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Txt Scrolling In Dab ?

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Ok so when i press the txt button when on dab stations it shows info
on the screen,but how do i read all the txt ? you can clearly see that
there is more to read but i cannot find a way of doing this. huh.pnghuh.png

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    The amount of text that DAB can transmit is limited, and from a quick google it seems to be 128 characters. I recall mine ending mid-word sometimes but I never bothered counting how many characters were there lol. If it's filling the screen on the other hand the up/down arrows on the unit should scroll through it.

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    The amount of text that DAB can transmit is limited, and from a quick google it seems to be 128 characters. I recall mine ending mid-word sometimes but I never bothered counting how many characters were there lol. If it's filling the screen on the other hand the up/down arrows on the unit should scroll through it.

    tried all the arrows but no joy on that one.

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    Scrolling text is considered a driver distraction so many car radios do not permit it to happen by design...

    RDS RadioText (RT) is 64 characters (an updated RDS 2.0 being proposed will allow 128 ).

    DAB Dynamic Labelling Segment (DLS) - the equivalent to RDS RT - is indeed 128 characters.

    Now I know that some stations generate the text labels by automated means - which may mean they are poorly edited at times...

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