The 2023 Forum meeting dates have been cancelled. A new meeting date for 2024 will be announced as soon as possible.
The RDS Guidelines are for broadcasters, transmission operators and RDS equipment and receiver manufacturers to provide RDS implementation advice. They contain in fact the collective RDS implementation know-how of the RDS Forum members.
hese RDS Guidelines were last updated in 2013/4 with the aim to add more implementation advice.
The Guidelines are free for non-members of the RDS Forum. An order form can be downloaded from here.
The Guidelines can be downloaded as a PDF for free at your own choice and it can be opened with a password that is available upon request.
IGL no. | Title |
1 | About the Programme Service name PS (static & dynamic) Request password for IGL 1 |
2 | About the Programme Identification PI & Extended Country Codes ECC Request password for IGL 2 |
3 | About Programme Type coding PTY & PTYN Request password for IGL 3 |
5 | About Radiotext RT/RT+ Request password for IGL 5 |
6 | About cross referenced services EON & Linkage Request password for IGL 6 |
7 | About Alternative Frequencies (AFs) Request password for IGL 7 |
8 | About Clock Time & Date feature Request password for IGL 8 |
9 | About Open Data Applications ODA Request password for IGL 9 |
10 | About RDS receiver concepts Request password for IGL 10 |
11 | About Radiotext eRT Request password for IGL 11 |
12 | About an RDS & DAB feature comparison Request password for IGL 12 |
13 | About Regionalisation Request password for IGL 13 |
14 | About Traffic Programme & Traffic Announcement flag
coding Request password for IGL 14 |
15 | About Service Following by RDS & DAB mobile
receivers Request password for IGL 15 |
16 | About RDS in Smart phones and Tablets Request password for IGL 16 |
17 | About broadcasting and reception in road
tunnels Request password for IGL 17 |
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