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TerraTec DR Box 1 Manual

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  • Page 1 English Manual Version: 03.01.02...
  • Page 2 Meticulous care has been exercised in the preparation of all text passages and illustrations in this User Guide. TerraTec Electronic GmbH and its authors, however, accept no liability, legal or otherwise, for any errors or the consequences of such errors. We reserve the right to technical modifications.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Deinstalling the DR Box application ................20 Starting the program .......................21 Sound reproduction via PC....................21 User interface......................... 22 Digital recordings with DR Box 1 ..................25 Timer-controlled recordings ....................27 Listening to a program while recording................28 “Color Settings” dialog box.................... 29 Version query.........................

  • Page 4: Setup And Connection

    BNC connector for antenna band III and L band (1.4 GHz) USB: USB port for PC connection Digital Out: Digital SPDIF connection for stereo equipment Line Out: Analog connection (cinch jack) for stereo equipment Power: 12 V/500 mA stabilized, + on internal conductor DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 5: Unpacking And Getting Started Quick Starting Guide

    Whether an adequately strong signal was received for decoding purposes, can be checked using the information page (press menu once): The first value in the second row indicates the reception quality: DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 6: Operation On The Road

    – may solve this problem. Operation on the road Because the DR Box 1, antenna and magnetic base are so compact, you can always take the unit with you on a trip. Please connect only the unit's power supply. Damages from operation with unsuitable power supplies are not covered under warranty.

  • Page 7: Program Selection And Station Buttons

    After switching the unit on, it automatically activates the default setting: The first display row shows the name of the program package (“ensemble”) on the left and the memory location of the currently selected station on the right. The second row shows the name of the selected station. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 8 Q3 and Q4 indicate weak reception, which may cause sound interferences. Q3 should allow for flawless reception that may, however, lead to intermittent disruptions during movement in the room. For this reason, it is recommended experimenting with the placement of the an- tenna. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 9 To change the assignment, use to have two stations swap their memory locations. To do so, press t for the first one, use p and q to search for the station to be swapped, and press t again. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 10 12D (in band III) or LB (in the L band), and q to switch the receiver to this chan- nel. This allows for specific selection of channels that were not recognized by the station search. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 11 Press t and u to adjust the contrast for the display of your DR contrast: Box 1. The third item shows the version number of DR Box 1 for PC-independent operation. DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 12: Operation With Stereo Equipment

    Listening to Digital Radio over DR Box 1 with headphones while traveling is already pure en- joyment. But things become a lot more interesting if DR Box 1 is connected to stereo equip- ment. Even a compact stereo system provides sufficient space for the small unit, and DR Box 1 can be connected at the rear analog via common cinch connectors, or digitally with 48 kHz scan rate via an optical SPDIF fiber optics connection.

  • Page 13: Operation With The Pc

    A PC enables the full potentials of DR Box 1: Digital Radio offers unheard of possibilities! To do so, DR Box 1 only needs to be connected via USB. Not only does the device become completely “remote-controlled,” but even audio data is now sent digitally via USB interface –...
  • Page 14 If this message appears, insert the Windows 98 SE – Installation CD in your CD-ROM drive and click “OK”. Finally, verify the driver installation. For more information, see chapter “Verifying driver instal- lation under Windows 98 SE / ME” DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 15: Driver Installation Under Windows Me

    Driver installation under Windows ME Insert the supplied installation CD in your CD-ROM drive. If autoplay starts, close it. To install the drivers, connect DR Box 1 with your PC. Windows reports that it found a new hardware device. Select “Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended)”.
  • Page 16 Verifying driver installation under Windows 98 SE / ME Verify the installation by opening the device manager. To do so, click “Start” / “Settings” / “Control Panel” / “System”. DR Box can be found under “Sound, video and game controllers”. DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 17: Driver Installation Under Windows 2000

    Please close all applications running in the background and insert the supplied installation CD in your CD-ROM drive. If autoplay starts, close it. To install the drivers, connect DR Box 1 with your PC and switch the box on. Windows reports that it found a new hardware device.
  • Page 18 Windows 2000 reports that it could not locate a digital signature. A missing digital signature has no effect on the operation of your DR Box. Confirm the next question on whether to continue the installation with “Yes”. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 19 You are once again informed about a missing digital signature. Confirm the question on whether to continue the driver installation with “Yes”. Confirm this window by clicking “Finish”. After successful installation, Windows must be restarted. Click “Yes”. DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 20: Installing The Dr Box Application

    DR Box 1. Deinstalling the DR Box application To deinstall the DR Box 1 application and additional program titles obtained with the pur- chase of DR Box 1, the following steps should be followed: Click “Start” / “Settings” / “Control Panel” / “Software”.

