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RDS is a broadcasting service which a growing number of
FM stations are now providing. It allows these FM stations
to send additional signals along with their regular pro-
gramme signals. For example, the stations send their station
names, and information about what type of programme they
broadcast, such as sports or music, etc.

When tuned to an FM station which provides the RDS ser-
vice, the RDS will appear, and the station frequency (and
then the station name if sent) will be displayed.
"TP" (Traffic Programme) will appear on the display when
the received broadcast carries traffic announcements, and
"TA" (Traffic Announcement) will appear whilst a traffic
announcement is received.
"EON" will appear whilst the EON (Enhanced Other Net-
works information) data is broadcast.
"PTYI" (Dynamic PTY Indicator) will appear whilst the
Dynamic PTY station is received.

Note:
"TP" and "TA" appear at the same time during an announce-
ment. When only "TA" appears, an announcement is not
made. (See page 24.)

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With the CD-BA1300H, you can display three types of RDS
service. To show them in the display, press the DISPLAY
MODE button. Each time you press the DISPLAY MODE
button, the display will change to show the following infor-
mation.

Descriptions of the PTY (Programme Type) codes, TP (Traf-
fic Programme) and TA (Traffic Announcement).
With the CD-BA1300H, you can search for and receive the
following PTY, TP and TA signals.

Station names commonly known
will be displayed. "NO PS" appears
if no signal is received.

Programme type will be displayed.
"NO PTY" appears if no signal is
received.

Radio text will be displayed. "NO
RT" appears if no signal is re-
ceived.

Station frequencies.

PS

PTY

RT

Station Frequency

Short accounts of facts, events and public-
ly expressed views, reportage and actuali-
ty.

Topical programme expanding or enlarg-
ing upon the news, generally in different
presentation style or concept, including
debate, or analysis.

Programmes whose purpose is to impart
advice in the widest sense.

Programme concerned with any aspect of
sport.

Programme intended primarily to educate,
of which the formal element is fundamen-
tal.

All radio plays and serials.

Programmes concerned with any aspect
of national or regional culture, including
language, theatre, etc.

Programmes about the natural sciences
and technology.

Used for mainly speech-based pro-
grammes usually of light-entertainment
nature, not covered by other categories.
Examples include: quizzes, panel games,
personality interviews.

Commercial music, which would generally
be considered to be of current popular ap-
peal, often featuring in current or recent
record sales charts.

Contemporary modern music, usually writ-
ten and performed by young musicians.

Current contemporary music considered
to be "easy-listening", as opposed to Pop,
Rock or Classical, or one of the special-
ised music styles, Jazz, Folk or Country.
Music in this category is often but not al-
ways, vocal, and usually of short duration.

Classical music for general, rather than
specialist appreciation. Examples of music
in this category are instrumental music,
and vocal or choral works.

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When the unit is in the EON stand-by mode and a pro-
gramme is selected, the unit will display "TI" instead of
"TA".

Performances of major orchestral works,
symphonies, chamber music, etc., and in-
cluding Grand Opera.

Musical styles not fitting into any of the oth-
er categories. Particularly used for special-
ist music of which Rhythm & Blues and
Reggae are examples.

Weather reports and forecasts and meteo-
rological information.

Stock Market reports, commerce, trading,
etc.

For programmes targeted at a young audi-
ence, primarily for entertainment and inter-
est, rather than where the objective is to
educate.

Programmes about people and things that
influence them individually or in groups. In-
cludes: sociology, history, geography, psy-
chology and society.

Any aspect of beliefs and faiths, involving
a God or Gods, the nature of existence
and ethics.

Involving members of the public express-
ing their views either by phone or at a pub-
lic forum.

Features and programmes concerned with
travel to near and far destinations, pack-
age tours and travel ideas and opportuni-
ties. Not for use for announcements about
problems, delays, or roadworks affecting
immediate travel where TP/TA should be
used.

Programmes concerned with recreational
activities in which the listener might partic-
ipate. Examples include, Gardening, Fish-
ing, Antique collecting, Cooking, Food &
Wine, etc.

Polyphonic, syncopated music character-
ised by improvisation.

Songs which originate from, or continue
the musical tradition of the American
Southern States. Characterised by a
straightforward melody and narrative story
line.

Current Popular Music of the Nation or Re-
gion in that country's language, as op-
posed to International 'Pop' which is
usually US or UK inspired and in English.

Music from the so-called "golden age" of
popular music.

