head units that display radio station and song title

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited January 2008 in Car Audio & Electronics
Ok. i borrowed a friends Ford Explorer and his factory head unit displays the radio station and the song title for every song.

I know the radio stations broadcast that information in their on air signal. but what is that feature called on the head unit? I don't think it's HD radio either.

If I were to buy a head unit in the under $250 range, would it likely have that feature or is that usually reserved for the high end units?

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  • eloplayspolo
    eloplayspolo Posts: 1,117
    edited January 2008
    i have a 300 dollar alpine 9885 and it only does it with the HD radio adapter. im not aware of any players that do it that arent factory... i know its lame.
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited January 2008
    I have a $300 kenwood dpx701 and it displays the song and artist info on regular radio stations.:)
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  • DemonAstroth
    DemonAstroth Posts: 131
    edited January 2008
    I had a Dension DH100ix that would do that. It only had FM station tuner though, no AM.

    It was 400 dollars new back in the day.

    I haven't even used the radio of my Eclipse CD7100 though, but considering how unfriendly it is I doubt it does.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited January 2008
    It's called RDS, Radio Data System and not every station uses it and if they do, not all of them update it.
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  • eloplayspolo
    eloplayspolo Posts: 1,117
    edited January 2008
    greg2350 wrote: »
    I have a $300 kenwood dpx701 and it displays the song and artist info on regular radio stations.:)



    seriously slit my wrists. if it wasnt for the ipod control on my unit i would throw it as hard as i could back at the store
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