Kenwood VRS-N8100 Instruction Manual - Page 36
Using RDS Radio Data System
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Receiver Operations Using RDS (Radio Data System) (For Europe only) 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). 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 40 RDS stations in the preset memory. If fewer than 40 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 RDS Disp. (display) key. There is "No Radio Text" if no text data is transmitted. The "RDS" indicator lights up when an RDS broadcast (signal) is received. TUNER -- FM 92.50MHz Stereo VOL -36dB Note Some functions and function names may differ for certain countries and areas. 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)". ‡ Using the RDS Disp. (Display) key TUNER RDS Disp. Pressing the RDS Disp. key changes the contents of the display. Each press switches the display mode as follows : 1 PS (Program Service name) display 2 RT (Radio Text) display 3 Frequency display 1 PS (Program Service name) display : The station name is displayed automatically when an RDS broadcast is received. If no PS data was sent, "NO PS" is displayed. TUNER 01 FM107.95MHz BAYERN 1 VOL -75dB 2 RT (Radio Text) display : Text data accompanying the RDS broadcast scrolls across the display. "No Radio Text" or "Radio Text Reading" is displayed if the current RDS station does not provide RT data. TUNER 01 FM107.95MHz Radio Text... VOL -75dB 3 Frequency display : Displays the frequency of the current station. TUNER 01 FM107.95MHz Stereo VOL -75dB 36 EN