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SELECTING A STATION BY NAME
RDS – Radio Broadcast Data System
Thanks to specially designed systems, limi-
tations inherent in mobile reception quality
have been partially minimized:
The Radio Broadcast Data System (RDS)
transmits supplementary information in
the FM range. RDS transmitters thus offer
the following characteristics:
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Stations that broadcast at several
frequencies automatically change to
the frequency with the best reception
quality
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The station name will be indicated in the
display after the RDS signals have been
evaluated
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Additional information can be indicated
or called up in the display (e.g. text
broadcasts from the station, PTY).
However, the reception of RDS data is only
possible under favorable reception condi-
tions. If there is weak or interrupted recep-
tion, it can take quite a while before the
station name appears in the display.
Station selection
1. Switch on RDS
"RDS ON" briefly appears in the display
and then the name of the current
station if the station transmits RDS
information
2. Start scan
The scan mode begins with the station
that was last set.
The scan mode is stopped as soon as a
station is found.
Switch off RDS
"RDS OFF" briefly appears in the display.
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