Basic Operation; Dab Radio - Philips AJ5100/05 User Manual

Basic Operation

Basic operation
1 Press ON•OFF to power on the set.
The LCD lights up.
2 Press DAB•FM to select DAB or FM mode.
The radio will tune to a DAB station if
DAB mode is selected.
The radio will tune to a FM station if FM
mode is selected.
3 To adjust volume, press VOLUME
3 4
4 To improv DAB/FM reception, extend and
turn the telescopic antenna. Reduce its
length if the signal is too strong.
• To further improve DAB reception, you may
also perform manual tuning (See Manual
Tune)
Helpful hints:
– If there is no DAB coverage currently avail-
able, or DAB signal is too weak, in your area,
no DAB station will be found, and information
like "Station not available" will be displayed.
Dimming LCD brightness
1 Press and hold INFO for 2 seconds to
switch Dm on or off.
Auto dim on will be activated if dim
function is off in the last setting.
Auto dim off will be activated if dim
function is on in the last setting.
2 If Dim function is activated and there is 15
seconds of button inactivity, the LCD bright-
ness will be decreased to save power.
Pressing any button will resume the original
LCD brightness.

DAB Radio

Switching on DAB radio
For the first time when DAB mode is
switched on, AJ5100 will perform an auto
scan (see 2).Then all the available DAB sta-
tions will be stored on the set, and the radio
will tune to the first available station.
1 Press ON•OFF to power on the set.
The LCD lights up.
2 Press DAB•FM to select DAB mode if "FM"
is displayed.
.
"Philips DAB & FM Radio" is displayed
briefly (see 3), then the radio auto tunes
to a station.
Changing DAB stations
1 In DAB mode, press repeatedly until
1 / 2
your desired station name is displayed.
The selected station name appears on
the second line of the display.
2 Press SELECT to confirm.
The radio will immediately tune to the
selected station.
About station display symbols
You may see some symbols displayed before
the station names as follows:
:The symbol indicates that the station is
one of ten most-listened stations by you
based on DAB radio's monitoring.
?:The symbol indicates that the station is not
currently available, or not active.
>>:This symbol indicates that the station is a
primary station with secondary service.
<<:This symbol indicates that the station is a
secondary station.
DAB Radio
Scanning for DAB stations
New stations and services will be regularly
added in the DAB broadcast.To make new
DAB stations and service available on your
DAB radio, a search is needed.
DAB Scanning:
In DAB mode, press SCAN to perform a
•
search for DAB stations.
Storing DAB presets
You can preset up to 10 DAB stations on the
10 preset buttons each for easy access.
1 In DAB mode, In DAB mode, press
1 / 2
repeatedly until your desired station name is
displayed.
• To select desired DAB station, you may also
perform manual tuning (see Manual Tune).
2 Press and hold one of the preset buttons
(1-5) on the top of the set to store the
preset.
"Station Saved" is displayed briefly on
the second line of the display. and the
stored preset number will be displayed.
To save on presets 6-10, first press SHIFT,
•
then press and hold the desired preset button
for 2 seconds.
Helpful hints:
– If you have already saved a DAB station in
that preset location, it will be overwritten by a
new station.
– When you store DAB stations, these do not
overwrite your FM presets.
Selecting a preset DAB sta-
tion
1 In DAB mode, press a preset button on the
top of the set to select presets 1-5.
To select one of presets 6-10, first press
•
SHIFT, then press the desired preset button.
Helpful hints:
– If you have not yet stored a DAB station in
one of the presets, "Empty preset" will be dis-
played.The display will revert to the previous-
ly selected station after a few seconds.
Resetting to the factory set-
ting (also available in FM
mode)
Resetting to the factory setting will delete all
of the preset stations.
1 In DAB or FM mode, press and hold MENU.
"Press SELECT to confirm reset" is display.
2 To reset, press SELECT.
All the presets will be deleted, and
"Philips DAB & FM Radio" is displayed.
To not to reset, wait a few seconds until
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"Press SELECT to confirm reset" disappears.
The radio will revert to the previous
operating status.