Music which has its roots in the musical
culture of a particular nation, usually
played on acoustic instruments. The nar-
rative or story may be based on historical
events or people.

Programme concerned with factual mat-
ters, presented in an investigative style.

Broadcast when testing emergency broad-
cast equipment or receivers.

Emergency announcement made under
exceptional circumstances to give warning
of events causing danger of a general na-
ture.

No programme type (receive only).

Broadcasts which carry traffic announce-
ments.

Traffic announcements are currently on
air.

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It is recommended that you store stations in memory using
ASPM. (This memory can be used for PTY searches, sta-
tion select and EON switching.)
When the ASPM button is pressed whilst tuned to the FM
band, the RDS (Radio Data System) function will automati-
cally search for new RDS stations. Up to 40 stations can be
stored in memory. (If you have already stored some stations
in memory, the number of new stations you can store will be
less.)

 

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Only RDS stations will be stored in memory in numerical
order.

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If the same station is broadcasting on different frequen-
cies, the transmission with the strongest broadcast fre-
quency will be stored in memory.

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Any station which has the same frequency as one which
has been already stored in memory will not be stored
again.

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The ASPM operation can be repeated until "END"
appears.

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If a 40th station is stored in memory during a scan, the
scanning will stop at that station. The number of stations
and "END" will each be displayed for 4 seconds.

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If no stations have been stored in memory, "END" will
appear for about 4 seconds.

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If 40 stations have already been stored in memory and
the ASPM button is pressed, "END" will appear immedi-
ately and the scan will be aborted. If you want to redo the
ASPM operation from the beginning, erase the preset
memory, and then perform steps 1 - 4.

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If the RDS station broadcast signals are very weak, sta-
tion names may not be stored in memory.

To stop the ASPM operation before it is complete:
Press the ASPM button whilst it is scanning for stations.

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The stations that have already been stored in memory
will be kept there.

To erase all the contents in the preset memory:
1

Press the ON/STAND-BY button to enter the stand-by
mode.

2

Press the ON/STAND-BY button whilst holding down the
TUNER (BAND) button and the EQUALIZER/X-BASS/
DEMO button.

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"TUNER CL" will appear.

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After performing this operation, all of the preset memory
information will be erased.

(Main unit operation)

After "ASPM" has flashed for about 4 seconds, scan-
ning will start (87.50 - 108.00).

When an RDS station is found, the RDS will appear for
a short time and the station will be stored in memory.

After scanning, the number of stations that have been
automatically stored in memory will be displayed for 4
seconds, and then "END" will appear for 4 seconds.

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You can receive a desired station by specifying the station
name (BBC R1, BBC R2, etc.) from among the stations that
have been stored in memory. (ASPM is convenient for stor-
ing stations in memory.)
Before starting this operation, you must store one or more
station names in memory.

 

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"STATION" and "SELECT" will appear alternately for
about 6 seconds.

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Each time the button is pressed, the station name will
appear. If the button is held down for more than 0.5 sec-
onds, the station name will continuously change.

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After the selected station name has been lit for 1 second,
the preset station which corresponds to the selected sta-
tion name will be recalled.

To cancel the station select operation:
Press the STATION button whilst "STATION" and "SELECT"
appear alternately.

To store a station name again, if the wrong name was 
stored in memory by mistake:
When you store station names in memory using the ASPM
function, the correct station names may not actually be
stored if there is lots of noise or if the RDS station signal is
too weak. In this case, store station names in memory using
the following procedure.
1

Press the STATION button.

2

Within 6 seconds, press the PRESET (  or  ) button to
check whether the station names are correct.

3

If you find a station name that is wrong, press the STA-
TION button again within 6 seconds to recall the preset
station, which corresponds to the station name.

4

After the preset station has been received and the cor-
rect station name has been displayed, press the MEM-
ORY/SET button.

5

Within 30 seconds, press the MEMORY/SET button
whilst the preset channel number is flashing.

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The new station name has been stored in memory cor-
rectly.

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When there are no station names stored in memory, you
cannot use this function. In this case, when the STATION
button is pressed, "NOTHING" will flash for 5 seconds,
and the unit will return to the original display.

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This function can only be used when the FM band has
been selected.

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The same station name can be stored in different preset
channels. Therefore, when you are choosing a station
name from the presets, the same station name may be
encountered more than once.

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In a certain area or during certain time periods, the sta-
tion names selected using the station select function may
temporarily be different from the name of the station you
are actually receiving.

(Main unit operation)