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RDS OPERATION
Now in use in many countries, RDS (Radio Data
S y s t e m ) i s a d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s t a t i o n ’s
programming hidden space in the FM signal.
Your new receiver is equipped with RDS to assist
in the selection of FM stations using station and
n e t w o r k n a m e s , r a t h e r t h a n b r o a d c a s t
frequencies. Additional RDS functions include the
ability to search for programme types.
RADIO TEXT
Some RDS stations broadcast RADIO TEXT,
which is additional information on the station and
programme being broadcast.
RADIO TEXT information appears as ‘running’ text
in the display. RADIO TEXT is transmitted
character by the radio station. As a result of that it
may take some time until the entire text has been
completely received.
RDS DISPLAY
When a receiver is tuned to an FM station that is
transmitting RDS data, the Front Panel Information
Display will automatically show the station name or
RADIO TEXT in place of the typical display of the
station’s broadcast frequency.
To change the display, press the
RDS button on the
remote.
PROGRAMME TYPE (PTY) DISPLAY
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.
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 to a new PTY type, press the or
cursor button on the front panel or numeric
buttons on the remote until the desired PTY is
shown in the display.
CH.SEL LIP.SYNC
PTY SUB-T/ATT AUDIO INPUT/DISC+
F.DIRECT RDS
TUNE/SEARCH
T-MODE
TREBLE
CHANNEL/SKIP
BASS
A/D P.SCAN/V OFF MEMO CLEAR
0
SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROLLER
CH.SEL LIP.SYNC
PTY SUB-T/ATT AUDIO INPUT/DISC+
F.DIRECT RDS
TUNE/SEARCH
T-MODE
TREBLE BASS
SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROLLER
RC5500SR
SURROUND
R4600
PURE SETUP DIRECT SIMPLE
AUTO HT-EQ MENU ENTER
DISPLAY MEMORY CLEAR
T-MODE EXIT BAND
MODE
DISP MULTI AUTO TUNED ST V – OFF NIGHT PEAK ANALOG DIGITAL ATT SLEEP SURR AUTO DIRECT DISC 6.1 MT X 6.1 EQ DIGITAL SURROUND
AAC PCM L C R SL S SR LFE
2.
CH.SEL LIP.SYNC
PTY SUB-T/ATT AUDIO INPUT/DISC+
F.DIRECT RDS
TUNE/SEARCH
T-MODE
TREBLE
CHANNEL/SKIP
BASS
A/D P.SCAN/V-OFF
7.1CH IN STEREO MCH-ST
MEMO CLEAR
DISPLAY
NIGHT CSII EX/ES VIRTUAL
DTS PURE DIRECT AUTO 3 2 1
6 5 4
9 8
0
7
T.TONE MENU OFF SET UP/
SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROLLER RC5500SR
2.
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3.
4.
3. Once the desired PTY group or type has been
selected, press the
PTY button while the
display blink (approx. 5 seconds). The PTY
Auto search will start, and the tuner will pause
at each station broadcasting 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 DISPLAY PROGRAMME TYPE
1 POP Pop Music
2 ROCK Rock Music
3 MOR M. O. R. Music
4 LIGHT Light classical
5 CLASSIC Serious classical
6 NEWS News
7 AFFAIR Current Affairs
8 INFO Information
9 SPORT Sport
10 EDUCATE Education
11 DRAMA Drama
12 CULTURE Culture
13 SCIENCE Science
14 OTHERS Varied
15 OTHER Other Music
16 WEATHER Weather
17 FINANCE Finance
18 CHILDREN Children’s programmes
19 SOCIAL Social Affairs
20 RELIGION Religion
21 PHONE IN Phone In
22 TRAVEL Travel
23 HOBBIES Hobbies
24 JAZZ Jazz Music
25 COUNTRY Country Music
26 NATION National Music
27 OLDIES Oldies Music
28 FOLK Folk Music
29 DOCUMENT Documentary
RT (RADIO TEXT) PS (Program Service Name) Frequency
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