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Operation
Seeing information about a radio
station
The FM tuner is supplied with the RDS (Radio
Data System) facility. This shows information
about the radio station being listened to. Press
RDS repeatedly to cycle through the various
data types. :
PS
(Programme Service Name)
The name of the channel will
appear in the display
PTY
(Programme Type Recognition)
The programme type (e.g. Jazz or
News) will appear in the display.
RT
(Radio Text)
A text message contains special
information from the broadcast
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station. This text may scroll across
the display.
CT
(Time controlled by the channel)
This shows the time and date as
broadcast by the station.
You can search the radio stations by
programme type by pressing RDS. The display
will show the last PTY in use. Press PTY
one or more times to select your preferred
programme type. Press and hold I/i . The
tuner will search automatically. When a station
is found the search will stop.