The Broadcaster's Guide to RBDS

The Broadcaster's Guide to RBDS

by Scott Wright
The Broadcaster's Guide to RBDS

The Broadcaster's Guide to RBDS

by Scott Wright

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Overview

This handbook is intended to give the broadcast industry an authoritative guide to the Radio Data System (RDS), also called Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS). Since the standard's adoption, about 700 stations have begun broadcasting RDS in the United States. There is a wide variety of encoding equipment with prices starting as low as $400, and over 30 models of RDS receivers have been introduced for cars, home receivers, portable and even PC receivers. Automobile manufacturer's such as General Motors, Ford, Audi, and Porsch now offer RDS on new vehicles. Yet despite all the support equipment in place, the FM broadcaster has been reluctant to implement and utilize this service, mainly because of a lack of understanding of what RDS can do for the station.

This book finally provides the information required to understand RDS and its possibilities on a variety of levels, so that everyone involved in radio can make the most of it. Station owner, program director, salesperson, and talent alike will find the information he or she requires to maximize the possibilities of this new technology.

Each feature of the system is explained in terms of its practical implementation at the station, and interviews with broadcasters currently using the system add a hands-on perspective. Scott Wright is a recognized pioneer in RDS development. As the designer of Delco Electronics' first RDS receiver, he has been extremely active in the development of the RDS standard in the US and in efforts to educate the broadcast community about its potential. He has represented Delco at the European Broadcasting Union's (EBU) RDS Forum and is currently the Chairman of the National Radio Systems Committee RBDS Subcommittee, the US standard-setting body. He is also a member of the Electronics Industries Association's (EIA) RDS Forum.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136026492
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/29/1997
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 232
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Scott Wright

Table of Contents

What is RDS, RBDS, or Smart Radio? * General Manager's Overview * Summary of Changes in the New Standard * RDS Versus Competing Subcarrier Technologies * Regulation of the RBDS Standard * Consumer Receivers * Program Identification Codes and Extended Country Codes * Program Service Name * Program Type and Program Type Name * Radiotext Transmission * Considerations when Transmitting * Implementing Traffic Services through RDS * Alternate Frequency Feature * Enhanced Other Networks * Other RDS Features open Data Channel * RDS Group Structure * RDS Data Group Coding 8 RDS Broadcast Equipment * Glossary * Bibliography * Index
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