Using The Radio Data System (Rds) - Sony STR-DE375 Mode D'emploi

Receiver Operations
Using the Radio Data System
(RDS)
What you can do with the Radio Data
System
Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service that
allows radio stations to send additional information
along with the regular radio programme signal. This
receiver offers you two convenient RDS features:
Displaying the RDS information and Locating a station
by programme type. RDS is available only on FM
stations.*
Note
RDS may not work properly if the station you are tuned to is
not transmitting the RDS signal properly or if the signal
strength is weak.
* Not all FM stations provide RDS service, nor do they
provide the same types of services. If you are not familiar
with the RDS system, check with your local radio stations
for details on RDS services in your area.
Receiving RDS broadcasts
Simply select a station from the FM band.
When you tune in a station that provides RDS services,
the station name appears in the display.
Displaying the RDS Information
Press DISPLAY. Each time you press DISPLAY, the
display advances one step through the following
information.
Information displayed
Station Name**
Frequency**
Programme Type
Radio Text
Clock (24-hour system)
Sound field mode**
**This information also appears for non-RDS FM stations.
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You can:
Locate each station by name
(e.g., WDR) instead of
frequency.
Locate each station by
frequency.
Locate a specific type of
programme being broadcast.
(See page 15 for the types of
programmes you can select.)
Display the text messages sent
by the RDS station.
Display the current time
Display the current sound field
mode
Notes
• If there is an emergency announcement by governmental
authorities, ALARM flashes in the display.
• When the message consists of 9 characters or more, the
message scrolls across the display.
• The following messages appear if a station is not
providing a particular RDS service:
"NO PTY" (the selected programme type is not available)
"NO TEXT" (text data is not available)
"NO TIME" (clock time data is not available)
• Depending on the method used by the radio station to
send the text, some text messages may be incomplete.
Locating a station by programme type
(PTY)
You can locate a station you want by selecting a
programme type. The receiver tunes in the type of
programmes currently being broadcast from the RDS
stations stored in the receiver's preset memory.
1
Press PTY to display the current PTY type. Press
PRESET/PTY SELECT + or – until the programme
type you want appears in the display.
See the following table for the programme types
you can select.
2
Press PTY while the programme type appears in
the display.
The tuner starts searching the preset RDS stations
for the programme ("SEARCH" and the
programme type are displayed alternately).
When the receiver finds the programme you are
looking for, it stops searching. The preset number
of the preset station currently broadcasting the
selected programme type flashes, and the receiver
receives the station.
Note
"NO PTY" appears when the programme type that you've
selected is not being broadcast and the receiver returns to
the original station.