Sony ICF-C730 Service Manual page 4

ICF-C730
How to Set the Clock
1 Connect the AC power cord to a wail outlet.
Figures will appear and begin to blink.
2 Adjust the clock to the current time with the TIME SET
buttons, H (hour) and M (minute), while holding down
the CLOCK set button.
US, CND, AUS, PA model AEP, E, !1T model
12-hours system 24-hour system
AM 12:00 = midnight
PM 12:00 = noon
0:00 = midnight
12:00 = noon
The hour and minute digits advance independently. The
minute digits return to ''00' after reaching "59".
Zero second adjustment
Example: To set to 8:15 AM (12-hours system)
1 Adjust the time to 8:14 AM as previously described.
2 Press CLOCK set button and M button simultaneously with
the radio or telephone time signal, and then release.
To advance the minute digits rapidly
Press the H and the M button continuously while holding
down the CLOCK set button.
How to Use the Sleep Timer
You can fall asleep to the radio sound knowing that the radio
will turn itself off after the preset time period has elapsed.
1 Tune in the desired station after pushing the MANUAL
button.
Or select the stationby pressing the FM 1, FM 2 or FM 3
button,
2 Adjust volume.
3 Press the SLEEP button to set the sleep timer
operation time.
The radio will be turned on for 59
minutes.
Keep the SLEEP button pressed
to reduce the time sequence by
one minute.
' { DREAM BAR SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF (US, CND, PA model)
To turn off the radio before the preset time elapses, REPEAT ALARM/SLEEP OFF (AEP, E, IT, AUS model)
How to Set the Alarm
press the DREAM BAR SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF bar* (which
cancels the SLEEP function.)
Note
If you press the MANUAL, FM 1, FM 2 or FM 3 button, after the
SLEEP button has been pressed, the sleep timer function will be
released.
¢ The alarm function does not work while the sleep timer is on.
Regarding the radio alarm, you can be awakened by a
manually tuned station, but cannot be awakened by a preset
station.
1 Set the alarm time for radio or buzzer.
Set the radio alarm time with TIME SET H and M while
holding down ALARM /AJRADIG}.
Set the buzzer alarm time with TIME SET H and M
while holding down ALARM iB/BUZZER,.
To advance the digits rapidly
Press the H and the M button continuously while holding
down the ALARM set button.
2 Set the function selector switch to the desired alarm
position: SINGLE ALARM [AJRADIO)|, SINGLE ALARM
BIBUZZER,, or DUAL ALARM 'AjRADIO/B/SUZZER,.
For radio alarm
Press the MANUAL button,
and tune in the desired station and adjust volume as
described in "Radio Operation (Manual Tuning)':
For dual aiarm
If you set the radio and the buzzer to the same time, only
the radio sound will be heard.
If the buzzer alarm is set to the time before the radio alarm
stops, the alarm shifts from radio to buzzer at the alarm
preset time, and vice versa.
Notes
¢ The buzzer sound level is fixed, and independent of the VOL
control.
¢ If the earphone is connected to the earphone jack, at the preset
time, the radio will sound trom both the earphone and speaker,
and the buzzer wil! sound only from the speaker.
The radio or buzzer will automatically sound at the preset
time, and automatically turn itself off after 59 minutes,
unless it is turned off manually.
To turn off the alarm manually, press the ALARM
RESET/RADIO OFF button. The alarm will sound at the
regular preset time on the following day.
Snooze Alarm Function
{f you awake to the radio or buzzer but want to doze for a
few more minutes, just lightly press DREAM BAR SNOOZE/
SLEEP OFF*. The radio or buzzer will be silenced but will
automatically come on again after about eight minutes. If you
want to doze more, press the bar again.
Notes
¢ You can reset the alarm time while activating the snooze function.
© To cance! the alarm before the alarm time, press the ALARM
RESET/RADIO OFF button.
* To read out instantly the alarm preset time, press the ALARM set
button {AJRADIO: or iB[BUZZER,.
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To Use Both Sleep Timer and Alarm Function :
1 Set the alarm. (See ''How to Set the Alarm''.)
2 Set the sleep timer. (See ''How to Use the Sleep Timer''.)
3 Set the function selector switch to SINGLE ALARM
(AIRADIO}, SINGLE ALARM (B/BUZZER] or DUAL ALARM
(AIRADIOIBIBUZZER).
You can fall asleep to the radio sound and you will be
awakened by the radio/buzzer alarm at the preset time.