Hi,

just wishing a feature I've seen on the smallest, cheapest VW tuner:

manually trigger a RDS AF scan with a single press of a button.


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I've been using RDS since the inception of the system and I've never had such a button.

But now I know they exist, I can see that it would be invaluable and can't imagine how I've done without all these years! Especially as we have been told that the upgrade on the Empeg tuner is a way away.

Maybe it would possible to write it in to hijack as a button re-definition - but I would hate to lose the the source selector on the volume control.

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I've been using RDS since the inception of the system and I've never had such a button.

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So you haven't been in contact with the cheapest RDS tuner there is... it does NO automatic AF scan. Only when you press that button.


bye,
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The spirit of my reply was to support your wish, rather than to pick fault in it - so don't knock it.

But no, unless I haven't read the instructions right, I've had factory fitted Volvo, Range Rover,Suzuki,Honda, Audi, M.G., Ford, Jaguar, Citroen and Peugeot head units and aftermarket Panasonic, Sony and Kenwood without such a button.

This is completely pointless - the car player does an automatic RDS scan every 1 to 3 seconds (dependent on audio characteristics at the time).

OK, so the version YOU have doesn't do that. But you'll get it soon.

Rob

what's RDS?

FAQ entry here, home page at http://www.rds.org.uk .

I have yet to find a RDS radio that switches when the signal gets to the point that I think it is worth switching, I always get better results by forcing a manual switch (every RDS radio I have used allows a manual switch by pressing the preset button for the current station again). They tend to hang onto the current frequency long after a clearer one is available.

It will be interesting to see if the new empeg RDS code finally meets my RDS AF requirements...

;-)

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The spirit of my reply was to support your wish, rather than to pick fault in it - so don't knock it.

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that was not my intention... just ranting about the VW alpha car tuner
(the cheapest tuner option with a new VW besides 'no radio at all')


bye,
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This is completely pointless

Take your point, but then the word "soon" caught my eye and boosted my spirits. So soon, it will be even more pointless than pointless!

If anybody is vaguely interested, or remembers my previous thread, fitting a new aerial on my fibreglass bodywork, with a thick cable earthing it to the chassis has made about a 500% improvement in the Empeg tuner quality.