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| 1700.1 | Probably not being broadcast. | DCC::HAGARTY | Essen, Trinken und Shaggen... | Thu Feb 20 1992 17:07 | 3 |
| 1700.2 | RDS works | OSI::ROBINSON | OSI Upper Layer Architect | Thu Feb 20 1992 17:58 | 11 |
| I have RDS feature on my car radio. It works as expected when on Cassette - i.e.
interrupts the cassette when there is a traffic flash and then returns automatically.
The annoying feature is that when listening to radio and `info' is pressed,it
immediately looks for the local radio station irrespective of whether there
is any traffic information.
RDS itself is very useful on long trips. Automatically selecting the strongest
signal for the particular national radio station
Dave
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| 1700.3 | | LARVAE::LINCOLN_J | | Fri Feb 21 1992 11:50 | 18 |
| > ... It works as expected when on Cassette - i.e.
>interrupts the cassette when there is a traffic flash and then returns automatically.
This is what mine does except that it hasn't picked anything up yet.
>The annoying feature is that when listening to radio and `info' is pressed,it
>immediately looks for the local radio station irrespective of whether there
>is any traffic information.
Ditto. It has to do this because there's only one tuner and it
can't receive two channels at once.
I think ARI is for "Automatic Route Information"
I expect that one day when I am inextricably stuck in an enormous
jam it'll burst into life and tell me what I already know!.
-John
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| 1700.4 | and mine changes colour | SUBURB::SPRULESA | | Fri Feb 21 1992 16:22 | 13 |
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On mine, which had RDS and ARI, the LCD display changes colour when the
ARI is actually in use, a lot of radio stations don't broadcast
information that ARI picks up, this is a good idea.
It interrupts tapes and (I think) increases in volume when your just
listening to the radio.
I agree RDS is a pain in weak signal areas as it gives you bits of
different stations.
Andy
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| 1700.5 | Empirical observations. | DCC::HAGARTY | Essen, Trinken und Shaggen... | Mon Feb 24 1992 13:58 | 22 |
| Ahhh Gi'day...
RDS is NOT the traffic system. It's an identification and selection
system, RDS helps to keep track of the station you're on (not good with
weak signals though). National/State stations have this here.
There's another system which also produces the name of the station,
which is NOT RDS (AK? SK? something like that). A lot of commercial
systems here have that.
Then there's the traffic system, which lights up the "info" on mine
(Philips), and will cause an interruption to the playing tape. Both
commercial and National/State stations use this. The older system
gives you a letter that tells you the information that it displays. It
also keep searching for a stronger station that is broadcasting traffic
info, prefereably with the same letter (you find a station with the
letter for the autobahn you're on, and it keeps it).
The traffic interruption is an audible signal over the radio, which the
unit picks up, then stops the tape/cd and turns on the radio until the
signal is repeated. There's no info in the display, it just switches
to the radio.
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| 1700.6 | ARI only broadcast on a few stations...
| JANUS::BROWN | | Tue Mar 03 1992 20:09 | 16 |
| John,
ARI is only broadcast around Reading on BBC Radio Berkshire (104.1MHz) and GLR
whose frequency I can't remember. GLR reception west of Reading is poor.
I agree that on the whole you'll probably get the traffic warning when you're
in the jam.
I have the Blaupunkt Montreux which changes the display colour when ARI is
available - but it also does this when the signal is weak on BBC R4.
I'm now waiting for the next generation of ARI sets which will interrupt one
station with traffic information from another, as I typically listen to Radio 4
and want the Berkshire traffic news.
Mike.
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