rbdsrdsNATIONAL RADIO SYSTEMS COMMITTEE 2500 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201 (703) 907-7500 FAX (703) 907-7501 1771 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429-5346 FAX (202) 775-4981 RBDS versus RDS - What are the differences and how can receivers cope with both systems? Scott Wright (Delco Electronics Corp.) January 1998 I. Introduction The newly revised RDS and RBDS standards move forward into a new era for FM data services. All changes have been devised to be fully backwards compatible with the prior standards while offering a tremendous amount of growth. Figure 1 depicts the actual construction of the RBDS standard. The RDS standard is entirely contained within the RBDS standard with functional differences added within the appropriate sections of the text (modified) or within en……