Naming Station Presets; Listening To Memorized Station Presets; Radio Data System (Rds) - Pioneer VSX-C502 Mode D'emploi

Using the tuner
MPX setting (see MPX mode on page 30) and the RF
attenuator setting (see RF attenuator mode on page 30).
ST
CLASS
1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.
See Finding a station on page 30 and Tuning directly to a
station on page 30 for more detail on how to do this.
2 Press T.EDIT.
The display shows ST. MEMORY then a blinking memory
class (A, B or C).
3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes.
Press repeatedly to cycle through the three memory
classes, A, B and C.
4 Use the ST +/– buttons (or the number buttons)
to select the station memory number you want.
Press repeatedly to cycle through the 10 available station
memories in each class.
5 While the display is blinking, press ENTER.
6 Repeat steps 1 – 5 to memorize up to 30 stations.

Naming station presets

You can input a name of up to four characters for each
preset station in the receiver's memory. For example, you
could input BBC1 for that station and when you listen to
it the name, rather than the frequency number, will
appear in the display.
1 Press the FM/AM button on the remote control.
2 Press CLASS repeatedly to select the class.
Press repeatedly to cycle through the three memory
classes, A, B and C.
3 Use the ST +/– buttons to select an FM preset
station.
4 Press T.EDIT to select the station name mode
(ST.NAME).
5 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to
choose the first character.
Scroll through the letters, numbers and symbols,
stopping on the one you want.
6 Press ENTER to input the first of the four
characters.
That character lights steadily in the display and the
cursor automatically moves to the next space.
TUNE
T.EDIT
MENU
ST
ENTER
TUNE
7 Enter up to three more characters in the same
way.
Any time you want to exit the process you can press the
T.EDIT button.
8 Press ENTER when you have got the characters
you want to enter.
9 Repeat steps 2 – 6 to memorize up to 30 preset
broadcast station names.
Tip
• To change a station name, just enter the new name
over the top of the old one. To erase a station name,
enter a new name of four spaces.
• When not in one of the RDS modes (see below), you
can switch between the frequency display and the
station name display using the DISPLAY button.

Listening to memorized station presets

1 Press the FM/AM button on the remote control.
2 Press CLASS to select the class in which the
station is stored.
Press repeatedly to cycle through the three memory
classes, A, B and C.
3 Use the ST +/– buttons to select the station
memory in which the station is stored.
You can also use the number buttons on the remote
control to recall the station preset.
Note
• If the power is left disconnected from the receiver for
more than about a month, the station presets will be
lost and will have to be reprogrammed.

Radio Data System (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.
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