Kenwood KR-V999D Instruction Manual

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2 7KR-V999D (En/T)OperationsListening to radio broadcastsRDS is a system that transmits useful information (in the form of digital data) for FM broadcasts along with the broadcast signal.Tuners and receivers designed for RDS reception can extract the information from the broadcast signal for use with variousfunctions, such as automatic display of the station name.RDS functions:PTY (Program Type Identification) Search: ºAutomatically tunes to a station that is currently broadcasting thespecified program type (genre).EON (Enhanced Other Network) reservation ¤Sets the tuner to automatically switch to stations broadcasting one ofthree types of programs, even though you are listening to anotherstation. The tuner returns to the original station when the broadcastof the selected program ends.PS (Program Service Name) Display: See figure 1 below.Automatically displays the station name transmitted by the RDSstation.RDS Auto Memory function •Automatically selects and stores up to 40 RDS stations in the presetmemory.Using RDS (Radio Data System)Radio text function: See figure 3 below.Displays the radio text data transmitted by some RDS stationswhen you press the DISPLAY key. There is no display if no textdata was transmitted.Radio text can also be displayed on the on screen display using theOSD functions. °Each press switches the display mode as follows:1 PS (Program Service name) display2 Frequency display3 RT (Radio Text) displayPressing the DISPLAY key changes the contents of the display.Using the DISPLAY keyDISPLAY1 PS (Program Service name) display:The station name is displayed automatically when an RDS broadcastis received,If no PS data was sent, “NO PS” is displayed.2 Frequency display:Displays the frequency of the current station.3 RT (Radio Text) display:Text data accompanying the RDS broadcast scrolls across thedisplay. “NO RT” is displayed if the current RDS station does notprovide RT data.Radio text can also be displayed on the on screen display using theOSD functions. °ABBC 1 FM FMARDSSP.ROOMA-- 1)2 5). FMMHzARDSSP.ROOMAABCDEFG HI FMARDSSP.ROOMNoteNoteSome functions and function names may differ for certaincountries and areas.A-- 92 5). FMMHzARDSSP.ROOMThe "RDS" indicator lights up when an RDS broadcast (signal) is received.Before using a function utilizing the RDS, be sure to perform the RDS Auto Memory operation by referring to the descriptionin “Presetting RDS stations (RDS AUTO MEMORY)”. •