A device for determining an encoded data sequence as a determined data sequence, the encoded data sequence being encoded by an input signal frequency-modulated in accordance with a modulation rule, the encoded data sequence comprising a plurality of data elements, comprising: a filter unit for filtering the frequency-modulated input signal in order to obtain a first frequency-filtered channel signal and a second frequency-filtered channel signal, the device being characterized in that the same further comprises: an evaluation unit configured to associate, for each known data sequence of a quantity of known data sequences, two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values to this known data sequence, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine, for each known data sequence of the quantity of known data sequences, a first one of the two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values associated to this data sequence as a first channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value of this known data sequence based on this known data sequence and based on the first frequency-filtered channel signal, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine, for each known data sequence of the quantity of known data sequences, a second one of the two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values associated to this data sequence as a second channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value of this known data sequence based on this known data sequence and based on the second frequency-filtered channel signal, and wherein the evaluation unit is configured to select from the quantity of known data sequences a known data sequence as the determined data sequence to which is associated a channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value which is greater than another channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value associated to another one of the known data sequences. a filter unit for filtering the frequency-modulated input signal in order to obtain a first frequency-filtered channel signal and a second frequency-filtered channel signal, the device being characterized in that the same further comprises: an evaluation unit configured to associate, for each known data sequence of a quantity of known data sequences, two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values to this known data sequence, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine, for each known data sequence of the quantity of known data sequences, a first one of the two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values associated to this data sequence as a first channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value of this known data sequence based on this known data sequence and based on the first frequency-filtered channel signal, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine, for each known data sequence of the quantity of known data sequences, a second one of the two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values associated to this data sequence as a second channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value of this known data sequence based on this known data sequence and based on the second frequency-filtered channel signal, and wherein the evaluation unit is configured to select from the quantity of known data sequences a known data sequence as the determined data sequence to which is associated a channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value which is greater than another channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value associated to another one of the known data sequences. an evaluation unit configured to associate, for each known data sequence of a quantity of known data sequences, two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values to this known data sequence, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine, for each known data sequence of the quantity of known data sequences, a first one of the two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values associated to this data sequence as a first channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value of this known data sequence based on this known data sequence and based on the first frequency-filtered channel signal, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine, for each known data sequence of the quantity of known data sequences, a second one of the two channel-specific signal-to-noise distance values associated to this data sequence as a second channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value of this known data sequence based on this known data sequence and based on the second frequency-filtered channel signal, and wherein the evaluation unit is configured to select from the quantity of known data sequences a known data sequence as the determined data sequence to which is associated a channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value which is greater than another channel-specific signal-to-noise distance value associated to another one of the known data sequences.