Sony XR-C33R: RDS

RDS: Sony XR-C33R

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

function

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 mode, select “MONO-

stereo offers you a variety of services. Here are

OFF” in step 2 above.

just a few: retuning the same programme

automatically, listening to traffic

announcements, and locating a station by

Changing the display item

programme type.

Each time you press (DSPL), the item changes

as follows:

Notes

Frequency (Station Name)* ˜ Clock

Depending on the country or region, not all of

the RDS functions are available.

* When you tune in an FM station that transmits

RDS may not work properly if the signal strength

RDS data, the station name appears.

is weak or if the station you are tuned to is not

transmitting RDS data.

After you select the desired item, the display

will automatically change to the Motion

Display mode after a few seconds.

In the Motion Display mode, all the above

items are scrolled in the display one by one in

Displaying the station

order.

name

Tip

The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See

The name of the current station lights up in the

“Changing the sound and display settings” on

display.

page 19).

Select an FM station (page 9).

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.

Changing the display item

Each time you press (DSPL), the item changes

as follows:

Station Name (Frequency) ˜ Clock

After you select the desired item, the display

will automatically change to the Motion

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.

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Tip

Changing the display item

The Motion Display mode can be turned off. (See

Each time you press (AF/TA), the item changes

“Changing the sound and display settings” on

page 19).

as follows:

TA-ON AF TA-ON*

Note

“NO NAME” appears if the received station does

AF-ON AF TA-OFF

not transmit RDS data.

* Select this to turn on both the AF and TA

functions.

Notes

• When “NO AF” and the station name flash

alternately, it means that the unit cannot find an

Retuning the same

alternative station in the network.

If the station name starts flashing after selecting

programme automatically

a station with the AF function on, this indicates

— Alternative Frequencies (AF)

that no alternative frequency is available. Push

the SEEK/AMS control up or down while the

The Alternative Frequencies (AF) function

station name is flashing (within eight seconds).

automatically selects and retunes the station

The unit starts searching for another frequency

with the strongest signal in a network. By

with the same PI (Programme Identification) data

using this function, you can continuously

(“PI SEEK” appears and no sound is heard). If the

unit cannot find another frequency, “NO PI”

listen to the same programme during a long-

appears, and the unit returns to the previously

distance drive without having to retune the

selected frequency.

station manually.

Frequencies change automatically.

Listening to a regional programme

The “REG-ON” (regional on) function lets you

98.5MHz

96.0MHz

stay tuned to a regional programme without

being switched to another regional station.

(Note that you must turn the AF function on.)

The unit is factory preset to “REG-ON,” but if

you want to turn off the function, do the

following.

Station

1 During radio reception, press (SHIFT),

then press (3) (PLAY MODE) repeatedly

102.5MHz

until “REG” appears.

1 Select an FM station (page 9).

2 Press (4) (n) repeatedly until “REG-OFF”

appears.

2 Press (AF/TA) repeatedly until “AF-ON”

appears.

3 Press (SHIFT).

The unit starts searching for an alternative

Note that selecting “REG-OFF” might cause

station with a stronger signal in the same

the unit to switch to another regional

network.

station within the same network.

Note

When there is no alternative station in the area

To return to regional on, select “REG-ON” in

and you do not need to search for an alternative

step 2 above.

station, turn the AF function off by pressing

(AF/TA) repeatedly until “AF TA-OFF” appears.

Note

This function does not work in the United

Kingdom and in some other areas.

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Local link function

(United Kingdom only)

Listening to traffic

The Local Link function lets you select other

announcements

local stations in the area, even if they are not

stored on your number buttons.

The Traffic Announcement (TA) and Traffic

Programme (TP) data let you automatically

1 Press a number button that has a local

tune in an FM station that is broadcasting

station stored on it.

traffic announcements even if you are listening

to other programme sources.

2 Within five seconds, press the number

button of the local station again.

Press (AF/TA) repeatedly until “TA-ON”

or “AF TA-ON” appears.

The unit starts searching for traffic

3 Repeat this procedure until the desired

information stations. “TP” appears in the

local station is received.

display when the unit finds a station

broadcasting traffic announcements.

When the traffic announcement starts,

“TA” flashes. The flashing stops when the

traffic announcement is over.

Tip

If the traffic announcement starts while you are

listening to another programme source, the unit

automatically switches to the announcement and

goes back to the original source when the

announcement is over.

Notes

“NO TP” flashes for five seconds if the received

station does not broadcast traffic announcements.

Then, the unit starts searching for a station that

broadcasts it.

When “EON” appears with “TP” in the display,

the current station makes use of broadcast traffic

announcements by other stations in the same

network.

To cancel the current traffic

announcement

Press (AF/TA) or (SOURCE).

To cancel all traffic announcements, turn off

the function by pressing (AF/TA) until “AF

TA-OFF” appears.

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Presetting the volume of traffic

announcements

Presetting the RDS

You can preset the volume level of the traffic

stations with the AF and

announcements beforehand so you won’t

miss the announcement. When a traffic

TA data

announcement starts, the volume will be

automatically adjusted to the preset level.

When you preset RDS stations, the unit stores

each station’s data as well as its frequency, so

you don’t have to turn on the AF or TA

1 Select the desired volume level.

function every time you tune in the preset

station. You can select a different setting (AF,

2 Press (AF/TA) for two seconds.

TA, or both) for individual preset stations, or

“TA” appears and the setting is stored.

the same setting for all preset stations.

Receiving emergency

Presetting the same setting for all

announcements

preset stations

If an emergency announcement comes in while

1 Select an FM band (page 9).

you are listening to the radio, the programme

will automatically switch to it. If you are

listening to a source other than the radio, the

2 Press (AF/TA) repeatedly to select either

emergency announcements will be heard if

“AF-ON,” “TA-ON” or “AF TA-ON” (for

you set AF or TA to on. The unit will then

both AF and TA functions).

automatically switch to these announcements

Note that selecting “AF TA-OFF” stores not

no matter which source you are listening to at

only RDS stations, but also non-RDS

the time.

stations.

3 Press (SHIFT), then press (3) (PLAY

MODE) repeatedly until “B.T.M” appears.

4 Press (4) (n) until “B.T.M” flashes.

5 Press (SHIFT).

Presetting different settings for

each preset station

1 Select an FM band, and tune in the

desired station.

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 and

hold 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 type

You can locate the station you want by

The current programme type name appears

selecting one of the programme types shown

if the station is transmitting the PTY data.

below.

“- - - - -” appears if the received station is

not an RDS station, or if the RDS data has

Programme types Display

not been received.

News NEWS

Current Affairs AFFAIRS

2 Press (PTY) repeatedly until the desired

programme type appears.

Information INFO

The programme types appear in the order

Sports SPORT

shown in the above table. Note that you

Education EDUCATE

cannot select “NONE” (Not specified) for

Drama DRAMA

searching.

Culture CULTURE

Science SCIENCE

Varied VARIED

3 Push the SEEK/AMS control up or down.

Popular Music POP M

The unit starts searching for a station

Rock Music ROCK M

broadcasting the selected programme type.

Easy Listening EASY M

When the unit finds the programme, the

programme type appears again for five

Light Classical LIGHT M

seconds.

Classical CLASSICS

“NO” and the programme type appear

Other Music Type OTHER M

alternately for five seconds if the unit

cannot find the programme type. It then

Weather WEATHER

returns to the previously selected station.

Finance FINANCE

Children’s Programmes CHILDREN

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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