Operation
49
Signature 2.0
To return to the RDS ID and PTY messages press the
RDS
button and note that the
RDS ID
...
message will appear in the front panel
Information
Display
(Figure FPD-19).
Figure FPD-19
IMPORTANT NOTE: Radio stations are free to use all,
some or no parts of the RDS system. For that reason, you
may not see certain aspects of the messages on some FM
stations. For example, some stations may choose to
transmit an ID and PTY, but not a text message. In
addition, when viewing RDS data you may occasionally
see garbled messages containing characters that do not
seem to belong in the message. This is a normal part of
the RDS system, and it may be caused by a number of
factors, including corruption of the data stream trans-
mission or other interference with the signal. Occasional
incorrect messages do not indicate any problem either at
the radio station or with the 2.0.
RDS Program Type Search
The 2.0’s sophisticated tuner and display system enables
you to search for any station transmitting RDS data, or
for a station transmitting a specific program type (PTY).
Although a PTY search may be started using either the
front panel
Information Display
or the on-screen
display system, you may find it easier to use the on-
screen system. To initiate a program type PTY search,
press the
Type
button
`
. This will show the
RDS
Type Search
menu in the on-screen display
(Figure OSD-31), and the word
Search
will appear
on the lower line of the front panel
Information
Display
(Figure FPD-20). To cancel a search while it
is in progress, press the
Type
button
`
.
Figure OSD-31
Figure FPD-20
If you wish to search for a different PTY type, press the
⁄
or
¤ Menu Control
buttons
i
until the desired
program type appears next to the word
SEARCH
in
the middle of the on-screen display or on the right side
of the
Information Display
’s lower line. Press the
› Menu Control
button
i
to begin the search.
Note that the
PERSONL1
,
PERSONL2
and
PERSONL3
, choices are not official RDS program
types, as they are provided so that you may tag any
station as a personal favorite, following the instructions
shown in the Tuner Menu section on page 50. When one
of the three
PERSONL
PTY types is selected for search,
the tuner will only examine the stations programmed
into the preset memory, not ALL stations, as is the case
with a normal PTY search.
While the search is under way, the on-screen display
and front panel
Information Display
will show a
Searching
message (Figure OSD-32).
Figure OSD-32
