RDS radio receiver with program type mode
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1. A Radio Data System (RDS) receiver havinga tuning and station finding stage (3, 19);
- a high-frequency (HF) stage (2), controlled by said tuning stage and adapted for connection to an antenna (1);
an intermediate frequency (IF) stage (4) connected to an output of said high-frequency stage (2);
an RDS decoder (8) having an input, connected to the output of said IF stage (4) and a pair of outputs furnishing, respectively, a Program Identification (PI) output signal and a Program TYpe (PTY) output signal;
a display (14) connected to said outputs of said RDS decoder;
a plurality of station keys (11a, 11b, 11c) and a respective key memory (10a, 10b, 10c) associated with each key;
a comparator stage (9) having inputs connected respectively to the PTY output of the RDS decoder (8) and to outputs of said key memories (10a, 10b, 10c) in order to determine whether a match exists between said PTY output signal and any key memory output, and having a control output (22) connected to an input of said tuning and station finding stage (3,
19);
wherein, in accordance with the invention,a mode switch (18), having an output connected to said station keys (11) and their associated memories (10), is provided for transforming function of said station keys among a plurality of different modes, including a PTY mode;
a rocker switch (13), having an output connected to said station key memories, is provided for stepping among selections within a particular one of said different modes;
an identification generator (12), having an input connected to said output of said rocker switch and an output connected to an input of said display (14), is provided for displaying a current selection, made via said rocker switch;
and, whenever, said PTY mode is selected via said mode switch (18), pressing one of said station keys (11) within a present amount of time after actuation of the rocker switch (13) causes storage of said current selection in the station key memory (10) associated with the station key which was pressed.
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Abstract
A program type PTY mode is integrated into an RDS radio receiver with a limited access surface by means of a mode switch in that the function of the station keys is changed to that of program type keys and that by way of a multiple actuation of the keys it is possible to call up sequentially different program chains having the same type of program at that moment.
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1. A Radio Data System (RDS) receiver having
a tuning and station finding stage (3, 19); -
a high-frequency (HF) stage (2), controlled by said tuning stage and adapted for connection to an antenna (1); an intermediate frequency (IF) stage (4) connected to an output of said high-frequency stage (2); an RDS decoder (8) having an input, connected to the output of said IF stage (4) and a pair of outputs furnishing, respectively, a Program Identification (PI) output signal and a Program TYpe (PTY) output signal; a display (14) connected to said outputs of said RDS decoder; a plurality of station keys (11a, 11b, 11c) and a respective key memory (10a, 10b, 10c) associated with each key; a comparator stage (9) having inputs connected respectively to the PTY output of the RDS decoder (8) and to outputs of said key memories (10a, 10b, 10c) in order to determine whether a match exists between said PTY output signal and any key memory output, and having a control output (22) connected to an input of said tuning and station finding stage (3,
19);wherein, in accordance with the invention, a mode switch (18), having an output connected to said station keys (11) and their associated memories (10), is provided for transforming function of said station keys among a plurality of different modes, including a PTY mode; a rocker switch (13), having an output connected to said station key memories, is provided for stepping among selections within a particular one of said different modes; an identification generator (12), having an input connected to said output of said rocker switch and an output connected to an input of said display (14), is provided for displaying a current selection, made via said rocker switch; and, whenever, said PTY mode is selected via said mode switch (18), pressing one of said station keys (11) within a present amount of time after actuation of the rocker switch (13) causes storage of said current selection in the station key memory (10) associated with the station key which was pressed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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