Caliber RDD 885BTI User Manual - Rds Operations
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RDS operations
The unit provides basic functions of RDS, including
PI (Program Identification), radio station name ,
RT (Radio Text), CT (Clock Time), AF (Alternative
Frequency), TA (Traffic Announcement) and PTY
(Program Type) Selection.
AF function
Alternative Frequencies Lists are used
for the same program service and used
in conjunction with the PI code (Program
Identification code) to assist automatic tuning.
Using this information, a radio can automatically
search out another station that is playing the
same material. This is useful when the station
you are listening to is fading out.
To activate AF function, touch the [
AF] button on
the user interface.
To cancel this function, do the operation above
again.
Note:
During auto switching radio frequency, some
interference could be heard. Turning off AF
function can settle this problem.
TA function
The TA (Traffic Announcement flag) function
lets the unit receive traffic announcements
automatically no matter what media source
is playing back. The TA function can be
activated by a TP (Traffic Program) station
broadcasting traffic information.
W h e n TA i s a c t i v a t e d a n d a t r a ff i c
announcement is received, the current
playing source will be overridden by the traffic
announcement if the current radio band is FM
and the 'TA' indicator lights up, indicating that
the unit is waiting for traffic announcements.
The unit returns to the original source after
the traffic announcement has been received.
To activate TA function, touch the [
TA] button
on the user interface.
To cancel this function, do the operation
above again.
PTY function
PTY is the abbreviation for Program Type
which is a code defining the type of program
being broadcast (e.g. News or Rock).
Six PTY options will display on the screen. To
view more PTY options, touch the scroll bar
and arrows on the screen.
When one PTY option is touched (e.g.
News), auto search for next available PTY
by increasing tuning frequency until the PTY
of the next station matches the current. If no
matched PTY has been found, the unit will
return to the original radio frequency.
PS(Program service )
Used for receiver displays of an 8 character
alpha numeric Program Service name which
may use Upper or Lower case characters, e.g.
{BBC_4_FM}, {Classic_}.
CT (Clock time)
Some stations broadcast the time and date
within the encoded RDS signal. The clock
time is automatically adjusted when "CT" is
set to "On".
RT (Radio text)
When this function is activated, the unit will
display short message data transmitted from
the provider, such as station information, the
name of the current broadcasting song and
the artist name.