Listening to station presets, An introduction to rds, Displaying rds information – Pioneer VSX-915-K Manuale d'uso

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Using the tuner

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Tip

• To erase a station name, simply repeat

steps 1-3 and input four spaces instead of
a name.

• Once you have named a station preset, you

can press

TUNER

DISPLAY

when listening

to a station to switch the display between
name and frequency.

Listening to station presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do
this. See

Saving station presets

above if you

haven’t done this already.

1

Press

TUNER

to select the tuner.

2

Press CLASS to select the class in which

the station is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B
and C.

3

Press ST +/– to select the station preset

you want.

• You can also use the number buttons on

the remote control to recall the station
preset.

An introduction to 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

.

You can search the following program types:

1

Displaying RDS information

Use the

TUNER DISPLAY

button to display the

different types of RDS information available.

2

Press

TUNER DISPLAY

for RDS

information.

Each press changes the display as follows:

• Radio Text (

RT

) – Messages sent by the

radio station. For example, a talk radio
station may provide a phone number as RT.

News –

News

Affairs

– Current Affairs

Info

– General Information

Sport

– Sport

Educate

– Educational

Drama

– Radio plays, etc.

Culture

– National or

regional culture, theater,
etc.

Science

– Science and

technology

Varied

– Usually talk-

based material, such as
quiz shows or interviews.

Pop M

– Pop music

Rock M

– Rock music

Easy M

– Easy listening

Light M

– ‘Light’ classical

music

Classics

– ‘Serious’

classical music

Other M

– Music not fitting

above categories

Weather

– Weather

reports

Finance

– Stock market

reports, commerce,
trading, etc.

Children

– Programs for

children

Social

– Social affairs

Religion

– Programs

concerning religion

Phone In

– Public

expressing their views by
phone

Travel

– Holiday-type travel

rather than traffic
announcements

Leisure

– Leisure interests

and hobbies

Jazz

– Jazz

Country

– Country music

Nation M

– Popular music

in a language other than
English

Oldies

– Popular music

from the ’50s and ’60s

Folk M

– Folk music

Document

– Documentary

Note

1 In addition, there are three other program types,

TEST

,

Alarm!

, and

None

.

Alarm!

and

TEST

are used for emergency an-

nouncements. 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 you see

NO RADIO TEXT DATA

in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will

automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).

• In the PTY display,

NO DATA

may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.

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