Cadet AM/FM Data Radio

As an AM/FM radio receiver, you can listen to music in the background, enjoy talk radio,or even catch a sporting event all from the PC. Cadet’s interface includes ID LOGIC, which allows you to scan/seek the radio dial for your favorite stations or formats (i.e. rock, country, talk, etc.). The Cadet includes a CD interface so that users can switch instantly to playing CDs, providing a complete audio system. Like a regular radio, Cadet allows you to preset your favorite stations. The “Radio on Demand” feature offers VCR-like functionality, enabling you to record songs or radio programs even if you are out.

Cadet’s patent pending RBDS technology can receive data broadcast via an FM subcarrier. The RBDS subcarrier is extra, unused bandwidth on the FM frequency.  With it, radio stations nationwide can broadcast data to a PC equipped with Cadet.  This broadcast data comes in the form of text, providing information such as station call letters, artist’s name, song title, and other announcements.

RBDS Continues to Expand
The Electronics Industry Association (EIA) estimates that more than 700 U.S. radio stations are already broadcasting with RBDS, and a substantial number plan to add it this year. 

Ordering Information

FEATURES

• Play AM/FM radio on your PC
• Home stereo quality
• Installs in seconds  
• Receive data transmitted with radio broadcasts
• View station call letters, artist’s name, song title, and announcements on your monitor while you listen to radio
• Play CDs through your computer
• Scan/seek by station and format
• Store your favorite radio stations
• Includes Radio on Demand
  (VCR-like programmed recording of radio programs)
• Record radio programs to hard drive as .WAV files
• Integrated CD player with album, artist, and song title database
• 100 FM presets - 50 AM presets
• Volume & balance controls
• Exclusive Autostore feature automatically stores all radio stations received
• Includes six different interfaces like: Cadet radio tuner interface and ID Logic radio database interface

ID LOGIC Features:

• Database containing information on over14,400 radio stations.
• Seek stations by city, state, etc.
• Displays station call letters and format for all AM stations.
• Displays station call letters and format for all FM radio stations without RBDS capabilities.

Requirements:

• IBM compatible 486DX33 or better
• 8 MB RAM
• 5 MB hard disk space
• Sound card (recommended)*
• Speakers or headset

Includes:

• Cadet Data Radio
• FM dipole antenna
• AM shielded antenna
• Stereo patch cable
• Software diskettes
• User’s manual .
• Works with all sound cards. Sound card 
  required for recording features only.

Hardware Description:
Card Type: 8 bit ISA Plug & Play add-in card (I/O address only, NO IRQ)
Inputs:

4 pin CD Audio

Outputs:    

1/8” Stereo Audio Jack 4 pin
Radio Audio/CD Audio out to sound card

Antenna:

F-Connector for FM Antenna
1/8”  jack for AM

Board Size:

4 “ H x 4  3/8 “ L

Receiver Characteristics:

AM

Tuning Band: 520 - 1650 kHz
RF Sensitivity: 6mV
S/N: 50 dB
THD: 0.8%

FM

Tuning Band: 87.5 - 108.0 MHz
RF Sensitivity: 3mV
S/N: 62 dB
THD: 0.3%
Stereo Decoder
Channel Sep.: 30 dB
S/N: 74 dB
THD: 0.5%

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