Using The Radio Data System (Rds) - Sony RXD-700 Manual De Instrucciones

Advanced Tuner Operations
Using the Radio Data System
(RDS)
What you can do with RDS
The Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service
that allows radio stations to send additional
information along with the regular radio programme
signal. This unit offers you three convenient RDS
features: displaying the RDS information; monitoring
of traffic, news, or information programmes; and
locating a station by programme type. When an RDS
station is tuned in, the RDS indicator lights up. 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.
Displaying RDS information
Press DISPLAY repeatedly until the information you
want is displayed.
Information displayed
Station Name*
Frequency*
Programme Type
Clock Time
(24-hour system)
Radio Text
* This information also appears for non-RDS FM stations.
(See "Naming the Preset Stations" on page 13 for Station
Name.)
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TIMER +/–
DISPLAY
PTY EON
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 current time
Display the text messages sent
by the RDS station
Notes
• If there is an emergency announcement by governmental
authorities, "PTY ALARM" flashes in the display.
• If a station is not providing a particular RDS service,
"NO..." (such as "NO PTY") appears in the display.
• Depending on the method used by the radio station to send
the text, some text messages may be incomplete.
Monitoring traffic, news, or information
programmes (EON)
Enhanced Other Networks (EON) allows this unit to
automatically switch to a station broadcasting traffic,
news, or information. After the programme ends, this
unit switches back to the station you were listening to
(or the programme source you were listening to). To
use this function, be sure to store the stations
beforehand.
1
Tune to a preset FM RDS station so that the RDS
EON indicator lights up in the display.
2
Press EON repeatedly to select the programme
you want to monitor.
Each time you press the EON button, the display
changes as follows.
"TA " NEWS
When this unit automatically tunes in a traffic,
news or information programme, the respective
indicator flashes. If you do not want to listen to
the entire programme, press EON to switch back
to the original station (or the programme source
you were listening to).
To stop monitoring the programme
Press EON while this unit is in the EON standby mode. The
indicator goes off.
Notes
• If you tune in an AM station or an FM station which does
not provide the RDS service, the selected indicator (TA,
NEWS or INFO) goes off and this unit does not standby for
EON stations.
• "Weak Signal" appears when the selected station has a
weak signal. "Returning" appears when this unit is trying
to retune a station with a weak signal.
• Turn off the EON feature when you want to record a
programme without interruption, especially when you
want to do timer recording.
• "No EON" appears in the display if you select an EON
programme before tuning to an RDS station.
\ " INFO " OFF