IEC 62106-4:2018

Radio data system (RDS) - VHF/FM sound broadcasting in the frequency range from 64,0 MHz to 108,0 MHz - Part 4: Registered code tables

IEC 62106-4:2018 provides a number of tables for use in the implementation of the RDS system. This document specifies the procedure for registering a new value in an existing table or the registration of a new table.
IEC 62106-4:2018 together with IEC 62106-1, IEC 62106-2, IEC 62106-3, IEC 62106-5 and IEC 62106-6, cancels and replaces IEC 62106:2015, and constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to IEC 62106:2015:
• Provision has been made to carry RDS on multiple data-streams (RDS2).
• The country identification table has been updated by adding some countries.
• Translated PTY terms for 20 languages have been added.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 23-Sep-2018
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 33.160.40 - Video systems
• Technical Committee: TC 100 - Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Completion Date: 24-Sep-2018

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IEC 62106-4
Edition 1.0 2018-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Radio data system (RDS) – VHF/FM sound broadcasting in the frequency range
from 64,0 MHz to 108,0 MHz –
Part 4: Registered code tables
IEC 62106-4:2018-09(en)
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IEC 62106-4
Edition 1.0 2018-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Radio data system (RDS) – VHF/FM sound broadcasting in the frequency range
from 64,0 MHz to 108,0 MHz –
Part 4: Registered code tables
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.160.40 ISBN 978-2-8322-6069-2

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 4

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6

1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 7

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 7

3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions .................................................... 7

4 Registration procedure .................................................................................................... 7

4.1 Registration authority .............................................................................................. 7

4.2 Registration of a value in an existing table .............................................................. 8

4.3 Registration of a new table ..................................................................................... 8

5 Registered code tables for RDS and RDS2 ...................................................................... 8

5.1 Country identification .............................................................................................. 8

5.2 Basic and extended RDS character sets ............................................................... 13

5.3 Programme type codes ......................................................................................... 32

Annex A (informative) Translated PTY terms........................................................................ 36

Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 57

Table 1 – ITU Region 1 – ECC and CI codes .......................................................................... 9

Table 2 – ITU Region 2 – ECC and CI codes ........................................................................ 11

Table 3 – ITU Region 3 – ECC and CI codes ........................................................................ 12

Table 4 – Basic RDS character set ....................................................................................... 13

Table 5 – Non-transmitted UCS-2 equivalents ....................................................................... 14

Table 6 – Character codes used in the European Broadcasting Area .................................... 21

Table 7 – Programme type codes and corresponding terms for display ................................. 33

Table 8 – Definition of the terms used to denote Programme Type (PTY) .............................. 34

Table A.1 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Bulgarian ....................................... 37

Table A.2 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Croatian ......................................... 38

Table A.3 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Czech ............................................ 39

Table A.4 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Danish ........................................... 40

Table A.5 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Dutch ............................................. 41

Table A.6 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Estonian ........................................ 42

Table A.7 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Finnish ........................................... 43

Table A.8 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in French ........................................... 44

Table A.9 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in German .......................................... 45

Table A.10 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Hungarian .................................... 46

Table A.11 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Italian ........................................... 47

Table A.12 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Lithuanian .................................... 48

Table A.13 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Norwegian .................................... 49

Table A.14 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Polish........................................... 50

Table A.15 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Portuguese .................................. 51

Table A.16 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Romanian .................................... 52

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Table A.17 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Russian ........................................ 53

Table A.18 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Slovene ........................................ 54

Table A.19 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Spanish ........................................ 55

Table A.20 – PTY code descriptions and abbreviations in Swedish ....................................... 56

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RADIO DATA SYSTEM (RDS) –
VHF/FM SOUND BROADCASTING IN THE FREQUENCY
RANGE FROM 64,0 MHz TO 108,0 MHz –
Part 4: Registered code tables
FOREWORD

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International Standard IEC 62106-4 has been prepared by technical area 1: Terminals for

audio, video and data services and contents, of IEC technical committee 100: Audio, video

and multimedia systems and equipment.

