HD Radio™ reception
Many stations broadcast both analog and digital signals.
License conditions
HD Radio™ technology manufactured under license from iBiquity Digital Corp. U. S. and Foreign Patents. HD Radio™ and the HD and HD Radio logos are proprietary trademarks of iBiquity Digital Corp.
Activating/deactivating digital radio reception
1. "Radio".
2. "FM" or "AM".
3. "Options" Open.
4. "HD Radio Reception"
The setting is stored for the remote control currently in use.
This symbol is displayed in the
status line
when the audio signal is digital.
When setting a station with a digital signal, it may take a few seconds before the station plays in HD quality.
In areas in which the station is not continuously received in digital mode, the playback switches between analog and digital reception. In this
Displaying additional information
Some stations broadcast additional information on the current track, such as the name of the artist.
1. Select the desired station.
2. "Options" Open.
3. "Station info"
Selecting a substation
This symbol indicates that a main
station also
broadcasts additional substations. The station
name of the main station ends in HD1. Station
names of the substations end in HD2, HD3, etc.
1. Select the desired station.
2. Press the controller.
3. Select the substation.
When reception is poor, the substation is muted.
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