Kenwood KRC-259R Instruction Manual

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RDS features (See page 6)English— 12 —RDS (Radio Data System)RDS is a digital information system that lets you receive sig-nals besides those of regular radio programmes, such as net-work information being transmitted from radio stations.When listening to an RDS station (ie, a station with RDS capa-bility), the programme service name of the station is displayedalong with the frequency, advising you quickly which stationis 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 particular frequen-cy with the best reception for the particular network of sta-tions that you want to listen to. The data is automaticallystored, allowing you to switch quickly to another RDS sta-tions, broadcasting the same programme, that has betterreception. These include stations stored in the station presetmemory that you often listen to.AlarmWhen an emergency transmission (announcing disasters, etc.)is sent, all current functions are interrupted to allow the warn-ing to be received.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.The EON indicator lights up when the RDS station currentlybeing listened to starts to broadcast EON frequency data.AF (Alternative Frequency) FunctionWhen poor reception is experienced, automatically switch toanother frequency broadcasting the same programme in thesame RDS network with better reception.The AF indicator lights up when the AF function is turned on.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, respective-ly.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:Hold down the CLK 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.NOTE4321Restricting RDS Region (Region Restrict Function)You can choose whether or not to restrict the RDS channels,received with the AF function for a particular network, to aspecific region. When the Region Restrict Function is on, theregion is restricted and the REG indicator is turned on.Turning Region Restrict Function On/Off:Hold down the MENU button for one second or more."MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on.1