This first edition, together with IEC 62106-1, IEC 62106-2, IEC 62106-3, IEC 62106-5 and

IEC 62106-6, cancels and replaces IEC 62106:2015, and constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to

IEC 62106:2015:
• Provision has been made to carry RDS on multiple data-streams (RDS2).
• The country identification table has been updated by adding some countries.
• Translated PTY terms for 20 languages have been added.
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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
100/2908/CDV 100/3058/RVC

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in

the report on voting indicated in the above table.

This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

A list of all parts in the IEC 62106 series, published under the general title Radio data

system (RDS) – VHF/FM sound broadcasting in the frequency range from 64,0 MHz to
108,0 MHz, can be found on the IEC website.

The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the

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the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
A bilingual version of this publication may be issued at a later date.
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INTRODUCTION

Since the mid-1980s a fascinating development has taken place. Most of the multimedia

applications and standards have been created or redefined significantly. Hardware has

become extremely powerful with dedicated software and middleware. In the mid-1980s,

Internet as well as its protocols did not exist. Navigation systems became affordable in the

late 1990s, and a full range of attractive smartphones now exist. The computing power of all

these new products is comparable with that of the mainframe installations in that era.

Listener expectations have grown faster than the technology. Visual experience is now very

important, like the Internet look and feel. Scrolling text or delivering just audio is nowadays

perceived as insufficient for FM radio, specifically for smartphone users. New types of radio

receivers with added value features are therefore required. RDS has so far proven to be very

successful.

FM radio with RDS is an analogue-digital hybrid system, which is still a valid data

transmission technology and only the applications need adaptation. Now the time has come to

solve the only disadvantage, the lack of sufficient data capacity. With RDS2, the need to

increase the data capacity can be fulfilled.

RDS was introduced in the early 1980s. During the introductory phase in Europe, the car

industry became very involved and that was the start of an extremely successful roll-out.

Shortly afterwards, RDS (RBDS) was launched in the USA.

The RDS Forum has investigated a solution to the issue of limited data capacity. For RDS2,

both sidebands around the RDS 57 kHz subcarrier can be repeated a few times, up to three,

centred on additional subcarriers higher up in the FM multiplex still remaining compatible with

the ITU Recommendations.

The core elements of RDS2 are the additional subcarriers, which will enable a significant

increase of RDS data capacity to be achieved, and then only new additional data applications

will have to be created, using the RDS-ODA feature, which has been part of the RDS standard

IEC 62106 for many years.

In order to update IEC 62106:2015 to the specifications of RDS2, IEC 62106 has been

restructured as follows:
Part 1: Modulation characteristics and baseband coding
Part 2: RDS message format, coding and definition of RDS features
Part 3: Usage and registration of Open Data Applications ODAs
Part 4: Registered code tables
Part 5: Marking of RDS and RDS2 devices

Part 6: Compilation of technical specifications for Open Data Applications in the public domain

The following future parts are planned:
Part 7: RBDS
Part 8: Universal Encoder Communication Protocol UECP
The original specifications of the RDS system have been maintained and the extra
functionalities of RDS2 have been added.
Obsolete or unused functions from the original RDS standard have been deleted.
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RADIO DATA SYSTEM (RDS) –
VHF/FM SOUND BROADCASTING IN THE FREQUENCY
RANGE FROM 64,0 MHz TO 108,0 MHz –
Part 4: Registered code tables
1 Scope

This part of IEC 62106 provides a number of tables for use in the implementation of the RDS

system. This document specifies the procedure for registering a new value in an existing table

or the registration of a new table.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their

content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition

cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including

any amendments) applies.

IEC 62106 (all parts), Radio Data System (RDS) – VHF/FM sound broadcasting in the

frequency range from 64,0 MHz to 108,0 MHz
ISO/IEC 10646, Information technology – Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions

For the purposes of this document, the terms, definitions and abbreviated terms given in

IEC 62106-1 and IEC 62106-2 apply. The notation and conventions given in IEC 62106-1

apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following

addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
4 Registration procedure
4.1 Registration authority

The content of this document is maintained by the RDS Forum Office. Applications for the

registration of a value in an existing table or registration of a new table are to be sent to the

address below. Note that only applications which are in line with the rules described in the

following clauses can be accepted by the registration authority.
Applications for registration should be sent to:
RDS Forum Office
E-mail: [e-mail]
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4.2 Registration of a value in an existing table

Applications for a new value to be defined in an existing table shall be sent to the RDS Forum

Office. The requirement shall be clearly stated, including table to be considered, requirement

and proposed number to be used. Support from other organizations for the request should be

cited also.

