2002 Cadillac Eldorado Owner's Manual - Page 171

Using RDS Your audio system is equipped with Radio Data Systems (RDS). RDS mode gives you many useful new features. With RDS the radio can do the following: D Seek only to stations with the types of programs you want to listen to, D seek to stations with traffic announcements, D receive announcements concerning local and national emergencies, D receive and display messages from radio stations and D search for a stronger station when a station is too weak for listening. RDS features are only available for use on FM stations which broadcast RDS information. (RDS Select): Press this button to use the alternate RDS functions (RDS, TA, MSG, PTY and the PTY arrows). HR (Hour) or MN (Minute): Press the RDS select button, followed by one of these buttons to display the time of the current station. STATION TIME IS will be displayed. If a time has not been sent to the radio, NO STATION TIME will be displayed. If you have recently tuned to the station, you may need to wait a minute before the time is available to the radio. To set the clock to the current displayed station time, press and hold HR or MN until TIME UPDATED is displayed. There is a two second delay before the time is updated. RDS does not have to be on to use this function, but you must be tuned to an FM RDS station. REGION: Press the RDS select button, then press and hold the RDS pushbutton for two seconds. REGION: ON will appear on the display. When an RDS station becomes weak, this function searches for a stronger station within the same network. A network can span a great distance. One network can have stations spread across a country or continent. Each network breaks down into regions. With regions, local news items like weather and traffic are available to you. When the region function is on, the radio only searches for stations in the same network and region. You can only use the region function when RDS is on. Press the RDS pushbutton again to turn the region function off. REGION: OFF will appear on the display. 3-19