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DAB / FM RDS / SD Digital Radio
Recorder with PausePlus
Please read this manual before use
ROBERTS
Enjoy Listening
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Contents Controls ........................................................................... 2-3 Timed recording ........................................................... 23-26 Battery operation .................................................................4 View record timers .............................................................27 Using the AC adaptor ..........................................................5 Playing fi les - SD ....................................................
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Controls (Front) 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 14 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 16 1. Preset 5 / Play Mode button 7. PausePlus / Record button 12. Select button 2. Preset 4 / Fast-forward button 8. On / Off button 13. Info / Advanced menu button 3. Preset 3 / Rewind button 9. On / Off indicator 14. Volume control 4. Preset 2 / Stop button 10. LCD display 15. Band button 5. Preset 1 / Play / Pause button 11. Tuning Up / Down buttons 16. T one control 6. Loudspeaker If you need any further advice, please call our Tec
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Controls (Rear) Controls (Left hand side) 18 19 20 21 22 17 19. SD card slot 17. Battery compartment 20. Headphone socket 18. Telescopic aerial 21. Auxiliary input socket 22. DC in socket 3
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Battery operation 1. Remove the battery cover on the back of the unit by sliding the cover in the direction of the arrow. 2. Insert four LR20 (D size) batteries into the spaces in the compartment. Take care to ensure all batteries are inserted with the correct polarity as shown inside the battery compartment. Replace the battery cover. 3. Reduced power, your radio switching off automatically, and a 'stuttering' sound are all signs that the batteries may need replacing. 1 4. If the radio is
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Using the AC adaptor 1. Place your radio on a fl at surface. 2. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. The aerial should be fully extended and positioned vertically for optimum reception. 3. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the left hand side of your radio. Plug the adaptor into a standard 13 amp mains socket outlet. The display will show 'Welcome ROBERTS' for a few seconds. IMPORTANT: The mains adaptor is used as the means of connecting the radio to the mains supply. T
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Operating your radio 1. Press the On / Off button to switch on your radio. When fi rst switched on, the radio will be in DAB mode. After each use the radio will remember the mode used and then switch on in that 1 mode the next time that it is used. 2. If the radio has been used before, the last used station will be selected. 3. If this is the fi rst time that the radio has been used a quick scan of the Band III DAB channels will be carried out. During the scanning process the display will
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Selecting a station - DAB 1. Press the On / Off button to switch on your radio. 1 2. Press and release the Band button until the DAB mode is selected. The display will show the name of the radio station currently selected. 3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to step through the list of available stations. 4. When the desired station name appears on the display, press and 2 release the Select button to select the station. The display will show 'Tuning' while your radio fi nds the new stati
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Auto-Select - DAB As an alternative to pressing the select button to select a station your radio can be set so as to automatically select a station. 1,3 1. Press and hold the Select button until the display shows 'Auto-Select On'. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the station you require is visible on the display. After a few seconds your radio will automatically select the station shown on the display. 22 3. To switch off auto-select, press and hold the Select button until the d
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Display modes - DAB Your radio has a range of display options when in DAB mode:- a 1. Press and release the Info button to cycle through the various options. 1 a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such b as artist/track name, phone in number, etc. b. Programme type Displays the type of station being c listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc. c. Time and date Displays the current time (24 hour format) and date. d d. Multiplex Name Displays the n
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Finding new stations - DAB As time passes new stations may become available. To fi nd new stations proceed as follows. 1 1. Press and hold the Info button. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'Auto Tune' appears on the display. 3. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a scan 2 2 of the Band III DAB channels. As new stations are found, the station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations will be added to the list. 3 Signal stren
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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 the radio to optimise reception for a specifi c channel or frequency. Note that UK 1 DAB stations are located in the range of channels 11B to 12D. 1. Press and hold the Info button. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows 'Manual Tu
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Dynamic Range Control (DRC) - DAB Dynamic range control (also known as DRC) can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment. 2 There are three levels of compression: DRC 0 No compression applied. (default) DRC 1 Maximum compression applied. DRC 1/2 Medium compression applied. 3 1. Press the On / Off button to switch on your radio. 2. Press and release the Band button until the DAB band is selected. 3. Press and hold the Info button. 4,5 4,5 4. Press the
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Operating your radio - FM Auto Tune 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. The aerial should be fully extended and positioned vertically for optimum reception. 2. Press the On / Off button to switch on your radio. 3 3. Press and release the Band button until the FM band is selected. 4. Press and release the Tuning Up button to cause your radio to search from low frequency to high frequency and to stop automatically when it fi nds a station of suffi cient strength. 7 4,6 Note: If your radio d
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Manual tuning - FM 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. The aerial should be fully extended and positioned vertically for optimum reception. 2. Press the On / Off button to switch on your radio. 3 3. Press and release the Band button until the FM band is selected. 4 4. Press and release the Select button until the display shows 'Auto Scan: Off'. 5. Repeatedly press and release the Tuning Up or Down buttons to tune to a station. The frequency will change in steps of 50kHz. If the radio is
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Display modes - FM Your radio has a range of display options for FM mode:- The Radio Data System (RDS) is a system in which inaudible digital information is transmitted in addition to the normal FM radio programme. RDS offers several useful features. The following are available on your radio. 1. Press and release the Info button to cycle through the various options. a a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such as artist/track name, phone in number, 1 etc. b b. P
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Stereo / Mono setting - FM (headphones only) Your radio will play stereo FM broadcasts in stereo (via headphones) provided that the received signal is of adequate strength. However, as a stereo signal becomes weaker the audio signal will become poorer. It may be preferable to force the radio to play the station in mono in order to reduce the level of backgound hiss. 3 1. Press the On / Off button to switch on your radio. 2. Tune to the required FM radio station as previously described (see
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Scan sensitivity setting - FM Your radio will normally scan for FM broadcasts which are strong enough to give good reception. However, you may wish the Auto-scan function to also be able to fi nd weaker signals, possibly from more distant radio transmitters. Your radio includes a local / distant option for the Auto-scan 2 function. 1. Press the On / Off button to switch on the radio. 2. Press and release the Band button until the FM band is selected. 3 3. Press and hold the Info button. 4. Pr
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Presetting stations You may store your preferred DAB and FM radio stations to the preset station memories. There are 10 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. 1. Press the On / Off button to switch on the radio. 2 2. Press and release the Band button to select the desired waveband. 3.
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Using your radio's PausePlus feature - DAB and FM How many times has your favourite radio station been interrupted by that phone call from a double glazing fi rm or someone selling that must have item? Sound familiar? With a single press of the PausePlus button you can put your favourite station on hold while you answer that important call. After the call or other important task is fi nished simply press the PausePlus button to return to your favourite station exactly where you left off so th
