I'm too lazy to find it in the owner's manual and wanted to know if anyone knows how to turn off the radio displaying the song/artist and just show the station #'s. Stock 2002 unit. TIA

 

Drjim, I was in the Turbo yeasterday and noticed that, I never noticed it display that before and all of a sudden it seems that the song and atrist is displayed not only the station, just mentioning I noticed it and am not aware if it can be turned on or off.

 

That's what happened to me. It was about a month ago it seemed to have come out of no where. i'm positive it wasn't there for the first year I had the car and thought my dad may have pressed a button accidentally. I might have to change the radio just to get rid of it!

 

change the radio just b/c of some scribble coming up! sounds like OCD!

 

That's from a signal that Clear Channel stations are now all broadcasting. I noticed this too. It's not just Clear Channel stations, but that network has recently turned on the switch, so I have heard many people say that about their radios in non-Pcars as well. It's called RDS, Radio Data Systems and is broadcast on an FM subcarrier.

I don't know how to turn it off or get our radios to not display that information, but those with a manual nearby, search for RDS and turning that info. off.

 

Yes Scott, I have been in another car that wasnt a Porsche and it was doing the same thing on the radio display screen.

 

yea, it's not the radio it's a signal comming from the station

 

MY BMW has the ability to turn it off or on. I guess this one doesn't.

 

RDS= Radio Data System

http://radio.about.com/library/bldef-108.htm