Sony CDX-2500R: RDS
RDS: Sony CDX-2500R
If FM stereo reception is poor
— Monaural Mode
RDS
1 During radio reception, press (SHIFT),
then press (3) (PLAY MODE) repeatedly
until “MONO” appears.
2 Press (4) (n) repeatedly until “MONO-
Overview of the RDS
ON“ appears.
The sound improves, but becomes
funct ion
monaural (“ST” disappears).
Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting
service that allows FM stations to send
3 Press (SHIFT).
additional digital information along with the
regular radio programme signal. Your car
To return to normal playback mode, select
stereo offers you a variety of services. Here are
“MONO-OFF” in step 2 above.
just a few: retuning the same programme
automatically, listening to traffic
Changing the display item
announcements, and locating a station by
Each time you press (DSPL), the item changes
programme type.
as follows:
Notes
• Depending on the country or region, not all of
Frequency ˜ Clock
the RDS functions are available.
• RDS may not work properly if the signal strength
After you select the desired item, the display
is weak or if the station you are tuned to is not
will automatically change to the Motion
transmitting RDS data.
Display mode after a few seconds.
In the Motion Display mode, all the above
items are scrolled in the display one by one in
order.
Displaying the station
Tip
The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See
name
” Changing the sound and display settings” on
page 18).
The name of the current station lights up in the
display.
Select an FM station (page 8).
When you tune in an FM station that
transmits RDS data, the station name
appears in the display.
Note
The “ *” indication means that an RDS station is
being received.
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Note
Changing the displayed item
When there is no alternative station in the area
Each time you press (DSPL), the item changes
and you do not need to search for an alternative
as follows:
station, turn the AF function off by pressing
Frequency (Station Name) ˜ Clock
(AF/TA) repeatedly until “ AF TA-OFF” appears.
After you select the desired item, the display
Changing the displayed item
will automatically change to the Motion
Each time you press (AF/TA), the item changes
Display mode after a few seconds.
as follows:
In the Motion Display mode, all the above
” TA-ON ” AF TA-ON*
items are scrolled in the display one by one in
order.
AF-ON “ AF TA-OFF “
Tip
* Select this to turn on both the AF and TA
The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See
functions.
” Changing the sound and display settings” on
page 18).
Notes
• When “ NO AF” and the station name flash
Note
alternately, it means that the unit cannot find an
“ NO NAME” appears if the received station does
alternative station in the network.
not transmit RDS data.
• If the station name starts flashing after selecting
a station with the AF function on, this indicates
that no alternative frequency is available. Push
the SEEK/AMS control up or down while the
station name is flashing (within eight seconds).
The unit starts searching for another frequency
Retuning the same
with the same PI (Programme Identification) data
(“ PI SEEK” appears and no sound is heard). If the
programme aut omatically
unit cannot find another frequency, “ NO PI”
— Alternative Frequencies (AF)
appears, and the unit returns to the previously
selected frequency.
The Alternative Frequencies (AF) function
automatically selects and retunes the station
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with the strongest signal in a network. By
using this function, you can continuously
listen to the same programme during a long-
distance drive without having to retune the
station manually.
Frequencies change automatically.
96.0MHz
98.5MHz
102.5MHz
Station
1 Select an FM station (page 8).
2 Press (AF/TA) repeatedly until “AF-ON”
appears.
The unit starts searching for an alternative
station with a stronger signal in the same
network.
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Listening to a regional programme
The “REG-ON” (regional on) function lets you
Listening to traffic
stay tuned to a regional programme without
being switched to another regional station.
announcement s
(Note that you must turn the AF function on.)
The Traffic Announcement (TA) and Traffic
The unit is factory preset to “REG-ON,” but if
Programme (TP) data let you automatically
you want to turn off the function, do the
tune in an FM station that is broadcasting
following.
traffic announcements even if you are listening
to other programme sources.
1 During radio reception, press (SHIFT),
then press (3) (PLAY MODE) repeatedly
Press (AF/TA) repeatedly until “TA-ON”
until “REG” appears.
or “AF TA-ON” appears.
The unit starts searching for traffic
2 Press (4) (n) repeatedly until “REG-OFF”
information stations. “TP” appears in the
appears.
display when the unit finds a station
broadcasting traffic announcements.
When the traffic announcement starts,
3 Press (SHIFT).
“TA” flashes. The flashing stops when the
Note that selecting “REG-OFF” might cause
traffic announcement is over.
the unit to switch to another regional
station within the same network.
