the RDS
station.

RDS Auto Memory function

(

Automatically selects and stores up to 30 RDS stations in the preset
memory.
If fewer than 30 RDS stations have been stored in the preset memory,
regular FM stations will be stored in the remaining places.

Radio text function

Displays the radio text data transmitted by some RDS stations when
you press the

DISPLAY

key. There is no display if no text data was

transmitted.

Using RDS (Radio Data System)

The "RDS" indicator lights up when an RDS broadcast (signal) is
received.

Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to perform the RDS
Auto Memory operation by referring to the description in “Presetting
RDS stations (RDS AUTO MEMORY)”.

(

Note

Some functions and function names may differ for certain countries
and areas.

5)

7.

FM

MHz

STEREO

TUNED

MEMO.

AUTO

ST.

5)

7.

FM

MHz

STEREO

TUNED

MEMO.

AUTO

ST.

-- 8 ))

9.

FM

MHz

STEREO

TUNED

MEMO.

AUTO

ST.

-- 9 5)

2.

FM

AM

kHz

MHz

STEREO

DSP

S.DIRECT

A

SP

DOWNMIX

MONITOR

PRO LOGIC

TUNED

MEMO.

AUTO

ST.

AUTO SOUND

SW

R

L

DIGITAL

B TI.VOL

RDS

EON PTY

TP TA NEWS

TUNING/SKIP

AUDIO

BAND

(AUTO)

MULTI CONTROL

INPUT SELECTOR

BAND

AUTO

Radio stations can be classified into RDS (Radio Data System) stations
and other stations. To listen to or store RDS stations in the preset
memory, see the section entitled, "Using RDS".

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