Controlling The Radio Data System - NORAUTO NS-318 DBT Manual De Instrucciones

Controlling the Radio data system

Overview of Radio data system functions
The Radio Data System (Radio data system) is a service, which
makes it possible for FM stations to broadcast other digital
information together with the standard program signal� Some of
them are listed below� It depends on the specific station, which
data is used for transmission and when� The device monitors the
received data and reacts to it based on its settings�
Important note
The Radio data system function only works in countries or areas
that have Radio data system broadcasting� Not all countries or
areas have broadcasting with full Radio data system functionality�
Radio data system may not work correctly if the signal is weak
or in the event that the tuned station are not broadcasting Radio
data system data� The reception of Radio data system will be
significantly affected by geographical conditions�
AF (Alternative Frequencies)
A list of alternative frequencies providing information about various
transmitters broadcasting the same program in the same or
neighbouring area�
When AF is turned on (AF ON), the device will monitor reception
quality� If it declines, it will search for a better quality reception of
the same station based on the broadcast data, and when it finds
it, it will automatically switch to the strongest signal of the given
station�
TA (Traffic Announcement)
Information about whether traffic information is being broadcast�
When the TA function is activated, the device scans for a station
broadcasting traffic announcements ("TA SEEK")� When it finds
such a station, it stays tuned to it and the TP indicator is lit� If
reception quality declines, again start a scan for the reception of
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