Harman Kardon AVR80 Owners Manual - Page 29

AVR80 manual 11/01/98 13:01 Side 23 Basic Operation 23 ENGLISH RDS Operation Now in use in many countries, RDS (Radio Data System) is a means of transmitting station call signs or network identification, a description of the station's programming, indication of national, regional or local programmes and others using hidden space in the FM signal. Your new receiver is equipped with RDS to assist in the selection of FM stations using station and network names, rather than broadcast frequencies. Additional RDS functions include the ability to search for programme types or to find stations with a specific programme type that have a stronger signal. Programme Service Display When a receiver is tuned to an FM station that is transmitting RDS data, the front panel information display will automatically show the programme service, network or station name in place of the typical display of the station's broadcast frequency. To display the frequency, press the front panel RDS DISP button ı. 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, simply press the RDS/PTY button on either the remote control or the front panel ˜z. Please note that many Stations don´t broadcast PTY codes yet. Then NONE is indicated. PTY Auto Search Your receiver is equipped to automatically search for stations transmitting any of the fifteen different programme types. To search for a PTY, follow these steps: 1. Press the RDS/PTY button on either the front panel or the remote. The current station's PTY will be displayed, or the currently selected PTY group will be displayed if no station or RDS data is present. 2. To change to a new PTY type, press the RDS/PTY button ˜z again until the desired PTY is shown in the display. a. When PTY selection is made using the RDS/PTY button only, the selection uses the PTY Group shown in Table 1. b. To select a specific PTY type directly, use the numeric buttons on the remote control m to select the programme type corresponding to the numbered choices in Table 1. 3. Once the desired PTY group or type has been selected, press the Tune Up/Down buttons on the front panel or remote control ^j while the PTY indication is blinking (within 5 seconds). The PTY Auto search will start, and the tuner will stop at the next station broadcasting RDS PTY information corresponding to the selected choice. 4. To advance to the next RDS station with the desired PTY, press the Tune Up/Down button again within 5 seconds. AF Auto Search A unique feature of the RDS system is its ability to find a station with identical programming automatically. This feature is particularly useful when listening to a national radio station where the same program is broadcast from a number of transmitters. To search for Alternate Frequencies follow these steps: 1. Tune the receiver to the desired station using the Tune Up/Down buttons ^ j. 2. Press the RDS/AF button on the front panel or remote control ˆ` twice within 1 second. 3. The tuner will automatically search for stations broadcasting the same program. When these stations are received, the front panel display will indicate AF-1. If the RDS/AF button is pressed again, the display will indicate the next identically programmed station by AF-2. 4. Press the RDS/AF button repeatedly until a station is indicated that has the desired high enough signal strength. When the display indicates AF-0 the tuner has returned to the original station. NOTE: If the front panel display indicates NO AFafter the RDS/AF button is pressed once, no alternate stations with the same program actually are avilable (not yet searched). In this case press RDS/AF twice within 1 second to start the AF search.