The RDS Forum Office will confirm that no numbering conflicts occur at this stage and

circulate the proposal to the RDS Forum members for a 30-day comment period. If there are

no adverse comments, then the application, as amended by any helpful editorial suggestions,

will be accepted and published within 30 days on the RDS Forum website. If there are

adverse comments, then the application will be considered by RDS Forum at its next plenary

meeting following the comment period. The RDS Forum Office will prepare a briefing for that

meeting and the applicant will be given an opportunity to describe their proposal and reasons

for it. The decision of the RDS Forum meeting will be final and if the application is accepted,

as amended by any helpful editorial suggestions, it will be published within 30 days on the

RDS Forum website.
4.3 Registration of a new table

Applications for a new table to be defined shall be sent to the RDS Forum Office. The

requirement shall be clearly stated, including table function to be considered, requirement and

proposed numbering system to be used. Support from other organizations for the request

should be cited also.

The RDS Forum Office will prepare a briefing for the next plenary RDS Forum meeting and

the applicant will be given an opportunity to describe his proposal and reasons for it. The

decision of the RDS Forum meeting will be final and if the application is accepted, as

amended by any helpful editorial suggestions, it will be published within 30 days on the RDS

Forum website.
5 Registered code tables for RDS and RDS2
5.1 Country identification

Tables 1 to 3 are separated into International Telecommunications Union (ITU) regions for

convenience only; they contain Country Identifiers (CI code) and the Extended Country Codes

(ECC) and, for information, the ISO 2-letter country code. The ECC and CI codes are shown

in their hexadecimal format. CI code "0" (hex) is not used.

NOTE Some countries have identified their remote territories with the same country code as the one used for the

mainland. Unless this is changed by the countries concerned, receivers cannot distinguish these areas.

