Kenwood KDC-6060R Instruction Manual

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— 16 —EnglishRDS features (See page 7)RDS (Radio Data System)RDS is a digital information system that lets you receivesignals besides those of regular radio programmes, such asnetwork information being transmitted from radio stations.When listening to an RDS station (ie, a station with RDScapability), the programme service name of the station isdisplayed along with the frequency, advising you quicklywhich station is being received.RDS (Radio Data System) stations also transmit frequencydata for the same station. When you are making long trips,this function automatically switches to the particularfrequency with the best reception for the particular network ofstations that you want to listen to. The data is automaticallystored, allowing you to switch quickly to another RDSstations, broadcasting the same programme, that has betterreception. These include stations stored in the station presetmemory that you often listen to.EON (Enhanced Other Network)Stations that offer EON also transmit information about otherRDS stations that have traffic information. When you aretuned to a station that is not transmitting traffic information,but another RDS station starts transmitting a traffic bulletin,the tuner automatically switches to the other station for theduration of the bulletin.AlarmWhen an emergency transmission (announcing disasters, etc.)is sent, all current functions are interrupted to allow thewarning to be received.AF (Alternative Frequency) FunctionWhen poor reception is experienced, automatically switch toanother frequency broadcasting the same programme in thesame RDS network with better reception.The ™ indicator lights up when the AF function is turnedon.Turning AF Function On/Off:Hold down the MENU button for one second or more."MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on.Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the AF function appearsin the display.Press the 4 button to search in the other direction.The function setting is indicated by "AF ON" or "AF OFF" in thedisplay, indicating that the AF function is on or off,respectively.Switching settingsPress either the AM button or FM button.The display and setting will change.Press the MENU button to end the menu mode.Displaying Frequencies:• When the Switching Clock display function (P.32) is OFF:Press the DISP button.• When the Switching Clock display function (P.32) is ON:Hold down the DISP button for one second or more.The frequency for the RDS station will be displayed for fiveseconds instead of the station name.When no other stations with stronger reception are available forthe same programme in the RDS network, you may hear theincoming broadcast in bits and snatches. Turn off the AF functionin such a case.NOTE4321