why No RDS in US receivers

[MixedSignal]

Now a days most of the car radios come with RDS capability.

I have seen that many receivers sold in the UK and Europe have RDS capability. Where as the same receivers sold in the US by the same manufactureres dont.

When will we see this change? Is there any particular reason for not putting RDS functionality on these receivers?

 

[Cygnus]

Yeah, is this the thing that tells you text info about the station your listening to? I'd like to know why we dont have that on our (Canadian) receiver's as well

 

[MixedSignal]

Yeah, is this the thing that tells you text info about the station your listening to? I'd like to know why we dont have that on our (Canadian) receiver's as well

Yes, it is the Radio Data System(RDS) called as RDBS(Radio Data Broadcasting system) in US, which shows you the program type, song info etc..

I am surprised, year after year, we dont see this. Even when Yamaha receivers that come with digital tuner(RXV-4600 )/satellite tuner(HTR-5860) etc.. they dont mention they support RDS

There are lot of stations that send out this info now a days

 

[Buckle-meister]

I have seen that many receivers sold in the UK and Europe have RDS capability. Where as the same receivers sold in the US by the same manufactureres dont.

Ah, but we suffer from something similar: In the UK (not sure about the rest of Europe) manufacturers have a tendency to sell us amplifiers rather than recievers. My Yamaha DSP-Z9 for example, isn't a reciever, which I believe it would be if it had been bought in the US. Its 'just' ( ) an amplifier. In this I had no choice.

As for RDS, (Radio Data System), Although RDS is a European standard, it is also used in a slightly modified way in the US, where it is known as RBDS (Brodacast?). I cant say where in the US it is used though; I plagiarised that piece of text from a website.

In a somewhat related manner, the UK now has DAB (Digital Audio Brodcasting) digital radio, with coverage currently 85% of the population (rather than % geographic area), though I doubt if anything even close to that amount of the population actually have a DAB tuner. DAB typically results in up to three times the number of stations available compared to listening via FM. In addition, DAB can carry not only audio and text, but also pictures, data and even videos (not quite sure how that one works). The only downside that I can imagine, would be that if a weak FM signal was recieved before, a weak digital signal will still be recieved, though I cant say for sure if that is true.

Regards

EDIT: Too slow at the typing!

 

[hopjohn]

NAD's T773, T763, T753, T743, L 70 DVD receivers and T163 preamp offer the RDS feature on their units. I know first hand this feature is compatible with numerous FM stations, right here in Dallas.

 

[rschleicher]

I think that just about every Ford car audio system comes with RDS. I also thought it was strange that the European versions of Yamaha receivers have RDS, whereas the US version doesn't.

My uneducated impression is that European radio stations make more use of the capability - even to the point of streaming messages on weather, traffic, etc.

There are some radio stations out here in the SF Bay Area that simply put up their call letters, but there are also a few that alternate their call letters with short messages of various kinds - such as song and artist being played, etc.

 

[Cygnus]

My dad's GMC truck uses RDS well, allthought only on...2 stations...? I'd like to have it on my receiver though.

 

[enrique]

rotel rsx1056 has it.

 

[MixedSignal]

Funny thing is, all these Pioneer, Yamaha receivers have the circuit board with space to put the RDS decoding chip. All the infrastructure exists inside the recievers, but they dont put the components and switches outside to access them.

 

[Spiffyfast]

arent they making receivers with HD Radio now? I'm pretty sure they contain all that information.