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Table 1 – ITU Region 1 – ECC and CI codes (1 of 2)
Country ISO code ECC CI code Country ISO code ECC CI code
Albania AL E0 9 Estonia EE E4 2
Algeria DZ E0 2 Ethiopia ET D1 E
Andorra AD E0 3 Faroe (Denmark) DK E1 9
Angola AO D0 6 Finland FI E1 6
Armenia AM E4 A France FR E1 F
Ascension Island SH D1 A Gabon GA D0 8
Austria AT E0 A Gambia GM D1 8
Azerbaijan AZ E3 B Georgia GE E4 C
Azores (Portugal) PT E4 8 Germany DE E0 D, 1
Bahrein F0 E Ghana GH D1 3
Belarus BY E3 F Gibraltar GI E1 A
Belgium BE E0 6 Greece GR E1 1
Benin BJ D0 E Guinea GN D0 9
Bosnia Herzegovina BA E4 F Guinea-Bissau GW D2 A
Botswana BW D1 B Hungary HU E0 B
Bulgaria BG E1 8 Iceland IS E2 A
Burkina Faso BF D0 B Iraq IQ E1 B
Burundi BI D1 9 Ireland IE E3 2
Cabinda D3 4 Israel IL E0 4
Cameroon CM D0 1 Italy IT E0 5
Canaries (Spain) ES E2 E Jordan JO E1 5
Cape Verde CV D1 6 Kazakhstan KZ E3 D
Central African
CF D0 2 Kenya KE D2 6
Republic
Chad TD D2 9 Kosovo E4 7
Comoros KM D1 C Kuwait KW F2 1
Congo (Democratic
CD D2 B Kyrgyzstan KG E5 3
Republic of)
Congo (Republic of) CG D0 C Latvia LV E3 9
Cote d'Ivoire CI D2 C Lebanon LB E3 A
Croatia HR E3 C Lesotho LS D3 6
Cyprus CY E1 2 Liberia LR D1 2
Czech Republic CZ E2 2 Libya LY E1 D
Denmark DK E1 9 Liechtenstein LI E2 9
Djibouti DJ D0 3 Lithuania LT E2 C
Egypt EG E0 F Luxembourg LU E1 7
Equatorial Guinea GQ D0 7 Macedonia MK E4 3
Eritrea ER D2 F Madagascar MG D0 4
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Table 1 (2 of 2)
Country ISO code ECC CI code Country ISO code ECC CI code
Seychelles (Republic
Madeira (Portugal) PT E4 8
SC D3 8
of)
Malawi MW D0 F Sierra Leone SL D2 1
Mali ML D0 5 Slovakia SK E2 5
Malta MT E0 C Slovenia SI E4 9
Mauritania MR D1 4 Somalia SO D2 7
Mauritius MU D3 A South Africa ZA D0 A
Moldova MD E4 1 South Sudan SS D4 A
Monaco MC E2 B Spain ES E2 E
Mongolia MN F3 F Sudan (Republic of) SD D3 C
Montenegro ME E3 1 Swaziland SZ D2 5
Morocco MA E2 1 Sweden SE E3 E
Mozambique MZ D2 3 Switzerland CH E1 4
Namibia NA D1 1 Syria SY E2 6
Netherlands NL E3 8 Tajikistan TJ E3 5
Niger NE D2 8 Tanzania TZ D1 D
Nigeria NG D1 F Togo TG D0 D
Norway NO E2 F Tunisia TN E2 7
Oman OM F1 6 Turkey TR E3 3
Palestine PS E0 8 Turkmenistan TM E4 E
Poland PL E2 3 Uganda UG D2 4
Portugal PT E4 8 Ukraine UA E4 6
Qatar QA F2 2 United Arab Emirates AE F2 D
Romania RO E1 E United Kingdom GB E1 C
Russian Federation RU E0 7 Uzbekistan UZ E4 B
Rwanda RW D3 5 Vatican VA E2 4
San Marino SM E1 3 Western Sahara EH D3 3
Sao Tome and Principe ST D1 5 Yemen YE F3 B
Saudi Arabia SA F0 9 Zambia ZM D2 E
Senegal SN D1 7 Zimbabwe ZW D2 2
Serbia RS E2 D
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Table 2 – ITU Region 2 – ECC and CI codes
Country ISO code ECC CI code Country ISO code ECC CI code
Anguilla AI A2 1 Guyana GY A3 F
Antigua and Barbuda AG A2 2 Haiti HT A4 D
Argentina AR A2 A Honduras HN A4 2
Aruba AW A4 3 Jamaica JM A3 3
Bahamas BS A2 F Martinique MQ A3 4
B or D, E,
Barbados BB A2 5 Mexico MX A5
Belize BZ A2 6 Montserrat MS A4 5
Bermuda BM A2 C Netherlands Antilles AN A2 D
Bolivia BO A3 1 Nicaragua NI A3 7
B or C,
Brazil BR A2 Panama PA A3 9
D,3
B or C, D,
Canada CA A1 Paraguay PY A3 6
Cayman Islands KY A2 7 Peru PE A4 7
1 to 9 or
Chile CL A3 C Puerto Rico PR A0
A, B, D, E
Colombia CO A3 2 St. Kitts KN A4 A
Costa Rica CR A2 8 St. Lucia LC A4 B
Cuba CU A2 9 St. Pierre and Miquelon PM A6 F
Dominica DM A3 A St. Vincent VC A5 C
Dominican Republic DO A3 B Suriname SR A4 8
El Salvador SN A4 C Trinidad and Tobago TT A4 6
Equator EC A2 3 Turks and Caicos islands TB A3 E
1 to 9 or
Falkland Islands FK A2 4 United States of America US A0
A, B, D, E
Greenland GL A1 F Uruguay UY A4 9
Grenada GD A3 D Venezuela VE A4 E
Guadeloupe GP A2 E Virgin islands (British) VG A4 F
1 to 9 or
Guatemala GT A4 1 Virgin Islands (USA) VI A0
A, B, D, E
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Table 3 – ITU Region 3 – ECC and CI codes
Country ISO code ECC CI code Country ISO code ECC CI code
Afghanistan AF F0 A Korea (South) KR F1
Australia: AU Laos LA F3
- Capital Territory F0 1 Macao MO F2 6
- New South Wales F0 2 Malaysia MY F0 F
- Victoria F0 3 Maldives MV F2 B
- Queensland F0 4 Marshall Islands MH F4 B
- South Australia F0 5 Micronesia FM F3 E
- Western Australia F0 6 Myanmar (Burma) MM F0 B
- Tasmania F0 7 Nauru NR F1 7
- Northern Territory F0 8 Nepal NP F2 E
Bangladesh BD F1 3 New Zealand NZ F1 9
Bhutan BT F1 2 Pakistan PK F1 4
Brunei Darussalam BN F1 B Papua New Guinea PG F3 9
Cambodia KH F2 3 Philippines PH F2
F0 C Samoa WS F2 4
China CN F3 8 Singapore SG F2 A
F4 9 Solomon Islands SB F1 A
Fiji FJ F1 5 Sri Lanka LK F1 C
Hong Kong HK F1 F Taiwan TW F1
India IN F2 5 Thailand TH F3
Indonesia ID F2 C Tonga TO F3 3
Iran IR F1 8 Vanuatu VU F2 F
Japan JP F2 9 Vietnam VN F2 7
Kiribati KI F1 1
Korea (North) KP F0 D
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5.2 Basic and extended RDS character sets

