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STEREO/MONO
FM station is received in stereo mode. However, If signal reception is weak or the reception is
not as good as you would like, switching to mono reception mode improves the overall sound
quality. Press the MO/ST button on the remote control to select FM stereo or mono reception.
Press the LO/DX button on the remote control to select local or
distant stations.
When you want to listen to a local station, please turn on the LOC reception function.
In this mode, you can receive the stations with strong enough and stable signal.
When you want to listen to a distant station, please turn off the LOC reception function to
improve reception effect.
DX/LOC
In urban settings, the signal of most local stations are strong enough and it should be set in
LOCAL mode. For distant stations, you should switch to DX (distant) mode to search for
stations with weaker signals.
RDS (Radio data system) operations
The brief description about RDS radio reception
What is RDS?
RDS is a special radio broadcast, called “Radio Data System”, it is a system for transmission
of additional information with the FM broadcast transmit signal, it can transmit the station
name(PS), program type(PTY), program content and other dagital form additional information
by using the subcarriers.
By the tuner with RDS function can identify these digital signals and change signals into a
character displayed on the LCD display.
The most important feature of RDS is priority set (i.e. AF), you can set your favorite radio
stations, such as sports, news or economic, etc.
When the RDS tuner receive your set station signal, the current program of the unit will stop,
change to broadcast this information. It is in the form of digits and letters shown on the LCD
display, no sound output.
The other function is warning interrupt function (ie TA), when the road conditions and
incidents (such as traffic jams, etc.), radio stations will broadcast signals, the RDS tuner will
receive the information and will be displayed on the LCD display, you can go the other way.
In many European countries, Many radio stations have been using the RDS, and devotes
themselves to RDS program broadcast in the full coverage.
Description of the some RDS terminology:
1) PS (Program Service) name of the station.
2) TP (Traffic Program) identification data for traffic information broadcasting.
3) PI (Program identification) Code for identifying the radio station.
4) AF (Alternative Frequencies) Automatically search for the best other available
alternative frequency.
5) TA (Traffic Announcement) Function allowling the broadcast of traffic information.
6) PTY (Program Type) P
7) CT (Clock time) The CT feature allows this system time more accurate and stable.
8) REG (Regional selection)
9) EON (Enhanced other network) This information is used to updates other business
operations of PI, PIN, PTY, TP, TA and AF information except the FM station program ,
the receiver with EON function can received not only FM station program by the EON function,
but also listen to the cross-reference other programs traffic program.
Note:
1. RDS only available for FM stations.
2. If the radio station did not properly transmit RDS signal or the reception signal is too weak,
the RDS feature will probably can not carry out.
3. Not all FM stations provide RDS service, they do not necessarily provide the same type of
service. If you are not familiar with the RDS system, please inquire the local RDS service
details.
rogram type of radio station such as news, pop music, sports etc.
regional broadcasting program of radio station