My parents just bought a 4runner and I liked how it displays the songs playing and the name of the station.

The MP3 equipped stereo will play the title, and artist, if the information is on the tag. It doesnt display on the regular CD player. I wish they would have just put the MP3 disc player as the standard cd player...but oh well...

Originally posted by Bankotsu
My parents just bought a 4runner and I liked how it displays the songs playing and the name of the station. Whereabouts are you? The US-spec radio does not display station information, but I note from some of the pics on the European forum that theirs do. I guess the Euro-spec '8's must be RDS-capable; the US does not have such a system.

Originally posted by eccles
Whereabouts are you? The US-spec radio does not display station information, but I note from some of the pics on the European forum that theirs do. I guess the Euro-spec '8's must be RDS-capable; the US does not have such a system.

Are you sure about that? I live in Arlington, Texas.

I've successfully used RDS in a rental car in FL, AL, SC, and NC. We actually had a bit of fun finding the 80's stations that way and betting on what song would be next. I think it is just not very popular in the U.S. - most folks don't even realize it exists. I know for me, I almost never listen to the 3 shitty stations we have in my area, and prefer instead to use the CD-mp3.

Originally posted by B-Nez
I've successfully used RDS in a rental car in FL, AL, SC, and NC. We actually had a bit of fun finding the 80's stations that way and betting on what song would be next. I think it is just not very popular in the U.S. - most folks don't even realize it exists.I stand corrected - I wasn't aware that the system had even been approved by the FCC, let alone implemented anywhere.

yeah there're quite a few cars on the market here now that has rds-capable radios. so, is rx-8's stereo rds-capable?

I would say, no, the RX-8 is not RDS equipped. My wife's Altima displays the station info, but my "8" does not.

I have never seen any station or track information on mine, so either none of the stations around here are broadcasting RDS information, or (more likely) the US-spec radio is not RDS-capable. However, as I said in a previous post, I have seen station information displayed on a UK-spec car (in the "Top Gear" review video the display is showing "BBC2" or similar), so apparently the UK-spec radio is RDS-capable.

my 02 explorer is RDS.

It even displays commercials (:() and traffic.

My 03 Trailblazer displays it, but it seems to be a new thing down here in S. Florida...I just noticed last week that song titles were showing up. Actually...I think I've seen some station call letters for a while now...but the artist/title stuff appears to be recent.

jds