Clock Display
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Racer
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From: Jacobus PA
Clock Display
I have a '96 with a Bose CD/Tape player. The default display mode when the radio is on is for the clock to be displayed. Pushing the volume button in will change the display to show the current station. After about 5 seconds, the display will revert back to the clock. Is this the normal way the radio operates? If not, how do you change the setting to constantly show the radio station instead of the time? The owner's manual does not seem to address this. Thanks for your help.
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I have a '96 with a Bose CD/Tape player. The default display mode when the radio is on is for the clock to be displayed. Pushing the volume button in will change the display to show the current station. After about 5 seconds, the display will revert back to the clock. Is this the normal way the radio operates? If not, how do you change the setting to constantly show the radio station instead of the time? The owner's manual does not seem to address this. Thanks for your help.
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I have a '96 with a Bose CD/Tape player. The default display mode when the radio is on is for the clock to be displayed. Pushing the volume button in will change the display to show the current station. After about 5 seconds, the display will revert back to the clock. Is this the normal way the radio operates? If not, how do you change the setting to constantly show the radio station instead of the time? The owner's manual does not seem to address this. Thanks for your help.
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Racer
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From: Jacobus PA
Hey guys, thanks for the answers on this topic. My wife has been driving me crazy asking why the clock display is present instead of the radio station setting. Now I can tell her that's how Bose designed it to operate. End of problem!
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Okay, I've got to ask...why does that matter? Most radio stations tell you their call letters constantly.
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I'd guess the "wifey" drives a newer that the radio displays "what's playing now" - genre - or whatever is in the signal the station is transmitting. She assumes that's the way it's supposed to be!
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Racer
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From: Jacobus PA
Bingo! You've got it. My wife is like "The Grand Inquisitor" when it comes to getting answers. She must have asked me five times why the radio displays the time instead of the station. Now, I can FINALLY give her an answer.
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Yeah, sounds like she's thinking of radio RDS which is subcarrier frequency off of the FM signal that stations can transmit digital RDS data (mostly song band/names from what I see). The technology didn't really seem to pick up much support in cars until later in the 90's or early 2000's...not even sure if the first C5s supported it. Our 96's stock radios (including Bose) definitely do not support it.