mjh Member 156 Member For: 22y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/09/08 07:10 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 07:10 AM Hi everyone,I was wondering if someone who is in the Brisbane area could tell me which radio stations transmit RDS and if so what do they transmit?Are they transmitting the song names and so on or just the name of the radio station?Thanks in advanceMike Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 21/09/08 07:26 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 07:26 AM If your talking Digital Radio I dont think it starts until Jan 1st 2009.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Member 156 Member For: 22y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/09/08 07:29 AM Author Share Posted 21/09/08 07:29 AM Sorry, I probably didn't make myself clear enough.In the new FG Falcons, the radio has RDS or Radio Data Signal which enables radio stations to send text with the audio signal, meaning they can display the name of the station and the song currently playing and so on.I was just curious to see whether the stations were using this to the full potential or were just displaying the name of the station.I hope that makes sense. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 21y 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/09/08 07:30 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 07:30 AM (edited) Nah he's talking about the station names and song data the the FGs (among others) can display.. edit...what he said!From another forum, posted Dec last year though... Quote 973FM - Shows as '97.3 FM' and has the traffic signal. Works too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) B105 - Shows as 'B105 FM' and that's about itTriple M - Shows as 'TRIPLE M' and that's itNova - Shows as 'NOVA1069' and that's about itRiver - Shows as 'River949' and scrolls between 'The HIT Music Station' and the song name.http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=57050Noticed it was bumped this arvo so you may already have that info Edited 21/09/08 07:31 AM by tab Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Member 156 Member For: 22y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/09/08 07:33 AM Author Share Posted 21/09/08 07:33 AM That was actually me who bumped it this arvo, just asking the same question trying to find an answer. Cheers!!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6turbo2005 Donating Members 47 Member For: 19y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane - Sthside Posted 21/09/08 10:32 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 10:32 AM Nova 106.9 has it. shows song title and artist Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanra Into the laaaake Member 1,532 Member For: 17y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Nrth Qld Posted 21/09/08 11:37 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:37 AM Ive got a Kenwood HU in the Mini that I bought back in 1997. Its got RDS. Has it taken Oz this long to catch up with the rest of the world? Ive never used the radio with that unit. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dule Donating Members 1,180 Member For: 18y 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/09/08 11:56 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:56 AM Yeah mate, we tend to lag behind in some areas, I remember seeing this feature in Europe in 97-98 and was always wondering how come we don't have it here. Nice to see ford decided to catch up with the world. Can you even buy a head unit here with that feature? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanra Into the laaaake Member 1,532 Member For: 17y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Nrth Qld Posted 21/09/08 12:26 PM Share Posted 21/09/08 12:26 PM I bought my Kenwood Head Unit here in Oz. However it was a special order as it came with a Carbon Fibre look faceplate. Id read up on its many features back in the day and it seemed like a cool idea. Cant say ive ever seen any HU's advertised with RDS as a feature though. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-738251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicky Go Pies!!! Donating Members 2,852 Member For: 17y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Vic Somewhere - Sometimes NSW Posted 25/09/08 03:04 PM Share Posted 25/09/08 03:04 PM RDS - is very simply put... the Radio version of CD 'Text'...Its been around for ages, however not many station bother with broadcasting it...I think Triple J was the first, and from memory (mind u its 1 am) I remember it being broadcaster over 3 yrs ago...It was generally an extra feature in high end branded aftermarket head units...Digital radio - assuming this is referring to the same transmiting which you pick up through your TV's digital set top box has been also available for a few years now, however 'I' am not aware of any head units (in car) that tune for this as yet? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/49989-radio-data-signal/#findComment-740245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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