Using Rds; Displaying Rds Information; Searching For Rds Programs - Pioneer PDX-Z9 Mode D'emploi

Using the tuner

Using RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most 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.
One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of
program. For example, you can search for a station that's
broadcasting a show with the program type, Jazz Music.
You can search the following program types
News – News
Current Affairs – Current
Affairs
Information – General
Information
Sport – Sport
Education – Educational
Drama – Radio plays, etc.
Culture – National or regional
culture, theater, etc.
Science – Science and
technology
Varied Speech – Usually talk-
based material, such as quiz
shows or interviews.
Pop Music – Pop music
Rock Music – Rock music
Easy Listening – Easy listening
Light Classics M – 'Light'
classical music
Serious Classics – 'Serious'
classical music
Other Music – Music not fitting
above categories
Weather & Metr – Weather
reports and forecasts,
meteorological information
Note
1 In addition, there are three other program types, Alarm Alarm!, Alarm Test, and None. Alarm Alarm! and Alarm Test are used for emergency
announcements. You can't search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. None appears when a program type
cannot be found.
2 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.
• If the No Radio Text Data message appears in the RT display, it may mean that RT data is not being transmitted from the radio station. In the same
way, if the No Data message appears in the PS or PTY display, it may mean that no PS or PTY data are being transmitted from the radio station.
• When no broadcast can be received, selecting the RDS display will cause the No Data message to appear in all display areas, and thereafter the display
will automatically return to the frequency display.
3 RDS is only possible in the FM band.
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Finance – Stock market
reports, commerce, trading,
etc.
Children's Progs – Programs
for children
Social Affairs – Social affairs
Religion – Programs
concerning religion
Phone In – Public expressing
their views by phone
Travel & Touring – Holiday-
type travel information as
opposed to traffic
announcements.
Leisure & Hobby – Leisure
interests and hobbies
Jazz Music – Jazz
Country Music – Country music
National Music – Popular
music in a language other than
English
Oldies Music – Popular music
from the '50s and '60s
Folk Music – Folk music
Documentary – Documentary

Displaying RDS information

You can display the different types of RDS information
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• Press DISPLAY for RDS information.
Each press changes the display as follows:
• PS, PTY and RT – PS (Program Service name)
displays the name of the radio station. PTY (Program
Type) displays the type of program currently being
received. RT (Radio Text) displays messages
transmitted from the radio station (for example, a talk
radio station may provide a telephone number as RT).
• PTY Search – PTY search (see below)
• Current tuner frequency

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.
1 Tune to an FM radio station.
2 Press DISPLAY repeatedly until 'PTY Search'
appears in the display.
3 Use to select the program type you want to
hear.
4 Press ENTER to start the search.
The receiver searches the station presets for a match. If
it finds one, searching stops for five sec.
5 If you want to keep listening to the station, press
ENTER within the five seconds.
If you don't press ENTER, searching resumes.
When DISPLAY is pressed again, the PTY search
function ends and the display returns to the tuner
frequency.
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