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04
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RADIO
The "Radio Data
Sy
stem"
(
RD
S)
f
unction on the FM waveband
p
ermits:
- access to the displa
y
of information, such as the name of the
s
tation, ...
- listenin
g
to the same station while travellin
g
throu
g
h different
r
e
gi
ons,
- temporar
y
tunin
g
to tra
ffi
c in
f
ormation announcements.
Most FM stations use RD
S
. These stations transmit non-audible
data in addition to their pro
g
rammes.
The data transmitted in this wa
y
allows
y
ou access to various
functions, mainl
y
displa
y
in
g
of the name of the station, automatic
retunin
g
to alternative frequencies or temporar
y
retunin
g
to traffi c
inf
o
rm
a
ti
o
n
a
nn
ou
n
ce
m
e
nt
s
.
RD
S
allows
y
ou to continue listenin
g
to the same station b
y
means
of
alternative
f
requencies that carr
y
the same station. However,
in certain conditions, RD
S
alternative
f
requencies may not be
p
rovided throu
g
hout the countr
y
. Radio stations do not cover the
w
hole countr
y
, which explains the loss o
f
reception o
f
the station
durin
g
a
j
ourne
y
.
"AF" ALTERNATIVE FREQUENCIES
Your radio automaticall
y
checks and selects the best
f
requenc
y
f
or
the radio station to which it is tuned
(
i
f
the station broadcasts on
s
everal transmitters or
f
requencies
)
.
The frequenc
y
of a radio station covers approximatel
y
30 miles
(
50 km
)
. The chan
g
e from one frequenc
y
to another explains the
temporar
y
loss of reception durin
g
a
j
ourne
y
.
If the station to which
y
ou are listenin
g
does not have several
f
requencies in the re
g
ion in which
y
ou are currentl
y
located,
y
ou can
deactivate alternative
f
requencies.
Some stations are or
g
anised in a network.
In different re
g
ions, the
y
broadcast different or shared pro
g
rammes
dependin
g
on the time o
f
da
y
.
Y
ou
ca
n
fo
ll
o
w:
- a regional station only,
- the entire network, with the possibilit
y
that
y
ou will be listenin
g
to a di
ff
erent pro
g
ramme.
REG REGIONAL MODE
O
n lon
g
distance
j
ourne
y
s, when the stored station becomes weak,
the radio searches
fi
rst
f
or another
f
requency
f
or the same station
(
AF
)
. Then, i
f
this
f
ails, it searches
f
or a
f
requenc
y
broadcastin
g
the
r
e
g
ional pro
g
ramme
(
RE
G)
. I
f
this also
f
ails, the radio returns to the
s
t
o
r
ed
s
t
a
ti
o
n.
The "AF", "REG" and "TP" functions
ca
n
be
deac
tiv
a
t
ed
o
r
ac
tiv
a
t
ed
vi
a
th
e
"TUNE" button functions settin
g
mode.
RDS
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