Digital Radio Tuner Operations; Starting Procedure; Listening To A Recent Broadcast (Time Shift Mode); Selecting A Service Component - Pioneer AVIC-F980DAB Operation Manual

Digital Radio
Displays the service list screen.
*1
 Refer to Selecting a service component on page
39
Switches to time shift mode.
*2
 Refer to Listening to a recent broadcast (time shift
mode) on page 39
p By pressing the or button, you can also switch
the preset service components.
p By pressing and holding the or
release, you can also perform seek tuning.

Digital Radio tuner operations

For improved Digital Radio reception, make sure a Digital Radio
aerial with phantom power input (active type) is used. Pioneer
recommends using AN-DAB1 (sold separately) or CA-AN-
DAB.001 (sold separately).
Current consumption of Digital Radio aerial should be 100 mA
or less.
 For details on how to connect a Digital Radio aerial, refer to
the installation manual.
Digital Radio (DAB) features the following:

High sound quality (nearly as high as for CDs, although it
may be reduced in some cases in order to allow more ser-
vices to be broadcast)
 Interference-free reception
MFN support
When some ensembles support the same service compo-
nent, switches to another ensemble that has better reception
automatically.

Starting procedure

1 Display the AV source selection screen.
2 Touch [Digital Radio].
Listening to a recent broadcast
(time shift mode)
This product stores recent broadcasts to memory automatically.
You can pause or listen to the stored broadcasts again by using
this function (time shift mode).
1 Touch .
 Touch to resume the live broadcast.
button and
p Stored broadcast is overwritten by the latest broadcast.
p If the duration that a selection is paused exceeds the length
of the memory capacity, playback will resume from the
beginning of the selection in memory.

Selecting a service component

You can select a service component.
p When you start to use this source, service list information is
automatically updated.
p When there is any change in the current ensemble, service
list information is automatically updated.
1 Touch .
2 Touch the category.
 Service:
Displays all service components.

Program Type:
Searches from programme type information.
 Ensemble:
Displays the ensemble list.
3 Touch the item.
 If you touch [Update Stations], you can update
the channel list.
Displaying the "DAB settings"
screen
1 Display the "System" setting screen.
2 Touch [AV Source Settings].
3 Touch [DAB Settings].
Setting the Digital Radio aerial
power supply
This function allows you to select whether to output power to a
connected Digital Radio aerial.
The default setting is "On".
p This setting is available when the source is turned off.
1 Display the "DAB Settings" screen.
 Refer to Displaying the "DAB settings" screen on page 39
2 Touch [Antenna Power] to switch "On" or
"Off".
Setting the service follow
The default setting is "On".
p This setting is available only when "Digital Radio" is
selected as the source.
p Depending on the model used, this menu may not be
displayed.
HARD LINK
When the tuner cannot get good reception, tunes to another
ensemble that supports the same service component.
If no alternative service component can be found or reception
remains poor, this function will automatically switch to an
identical FM broadcast.
SOFT LINK
When HARD LINK is unsuccessful, tunes to another ensemble
that supports the similar service component.
If no alternative service component can be found or reception
remains poor, this function will automatically switch to a similar
FM broadcast.
p SOFT LINK function is available when "Soft Link" is "On".
 Refer to Setting the Soft link on page 40
p Only available in areas where SOFT LINK function is
supported.
p The broadcast content of the switched channel may differ
from the content of the original channel.
1 Display the "DAB Settings" screen.
 Refer to Displaying the "DAB settings" screen on page 39
2 Touch [Service Follow] to switch "On" or "Off".
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