Pioneer VSX-C300 Operating Instructions - Page 36

Using the Tuner An Introduction to RDS Radio Data System, or RDS as it's usually known, is a system used by FM radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of information-the name of the station and the kind of show they're broadcasting, for example. This information shows up as text on the display, and you can switch between the kind of information shown. Although you don't get RDS information from all FM radio stations, you do with most. Probably the best feature of RDS is that you can search automatically by type of program. So, if you felt like listening to jazz, you could search for a station that's broadcasting a show with the program type, "JAZZ." There are around 30 such program types, including various genres of music, news, sport, talk shows, financial information, and so on. The receiver lets you display three different kinds of RDS information: "Radio Text", "Program Service Name", and "Program Type". "Radio Text" (RT) is messages sent by the radio station. These can be anything the broadcaster chooses-a talk radio station might give out it telephone number as RT, for example. "Program Service Name" (PS) is the name of the radio station. "Program Type" (PTY) indicates the kind of program currently being broadcast. The receiver can search for and display the following program types: NEWS AFFAIRS Current affairs INFO General information SPORT EDUCATE Educational material DRAMA Radio plays or serials CULTURE National or regional culture, theatre, etc. SCIENCE Science and technology VARIED Usually talk-based material, such as quiz shows or interviews. POP M Pop music ROCK M Rock music M.O.R. M "Middle of the road" music LIGHT M 'Light' classical music CLASSICS 'Serious' classical music OTHER M Other music not fitting any of the above categories WEATHER FINANCE Stock market reports, commerce, trading, etc. CHILDREN SOCIAL A Social affairs RELIGION PHONE IN Public expressing their views by phone TRAVEL Holiday-type travel rather than traffic announcements 36 En Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine LEISURE Leisure interests and hobbies JAZZ COUNTRY Country music NATION M Popular music in a language other than English OLDIES Popular music from the '50s FOLK M Folk music DOCUMENT Documentaries In addition, there is a program type, ALARM!, used for exceptional emergency announcements. You can't search for this, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. Using the RDS display To display the different types of RDS information available (RT, PS and PTY as explained on the previous page), press TUNER on the remote control and use the DISPLAY button to cycle through the types of RDS information. Each press changes the display as follows: RT PS PTY Frequency MEMO: • In the RT mode, if any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly temporarily. • In the RT, when no RT data is transmitted from the broadcast station, "NO TEXT DATA" is displayed once and after that the PS data is displayed. If you have entered a name for that station it will be displayed. • In the PTY mode, there are cases where "NO TYPE" is displayed. In this case the tuner will automatically switch to the PS mode after a few seconds. • If reception conditions are strong but the RDS data is displayed incorrectly, press RF ATT.