Sony XR-C453RDS: RDS

If FM stereo reception is poor

— Monaural mode

RDS

Press (SENS/BTM) momentarily until

“MONO” lights up on the display.

The sound will improve, but it will become

monaural. (The “ST” indication will

disappear.)

Overview of the RDS

Changing the displayed items

function

Each time you press (DSPL), the display

changes between the frequency and the clock.

Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting

service that allows FM stations to send

additional digital information along with the

If you cannot tune in a preset

regular radio programme signal. Your car

station

stereo offers you a variety of services. Here

are just a few: Re-tuning the same programme

Press either side of (SEEK/AMS)

automatically, Listening to traffic

momentarily to search for the station

announcements and Locating a station by

(automatic tuning).

programme type.

Scanning stops when a station is received.

Press either side of the button repeatedly

The RDS function is available only for FM1

until the desired station is received.

and FM2 bands.

Note

EN

If the automatic tuning stops too frequently, press

Notes

(SENS/BTM) momentarily until “LCL” lights up on the

• Depending on the country or region, not all of the RDS

display (local seek mode). Only the stations with relatively

functions are available.

strong signals can be tuned in.

• RDS may not work properly if the signal strength is

weak or if the station you are tuned in is not

Tip

transmitting RDS data.

If you know the frequency, press and hold either side of

(SEEK/AMS) until the desired station is received (manual

tuning).

Displaying the station

name

The name of the station currently received

lights up on the display.

Select an FM station.

When you tune in an FM station that

transmits RDS data, the station name lights

up on the display.

Note

The “*” indication means that an RDS station is being

received.

Changing the displayed items

Each time you press (DSPL), the displayed

items change as follows:

z Frequency z Time z Station name

Note

“NO NAME” lights up if the station received does not

transmit RDS data.

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Listening to a regional programme

Re-tuning the same

The “REG” (regional on) function of this unit

lets you stay tuned to a regional programme

programme automatically

without being switched to another regional

— Alternative Frequencies (AF)

station. (Note that you must turn the AF

function on.) The unit is factory preset to

The Alternative Frequencies (AF) function

“REG“ but if you want to turn off the function,

automatically selects and re-tunes the station

do the following.

with the strongest signal in a network. By

using this function, you can continuously

Press (AF/TA) for more than two seconds

listen to the same programme during a long-

until “REG” disappears.

distance drive without having to re-tune the

Note that turning the “REG” function off

station manually.

might cause the unit to switch to another

Frequencies change automatically.

regional station within the same network.

96.0 MHz

Note

98.5 MHz

This function does not work in the United Kingdom and in

some other areas.

Station

102.5 MHz

Listening to traffic

EN

Radio/RDS

announcements

1 Select an FM station.

The Traffic Announcement (TA) and Traffic

Programme (TP) data let you automatically

tune in an FM station that is broadcasting

2 Press (AF/TA) until “AF” lights up on the

traffic announcements even though you are

display.

listening to other programme sources.

The unit starts searching for an alternative

station with a stronger signal in the same

network.

Press (AF/TA) until “TA” or “AF TA” lights

up on the display.

Notes

The unit starts searching for traffic

• When the (AF/TA) button is pressed during FM3 band

information stations. “TP” lights up on the

reception, the band changes automatically to FM1.

display when the unit finds a station

• When there is no alternative station in the area, and you

broadcasting traffic announcements.

don’t need to search for an alternative station, turn the

When the traffic announcement starts,

AF function off by pressing (AF/TA) until “AF”

“TA” flashes, then flashing stops when the

disappears.

traffic announcement is over.

Changing the displayed items

Tip

Each time you press (AF/TA), the displayed

When the traffic announcement starts while you are

items change as follows:

listening to another programme source, the unit

automatically switches to the announcement and goes back

z AF z TA z AF TA*

to the original source when the announcement is over.

Blank Z

Notes

* Select this to turn on both AF and TA functions.

• “NO TP” flashes for five seconds if the received station

doesn’t broadcast traffic announcements. Then, the unit

Notes

starts searching for a station that does broadcast traffic

• “NO AF” and the station name flashes alternately, if the

announcements.

unit cannot find an alternative station in the network.

• When the “EON” indication appears with “TP” on the

• If the station name starts flashing after selecting a

display, the current station makes use of broadcast traffic

station with the AF function on, this indicates that no

announcements of other stations in the same network.

alternative frequency is available. Press (SEEK/AMS)

while the station name is flashing (within eight seconds).

The unit starts searching for another frequency with the

same PI (Programme Identification) data (“PI seek”

appears and no sound is heard). If the unit cannot find

another frequency, “NO PI” appears, and the unit

returns to the originally selected frequency.

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