  • Page 21: Starting The Program

    Starting the program To listen to Digital Radio via computer, it must be turned on and connected to DR Box 1 via USB cable. In this case, the display of DR Box 1 changes and shows only the preset head- phones volume.

  • Page 22: User Interface

    The volume control on the right and the “Sound on/off” button below apply only to the sound received via USB and sound card, not to the playback at the outputs (headphones, cinch and digital output) of DR Box 1. Even if the unit successfully received stations on its own, the PC software does not have this information.
  • Page 23 “Ensemble” can be used to select the program-accompanying information on all stations of a search chain by means of a browser interface, whereby the left column shows the specific data information of the complete ensemble and the right column the program-accompanying brief information of all programs. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 24 PC. To store the current station, right-click a free station button using the mouse. Its name then replaces the three dashes. If the station button already contains a station, it will be overwritten. DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 25: Digital Recordings With Dr Box 1

    The default directory is “Record” in the program directory of DR Box 1. Clicking [>>] allows you to create another directory. Finally, you can specify the time buffered before the recording so that the final seconds prior to recording are also stored on the hard disk.
  • Page 26 DR Box 1 allows access to the past – thus, the song is on the disk starting at the beginning. This function is the reason why the hard disk remains active after starting the DR Box 1 software –...

  • Page 27: Timer-Controlled Recordings

    The format can di- rectly be selected here. Alternative format Timer-controlled recordings DR Box 1 offers much more than a radio recorder: It also features a timer function which can be accessed directly via “Settings” or via “Timer” icon.

  • Page 28: Listening To A Program While Recording

    Listening to a program while recording Just like a VCR, the recording of DR Box 1 is independent of the program currently being played: If you select a different program in the current ensemble during a recording, the re- cording continues without interference with the previously specified program.

  • Page 29: Color Settings" Dialog Box

    On the left side (“Color Settings”), you can select the colors, e.g. for text and background. The right side (“Demo Controls”) shows the corresponding result. If the new color settings find your approval, confirm them with “OK”; to return to the existing settings, click “Cancel”. DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 30: Version Query

    Digital Radio to MP3 format which is recommended due to its small file size (at a factor of 1:11 for CD-comparative quality in comparison to WAV format) and the possibility to play the files on portable MP3 players. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 31 Recording with WaveLab Lite After installing DR Box 1, WaveLab Lite can be found in the program group with the same name. Start the program. Next, click the Preferences menu item on the Options menu. The following window display:...
  • Page 32 The corresponding explanations can be found in the WaveLab Lite online help. Next, open the recording window by clicking the recording button in WaveLab Lite (the button with the red dot). The following window display:  € DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 33 MusicMatch Jukebox is an application where the audio device must be assigned for Windows prior to the start of the software. Windows 98 SE For this purpose, click “Start” / “Settings” / “Control Panel” / “Multimedia”. Windows 98 SE DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 34 Click “Start” / “Settings” / “Control Panel” / “Sounds and multimedia”. Windows ME Windows 2000 Next, set up “DR Box Audio Device” as the preferred device for the recording and activate the option “Use only preferred devices”. DR Box 1 (English)
  • Page 35 Click the recording button (red dot) to open the Recorder window. In the right part of the window, assign a name for the recording and start the recording by clicking the recording button in the recording window € DR Box 1 (English)

  • Page 36: Service At Terratec

    – please contact us directly. The first way should be the Internet: under http://www.terratec.net/ you will always find cur- rent answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) and the latest drivers. All of that is also ac- cessible via our mailbox system.

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