RDS - Radio Data System

this is a car stereo that i got from a 2001 oldsmobile alero that was smashed up the reason why i took it is because the radio has rds and is great for fm dxing so i could id the stations NOTE: not all ststions carry the rds information thats why some of the stations in this video did not have rds, i live in canda and i know that most of the us staions have the rds data system, most of canadas major statons have rds

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• rds
• radio
• data
• system
• fm
• dx
• 2001
• alero
• car
• stereo

[TheSmashCOBamberg]

@FooNado not always

[FooNado]

At least in US you have different messages running through RDS, in Uk all you get on RDS is station name and that's it.

[xmaddict]

@mikewazup00 Yes I am. Thanks!

[mikewazup00]

@xmaddict Well that's actually incorrect for Name Scrolling and I had this argument with a radio engineer once. There's two types of display methods, PS/PT or RadioTEXT. I think you're meaning radio text, where the display will not show the whole message until the decoder receives the final parity bit.

As for PS (name scrolling) this is always 8 characters long and whatever the tuner is receiving, is what the decoder will send out to the display.

[mikewazup00]

I would always use The Bounce or The Bear as an RDS reference for where you live as they have the highest injection rates of all Edmonton stations.

[xmaddict]

I tested a Mercury's RDS system today. In the menu it showed RBDS but once a RDS station was locked it displayed RDS.

Also to the video poster. You have to allow the radio to receive the data text from the radio Station. Like on the 103.9 CISN FM station. The artist was Brad Paisley. But the info only displayed "Brad". You must let the entire text cycle once completely before it all will display correctly. Cool though. Where did you get the radio and did it require a code to use?

[pf126p]

GM is the only one I've ever seen.

[tailsfan747]

Nearly all American cars are capable of picking up the RDS, especially GM, but most of the imports are incapable of doing so, depending on the model.

[pf126p]

That's really odd that an American manufacturer recognizes and implements RDS, which is really a European thing.

"RDS" is also the European name for the protocol; it's actually RBDS in the US.