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Album Art/Station Logo: Some HD Radio™
stations broadcast station logos and album
art associated with the song being played as
part of the HD Radio™ broadcast service.
Station logo art is stored in the radio and may
take up to five minutes to learn for each
station that supports station logo service.
Album art is broadcast at the beginning of
songs. If tuning into the middle of a song, the
art may not be available.
When HD Radio™ broadcasts are active, you
can access the following functions:
Seek Up And Down: Press to seek to the next
strong radio station. If the current station has
multiple digital broadcasts, the multicast
indicator numbers will display. Press “Seek”
repeatedly to advance through all available
broadcasts. If you are on the last multicast
channel, press “Seek Up” to advance to the
next strong station.
Saving A Multicast Station As A Preset: When
the channel is active on-screen, press and
hold a Preset button; it will save the station to
the available slot. When recalling an
HD2-HD8 memory preset, there will be a
momentary mute before the digital audio is
played as the system acquires the digital
signal.
If you have turned this feature off, this will
automatically turn on HD Radio™ broadcasts
and will tune to the selected frequency. As
with any saved radio station, you will not be
able to access the saved station if your
vehicle is outside the station’s reception
area.
“LIVE” Ballgame Mode Broadcasts: If a
station has a live broadcast (such as a base-
ball game), “LIVE” may appear on screen
beside the multicast numbers. These are
analog broadcasts with digital components
(i.e. artist, title). If HD1 is in a live broadcast
mode, the HD Radio™ logo will be gray. You
will hear analog audio; the user will still be
able to tune to the multicast channels.
Reception Area: If you are listening to a
multicast (HD2-HD8) station and you are on the
fringe of the reception area, the station may
mute due to weak signal strength. If you are
listening to HD1, the system will simply switch
to the analog broadcast until the digital
broadcast is available again.
However, if you are listening to any of the
possible multicast (HD2–HD8) channels, the
station will mute and stay muted unless it is
able to connect to the digital signal again.
While in this state, the text “Buffering” will
appear for 30 seconds. If it is not able
reconnect to the digital signal, the screen will be
cleared and “HD Radio™ Signal Unavailable”
will appear in artist and title field area
Station Blending: When a HD1 station is
received, the system will play the analog audio
broadcast from the station for a few seconds
and then, if the receiver verifies the station is an
HD Radio™ station, it will transition to play the
digital audio broadcast. Depending on the
station quality, you may hear a slight sound
change when the station transitions from
analog to the digital broadcast. The shift from
analog to digital or digital back to analog sound
is known as “blending”.
Station Issues: In order to provide the best
possible experience, a contact form has been
developed to report any station issues found
while listening to a station broadcasting with
HD Radio™ technology. Every station is
independently owned and operated. These
stations are responsible for ensuring all audio
streams and data fields are accurate. This form
can be found at https://hdradio.com/stations/
feedback/.
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