8
Quick reference and functions
1
Radio operation
Looking for stations
(station scan)
• Press or hold down one of the
station scan
buttons
— The scan starts with the fre-
quency that was set most
recently
— The scan stops as soon as a
station is located
i
Note:
— During the first run, the tuner
only tries to pic up strong
stations (
LO
displayed);
— where a second run is initi-
ated, the tuner also tries to
pic up wea er stations
(
DX
displayed)
Selecting stations by
name
RDS - Radio Data System
Sophisticated systems have
now solved many of the prob-
lems of listening to the radio
while driving:
The Radio Data System (RDS)
is used to broadcast supple-
mentary information on the
UKW (FM) waveband. Radio
stations that broadcast RDS
information provide the follow-
ing features:
— Radio stations that broadcast
on multiple frequencies, auto-
matically switch to the fre-
quency with the best
reception
— Once the RDS signals have
been processed, the station
name is displayed
— Supplementary information
can be displayed or called up
(e.g. text messages from the
radio station)
RDS data can however only be
received under good reception
conditions. With poor or dis-
torted reception, there may be
a prolonged delay before the
station name is displayed.
105.3 LO
RDS FM 3
105.3 DX
RDS FM 3
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