Onkyo TX-8220 Owners Manual - English/Spanish/French - Page 16
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> Before Start > Part Names > Install > Playback ∫ Using RDS (European models) RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data in FM radio signals. In regions using RDS, the radio station name is displayed when you tune into a radio station broadcasting program information. Further, when you press DISPLAY on the main unit in this state, you can use the following functions. Displaying Text Information (Radio Text) 1. While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press DISPLAY on the main unit once. Text information broadcast by the station (Radio Text) is displayed scrolling across the display. "No Text" is displayed when no text information is available. Search for Stations by Program Type 1. While the name of the station is being displayed on the display, press DISPLAY on the main unit twice. 2. Press the cursors Left/Right buttons on the remote controller to select the Program Type you want to find, then press ENTER to start the search. 0 The Program Types displayed are as follows: News (News reports) / Affairs (Current affairs) / Info (Information) / Sport / Educate (Education) / Drama / Culture / Science (Science and technology) / Varied / Pop M (Pop music) / Rock M (Rock music) / Easy 16 M (Middle of the road music) / Light M (Light classics) / Classics (Serious classics) / Other M (Other music) / Weather / Finance / Children (Children's programmes) / Social (Social affairs) / Religion / Phone In / Travel / Leisure / Jazz (Jazz music) / Country (Country music) / Nation M (National music) / Oldies (Oldies music) / Folk M (Folk music) / Document (Documentary) 0 In addition, there are three other program types, Alarm, Test (Alarm test), and None. Alarm and Test (Alarm test) are used for emergency announcements. None appears when a program type cannot be found. 0 The information displayed may sometimes not match the content being broadcast by the station. 3. When a station is found, the station flashes on the display. Press ENTER while this is happening to start receiving that station. If you don't press ENTER, the unit continues to search for another station. 0 If no stations are found, the message "Not Found" is displayed. 0 Unusual characters may be displayed when the unit receives unsupported characters. However, this is not a malfunction. Also, if the signal from a station is weak, information may not be displayed. Setup | Others