Two character coding methods are used in RDS: the basic RDS character set in Table 4 and

Table 5, and UTF-8.

Table 4 contains the basic RDS character set, which shall be used for transmitting

Programme Service name (PS), Programme Type Name (PTYN), and RadioText (RT). Table 5

contains the same basic transmitted RDS character set mapped to non-transmitted UCS-2

equivalents to assist symbol identification

Table 6 contains an extended character set, which shall be used, UTF-8 coded, for long PS

and eRT/eRT+ in countries of the European Broadcasting Area. Even more extended

character coding is possible using UTF-8 coding in conformity with ISO/IEC 10646 for long PS

and eRT/eRT+. Table 6 is provided to help equipment designers to identify character symbols

used by the official languages in countries of the European Broadcasting Area, an area term

defined by the ITU (all European countries and those bordering the Mediterranean Sea).

Table 4 – Basic RDS character set
b7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
b6 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
b5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
b4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
b3 b2 b1 b0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 0 0 0 0 SPACE 0 @ P ║ p á â ª º Á Â Ã ã
0 0 0 1 1 ! 1 A Q a q à ä α ¹ À Ä Å å
0 0 1 0 2 " 2 B R b r é ê © ² É Ê Æ æ
0 0 1 1 3 # 3 C S c s è ë ‰ ³ È Ë Œ œ
0 1 0 0 4 ¤ 4 D T d t í î Ğ Í Î ŷ ŵ
0 1 0 1 5 % 5 E U e u ì ï ě İ Ì Ï Ý ý
0 1 1 0 6 & 6 F V f v ó ô ň ń Ó Ô Õ õ
0 1 1 1 7 ' 7 G W g w ò ö ő ű Ò Ö Ø ø
1 0 0 0 8 ( 8 H X h x ú û π µ Ú Û Þ þ
1 0 0 1 9 ) 9 I Y i y ù ü € ¿ Ù Ü Ŋ ŋ
1 0 1 0 A * : J Z j z Ñ ñ £ ÷ Ř ř Ŕ ŕ
1 0 1 1 B + ; K [ k { Ç ç $ Č č Ć ć
1 1 0 0 C , < L \ l | Ş ş ← ¼ Š š Ś ś
1 1 0 1 D - = M ] m } ß ğ ↑ ½ Ž ž Ź ź
1 1 1 0 E . > N ― n ¯ ¡ ı → ¾ Đ đ Ŧ ŧ
1 1 1 1 F / ? O _ o IJ ij ↓ § Ŀ ŀ ð

NOTE 1 DAB receivers have used and implemented the same basic character set as the one given in Table 4.

However, as this character set does not include a number of special characters used in Central and Eastern

Europe, ETSI standardized for DAB receivers in September 2015 a modified and extended set. For RDS receivers

the modification agreed by ETSI cannot be applied for reasons of backwards compatibility.

NOTE 2 The only control codes used in RDS are 0x0A 'line feed' and 0x0D ‘carriage return’. It is used to mark the

end of text in RT, eRT and long PS. All other control codes in the range 0x01 to 0x1F are not assigned.

NOTE 3 For the characters 0x20 to 0x7F the coding mostly complies with ISO/IEC 10646. The characters

0x80 to 0xFE were mapped (by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)), prior to ISO/IEC 10646, to accommodate

the most frequently used symbols in the Western part of Europe.
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