Re: [OT] Pioneer stereo question

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

c a l i b a n writes:
> 	i dunno about this, but there currently is a system
> 	that allows for statiobs (with the right gear) to
> 	encode their signals with their call letters.  some
> 	stereos out there are able to recieve the encoded
> 	signal.  it's pretty nifty, albeit a little 
> 	underimplimented.

The latest Audi radios (such as the Delta CC and and Concert units found
in the A4, A6 and A8s) have the RDS system that displays the type of
the FM station's contents "Top 40", "Classical" etc, as well as an
ideintification message (typically the station's call letters).  The
station must broadcast this info in the sideband.  Here in the San Francisco
bay area there are some stations that support this.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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