Contents Controls ................2-3 Display Dimmer ..............26 Using the clock radio for the first time ......... 4 Software version ............... 26 Operating your clock radio ..........5 Auxiliary input socket ............27 Selecting a station - DAB ............ 6 Headphone socket ............
Controls . Loudspeaker 6. LCD display . Sleep button 7. Alarm button 3. Menu / Info button 8. Select button 4. Band button 9. On / Standby button 5. Tuning Up / Down / Snooze button 0. Station preset buttons...
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Controls 12 13 14 15 . Display dimmer control (bottom of radio) . Volume control 3. Headphone socket 4. Line out socket 5. Auxiliary in socket 6. USB socket for software upgrade 7. DC jack socket...
Using the clock radio for the first time 1. Place your clock radio on a flat surface. . Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending either above or below the radio. 3.
Operating your clock radio . Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. The display will show “Welcome to Digital Radio” for a few seconds. 2. If this is the first time the radio is used to scan of the Band III DAB channels will be carried out. The display will show “Welcome to DAB”.
Selecting a station - DAB . The display will show “Connecting” for a few seconds. The top line of the display shows the name of the station currently selected. . Press the Band button to select DAB mode. The display will show the name of the radio station currently selected.
Secondary services - DAB . Certain radio stations have one or more secondary services associated with them. If a station has a secondary service associated with it the display will show “>>” next to the station name on the station list. The secondary service will then appear immediately after the primary service as you press the Tuning Up button.
Display modes - DAB Your radio has seven display modes:- . Press the Info button to cycle through the various modes. a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such as artist / track name, etc. b. Program Type Displays the type of station being listened to, e.g. Pop, Classic, News etc.
Finding new stations - DAB From time to time, new DAB radio stations may become available. Or you may have moved to a different part of the country. In this case you may need to cause your radio to scan for new stations.
Station order setup Your radio has 3 station order settings from which you can choose. The station order settings are, alphanumeric, ensemble and valid. Note: The default station order on your radio is alphanumeric. . Press the Standby button to switch on your radio. .
Manual tuning – DAB Manual tuning allows you to tune your radio to a particular DAB frequency in Band III. Any new stations found will be added to the station list. This function can also be used to assist the positioning of the aerial or radio to optimise reception for a specific channel or frequency.
Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings - DAB The DRC facility can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment. There are three levels of DRC compression: DRC Off No compression applied DRC Low Medium compression applied DRC HIgh Maximum compression applied...
Operating your radio - Manual tune - FM . Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending either above or below the radio. .
Display modes - FM Your radio has a range of display options when in FM mode. Note that the display will revert to a conventional time display 0 seconds after the last button press except when displaying scrolling text. The Radio Data System (RDS) is a system in which inaudible digital information is transmitted in addition to the normal FM radio programme.
Scan setting When using the FM mode your radio can be set to either scan local stations or to scan all stations including distant radio stations. . Press the Band button as needed to select FM radio mode. . Press and hold the Menu/ Info button to enter the FM menu. Press the Tuning up / down button until 'FM scan zone' is highlighted and then press the Select button to enter the scan adjustment mode.
FM stereo / mono If the FM radio station being listened to has a weak signal some hiss may be audible. It is possible to reduce this hiss by forcing the radio to play the station in mono rather than stereo. .
Presetting stations You may store your preferred DAB and FM radio stations to the preset station memories. There are 0 memory presets in your radio, 5 for DAB and 5 for FM. Presets are remembered by your radio in the event of a power failure. The procedure for setting presets and using them to tune stations is the same for FM and DAB modes, and is described below.
Clock and Alarms Setting the time format The clock display used in stand-by mode and on the playing mode screens can be set to or 4 hour format. The selected format is then also used when setting the alarms. .
Automatically updating the clock You can specify that the unit sets its clock from DAB or FM radio broadcasts. After a power failure the radio will then set its clock the next time that you turn on the radio in DAB or FM mode.
Setting the clock manually Normally your clock radio will set its clock automatically via the DAB signal. If no DAB signal is available and you need to set the time manually, please follow the procedure shown below. Note: The DAB signal will always override any manual time setting. .
Setting the alarm times Your clock radio has two alarms which can be set to wake you to either radio or buzzer alarm. Each alarm can be set to sound once, daily, on weekdays or at weekends. The alarms can only be set when your clock radio is switched on and in DAB or FM mode.
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9. Press the Tuning up/ down button to choose the alarm frequency options, as following: ‘Once’: the alarm will sound once ‘Weekends’: the alarm will sound only at weekends ‘Weekdays’: the alarm will sound on weekdays only ‘Daily’: the alarm will sound everyday Press the Select button to confirm the setting.
Cancelling alarms While an alarm is sounding it can be cancelled by pressing the On / Standby button. To view the alarm setting . Press the On / Standby button to switch on the clock radio. . Press the Alarm button and then the Select button to enter the setting. 3.
Snooze . When the radio or buzzer alarm sounds, pressing the Snooze button will silence the alarm for the selected number of minutes. The Snooze down can be adjusted between 5 and 0 minutes in 5 minute increments. Default setting is 5 minutes. The display will show the Snooze symbol “Z”.
Sleep timer Your clock radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed. The sleep setting can be adjusted between 5 and 0 minutes in 5 minutes increments. Ensure your clock radio switched on. . To set the desired sleep time, press and release the Sleep button to enter the setting menu. .
Display backlight . In order to view the display when the display backlight is set to a low level, you can press any button (apart from the On / Standby button) to switch on the backlight without switching on the radio.
Auxiliary input socket . A 3.5mm stereo Auxiliary Input socket is provided on the right hand side of your clock radio to permit an audio signal to be fed into the unit from an external audio device such as iPod, MP3 or CD player.
System reset If your radio fails to operate correctly, or some digits on the display are missing or incomplete carry out the following procedure. . Switch on your radio. . Press and hold in the Info button to enter the setting menu. Press the Tuning up or down until ‘System Setting’...
USB upgrade port. You should not attempt to update your radio unless it is recommended to you by Sangean Customer Services. Updating the software may remove all network settings, radio station presets and alarm settings from your radio.
Cautions Do not allow this clock radio to be exposed to water, steam or sand. Do not leave your clock radio where excessive heat could cause damage such as in a parked car where the heat from the sun can build up even though the outside temperature may not seem too high. ●...
Specification Circuit Feature Power Requirements AC 00 40V 50/60 Hz (switching adaptor) Loudspeaker x75mm Mains Output Power 0.6Watt Headphone socket 3.5mm dia Frequency Coverage Auxiliary Input socket 3.5mm dia FM 87.5 - 08MHz Line out socket 3.5mm dia DAB 74.98 - 39.00MHz Aerial System Wire aerial Wire aerial...