On 28 Apr 2004 23:50:38 -0700, (Bob) wrote:

InCar Express wrote in message . ..
On 28 Apr 2004 01:50:31 -0700, (Simon
Long) wrote:

When tuned to Q103, the display resolutely shows the
frequency rather than the station name.

Seems to be a problem with Q103. The same thing's happening on Alpine,
Pioneer and Sony units. It's obviously not a total lack of RDS, as
radio text works fine.

And on Clarion head units.

We've investigated a bit more, and all current units seem to be
suffering from the same problem - including high end in-dash AV screen
units. Some older units seem to be OK though, so I'd suspect Simon's
guess is probably along the right lines - that it's the underscore
that's causing the problem. Presumably, as time's passed, the people
implementing RDS have assumed it'll only use a limited alphanumric
character set.

Jon
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