Radio mode
The receiving concept of RDS
The abbreviation RDS stands for Radio Data System, i.e. inaudible, additional information codes are transmitted by
the VHF RDS station.
Your DVD6311 DVD Tuner is able to read this kind of data and most radio stations send RDS data.
The most essential data transmitted is:
- Program identification (PI)
- Traffic programme (TP)
- Traffic announcement (TA)
- Programme service name (PS)
- Alternative frequency (AF)
- Programme type (PTY)
- Enhanced other networks (EON)
- Clock time (CT)
Program identification (PI)
These data help the receiver to identify a station. They enable the radio to differentiate between ranges where the
same programme is transmitted. When the reception gets weaker, the car radio only switches to a stronger station
if it transmits the same programme identification
Traffic programme (TP)
This signal enables the receiver to detect when a traffic news station is being received.
Traffic announcement (TA)
Due to this signal, the receiver can detect a traffic announcement and interrupt the playback of another audio source.
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