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Radio Display - ALERT Message On Display

GROUP 65
Sound System, Cruise, Alarm, Monitors

Bulletin Number
65 09 99

Woodcliff Lake, NJ
August 1999
Product Engineering

SUBJECT:
"ALERT" Message on the Radio Display

MODEL:
All with RDS radio

Situation:
Customers may complain that "ALERT" is displayed on the radio. The radio station can still be heard but the station can not be changed.

Cause:
RDS warning transmission (alert) message from a local radio station. Radio stations equipped with the RDS transmitter may erroneously send the "Alert" message due to a malfunction of the RDS transmitter.

The radio will continue to function correctly when the "Alert" signal is no longer transmitted.

Correction:
Do not replace the radio. Inform the customer that the problem is caused by a local radio station RDS transmission error. The local station transmitting this alert should be contacted and informed of the situation.