Programme Item Number and slow labeling codes

State

Choice: On | Off

Default: On

Set the state of the Message.

Message Type

Set in the RDS Message list.

Group Type

Range: Group Type 0 to Group Type 15 

Default: Group Type 1 

Illustrate the Type of the Group.

Group Version

Choice: Version A | Version B

Default: Version A

Set the Version of the Group.

For Version A, the PI code is inserted in block 1 only; for Version B, the PI code is inserted in block 1 and block 3 of all group types.

Link Actuator

Choice: On | Off

Default: Off

Set the Link Actuator indicator of Group Type specified above.

Extended Country Code (ECC)

Range: 0 to 255

Default: 225

Set the Extended Country Code.

RDS uses its own country codes. The first most significant bits of the PI code carry the RDS country code. The four bit coding structure only permits the definition of 15 different codes, 1 to F(hex). Since there are many more countries to be identified, some countries have to share the same code which does not permit unique identification. There is the need for Extended Country Code (ECC).

Programme Item Number Code

Range: 0 to 65535

Default: 0

Set the Programme Item Number Code.

The transmitted Programme Item Number Code will be the scheduled broadcast start time and day of month as published by the broadcaster.

Language Code

Range: 0 to 4095

Default: 9

Set the Language Code.