Tip
If the traffic announcement starts while you are
To return to regional on, select “REG-ON” in
listening to another programme source, the unit
step 2 above.
automatically switches to the announcement and
goes back to the original source when the
Note
announcement is over.
This function does not work in the United
Kingdom and in some other areas.
Notes
• “NO TP” flashes for five seconds if the received
Local link function
station does not broadcast traffic
announcements. Then, the unit starts searching
(United Kingdom only)
for a station that broadcasts it.
The Local Link function lets you select other
• When “EON” appears with “ TP” in the display,
local stations in the area, even if they are not
the current station makes use of broadcast traffic
stored on your number buttons.
announcement of other stations in the same
network.
1 Press a number button that has a local
station stored on it.
2 Within five seconds, press the number
button of the local station again.
3 Repeat this procedure until the desired
local station is received.
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To cancel the current traffic
announcement
Presett ing the RDS
Press (AF/TA) or (SOURCE).
st at ions w ith the AF and
To cancel all traffic announcements, turn off
the function by pressing (AF/TA) until
TA data
“AF TA-OFF” appears.
When you preset RDS stations, the unit stores
each station’s data as well as its frequency, so
Presetting the volume of traffic
you don’t have to turn on the AF or TA
announcements
function every time you tune in the preset
You can preset the volume level of the traffic
station. You can select a different setting (AF,
announcements beforehand so you won’t miss
TA, or both) for individual preset stations, or
the announcement. When a traffic
the same setting for all preset stations.
announcement starts, the volume will be
automatically adjusted to the preset level.
Presetting the same setting for all
preset stations
1 Select the desired volume level.
1 Select an FM band (page 8).
2 Press (AF/TA) for two seconds.
“TA” appears and the setting is stored.
2 Press (AF/TA) repeatedly to select either
“AF-ON”, “TA-ON” or “AF TA-ON” (for
Receiving emergency
both AF and TA functions).
Note that selecting “AF TA-OFF” stores not
announcements
only RDS stations, but also non-RDS
If an emergency announcement comes in while
stations.
you are listening to the radio, the programme
will be automatically switched to it. If you are
listening to a source other than the radio, the
3 Press (SHIFT), then press (3) (PLAY
emergency announcements will be heard if
MODE) repeatedly until “BTM” appears.
you set AF or TA to on. The unit will then
automatically switch to these announcements
4 Press (4) (n) until ”B.T.M” flashes.
no matter which source you are listening to at
the time.
5 Press (SHIFT).
Presetting different settings for
each preset station
1 Select an FM band, and tune in the
desired station (page 9).
2 Press (AF/TA) repeatedly to select either
“AF-ON”, “TA-ON” or “AF TA-ON” (for
both AF and TA functions).
3 Press the desired number button until
“MEM” appears.
Repeat from step 1 to preset other stations.
Tip
If you want to change the preset AF and/or TA
setting after you tune in the preset station, you
can do so by turning the AF or TA function on or
off.
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1 Press (PTY) during FM reception until
Locating a station by
“PTY” appears.
programme t ype
You can locate the station you want by
selecting one of the programme types shown
The current programme type name appears
below.
if the station is transmitting the PTY data.
“- - - - -” appears if the received station is
Programme types Display
not an RDS station, or if the RDS data has
News NEWS
not been received.
Current Affairs AFFAIRS
Information INFO
2 Press (PTY) repeatedly until the desired
Sports SPORT
programme type appears.
The programme types appear in the order
Education EDUCATE
shown in the above table. Note that you
Drama DRAMA
cannot select “NONE” (Not specified) for
Culture CULTURE
searching.
Science SCIENCE
Varied VARIED
Popular Music POP M
Rock Music ROCK M
3 Push the SEEK/AMS control up or down.
Easy Listening EASY M
The unit starts searching for a station
Light Classical LIGHT M
broadcasting the selected programme type.
When the unit finds the programme, the
Classical CLASSICS
programme type appears again for five
Other Music Type OTHER M
seconds.
Weather WEATHER
“NO” and the programme type appear
alternately for five seconds if the unit
Finance FINANCE
cannot find the programme type. It then
Children’s programmes CHILDREN
returns to the previous selected station.
Social Affairs SOCIAL A
Religion RELIGION
Phone In PHONE IN
Travel TRAVEL
Leisure LEISURE
Jazz Music JAZZ
Country Music COUNTRY
National Music NATION M
Oldies Music OLDIES
Folk Music FOLK M
Documentary DOCUMENT
Not specified NONE
Note
You cannot use this function in some countries
where no PTY (Programme Type selection) data is
available.
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