Using The Radio Data System (Rds) - Sony ST-SA5ES Manual De Instrucciones

Advanced Tuner 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
tuner offers you three convenient RDS features:
Displaying the RDS information; Monitoring of traffic,
news, or information programmes; 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
RDS indicator and the station name appears in the display.
Displaying the RDS information
Press DISPLAY repeatedly until the information you
desire is displayed.
Information displayed
Station Name*
Frequency*
Clock Time
(24 hour system)
Programme Type
Radio Text
Programme Identification
Digital signal meter*
* 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.
Display the current time.
Locate a specific type of
programme being broadcast.
(See page 13 for the types of
programmes you can select.)
Display the text messages sent
by the RDS station.
Determine each broadcast's
country of origin.
(See page 10 for details.)
Notes
• If there is an emergency announcement by governmental
authorities, "ALARM" flashes in the display.
• If a station is not providing a particular RDS service,
"NO..." (such as "NO PTY") appears in the display.
• When a station broadcasts radio text data, the display
shows the data at the rate it is sent from the station. The
display speed changes in relation to the speed at which
the data is sent.
Monitoring traffic, news, or information
programmes (EON)
Enhanced Other Networks (EON) allows the tuner to
automatically switch to a station broadcasting traffic,
news, or information. After the programme ends, the
tuner switches back to the station you were listening
to. To use this function, be sure to store the stations
beforehand.
To monitor traffic programmes
1
Tune to a preset FM RDS station so that the RDS
TP, or RDS TP EON indicators light in the
display.
2
Press TA so that "TA" appears in the display.
Each time you press TA, the display changes as
follows:
TA (Traffic Announcement) , OFF
When the tuner automatically tunes in a traffic
programme, the TA indicator flashes. If you do
not want to listen to the entire programme, press
TA to switch back to the original station.
To actively search for traffic information
1
Press MENU.
2
Turn TUNING/SELECT until "Traffic" appears in
the display and press ENTER.
The unit enters search mode ("Search" and
"Traffic" appear alternately in the display).
When the tuner finds a traffic announcement, it
stops searching. For ST-SA5ES, the preset stations
currently broadcasting the traffic information are
indicated on the preset calendar. The tuner
receives each station for 8 seconds.
3
Press ENTER when the tuner receives the station
you desire to listen to that programme.