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RD-6
FM RDS/DAB digital radio
Please read this manual before use
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ROBERTS
Sound for Generations
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Contents Controls...........................................................................2-3 Clock display.................................................................... 19 Mains operation ................................................................. 4 General ............................................................................ 20 Operating your radio - DAB ............................................... 5 Specifications........................................................
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Controls (Front) 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. Light button 7. Infra Red sensor 11 2. Band button 8. Volume control 3. Auto tune button 9. Tone control 4. Info button 10. Tuning control 5. LCD display 11.Preset buttons 6. On/Off button and StandBy indicator If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 2 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) rd-6 instruction book.pmd 3 2/26/2004, 8:54 AM
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Controls (Rear) 12 13 14 15 16 17 12.Telescopic aerial 15.Optical output socket (Toslink) 13. Headphone socket 16.Telescopic aerial holder 14.Deep bass boost switch 17.Mains input socket 3 rd-6 instruction book.pmd 4 2/26/2004, 8:54 AM
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Mains operation 1. Place your radio on a flat surface. 2. Plug the mains lead into the Socket located on the rear of your radio ensuring that the plug is pushed fully into the socket. 3. Plug the other end of the mains lead into a wall socket and switch on the wall socket. If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 4 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) rd-6 instruction book.pmd 5 2/26/2004, 8:54 AM
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Operating your radio - DAB 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. The display will show "Roberts DAB digital radio" for a few seconds. 3. If this is the first time the radio is used a quick scan of UK Band III DAB channels will be carried out. The display will show "Autotune Quick scan". If the radio has been used before the last used station will be selected. 4. During Autotune as each group of stations is detected the bottom line of the disp
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Selecting a station - DAB 1. The top line of the display shows the name of the station currently selected. 2. Rotate the Tuning control to scroll through the list of available stations. Stop rotating the Tuning control when you find the station that you wish to hear. 3. Press and release the Tuning control to select the station. The display may show "Tuning" while your radio finds the new station. 4. Adjust the Volume, Tone and Deep bass boost switch to the required settings. Note: If after sele
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Secondary services - DAB 1. 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 rotate the tuning control clockwise. Display modes - DAB Your radio has five display modes:- 1. Press the Info button to cycle through the various modes. a a. Scrolling text Disp
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Finding new stations - DAB As time passes new stations may become available. To find new stations proceed as follows:- 1. Press and release the AutoTune button, the display will show "Autotune Quick Scan". Your radio will perform a scan of the UK DAB frequencies. 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 2. To carry out a full scan of the entire DAB Band III frequencies press and hold down the AutoTune
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Manual Tuning - DAB Manual tuning allows you to tune directly to the various DAB Band III channels. UK DAB stations located in the range 11B to 12D. 1. Press and hold in the Tuning control until the display shows "Manual tune". 2. Rotate the Tuning control to select the required DAB channel. 3. Press and release the Tuning control to select the channel. 4. Rotate the Tuning control to select the stations contained within the Multiplex for the selected DAB channel. 5. Press and release the Tuning
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Operating your radio - FM 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. The display will show "Roberts DAB digital radio" for a few seconds. 3. Press the Band button to select the FM band. 4. Press and immediately release the Auto Tune button, your radio will scan in an upwards direction (low frequency to high frequency) and stop automatically when it finds a station of sufficient strength. 5. After a few seconds the display will update and show stati
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Manual tuning - FM 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. 2. Press the Band button to select the FM band. Fully extend the Telescopic aerial . 3. Rotate the Tuning control to tune to a station. The frequency will change in steps of 50kHz. 4. When the waveband end is reached the radio will recommence tuning from the opposite waveband end. 5. Set the Volume, Tone and Deep bass boost switch to the desired settings. 6. To switch off your radio press the On/Off button. 11 rd-6 instruct
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Display modes - FM a On FM the bottom line of the display can be set to any of the following modes:- 1. Press the Info button to cycle through the various modes. b a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such as artist/track name, phone in number etc. c b. Program Type Displays type of station being listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc. d c. Signal strength Displays signal strength for station being listened to. e d. Time and date Displays current time and date. e. Frequency Displ
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Presetting stations - DAB and FM There are 5 memory presets for each of the 2 wavebands. 1. Press the On/Off button switch on the radio. 2. Tune to the required station as previously described. 3. Press and hold down the required Preset button until the display shows e.g. "Preset 1 stored". The station will be stored under the chosen preset button. Repeat this procedure for the remaining presets. 4. Stations stored in preset memories may be overwritten by following the above procedure. Recalli
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System reset If your radio fails to operate correctly, or some digits on the display are missing or incomplete carry out the following procedure. 1. Switch off your radio. 2. Switch on your radio - as soon as the screen shows "Roberts DAB digital radio" press and hold in the Tuning control until the display shows "System Reset". 3. A full reset will be performed. All presets and station lists will be erased. 4. If DAB was used last then a "Quick scan" of the DAB band will be performed, otherwise
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Headphone and optical output sockets 1. A 3.5mm Headphone Socket located on the rear of your radio is provided for use with either headphones or an earpiece. Inserting a plug automatically mutes the internal loudspeaker. 2. A digital optical output socket is provided on the rear of you radio for connection to a an amplifier, mini-disc or other equipment with a digital optical input. 12 Display backlight 1. The display backlight can be switched on and off using the Light button. 15 rd-6 instruct
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Remote control 45 6 7 3 8 2 1 9 1. Band button 2. Select button 7. Volume up/down buttons 3. Mute button 8. Tuning up/down buttons 4. Auto tune button 9. Preset buttons 5. Info button 6. StandBy button If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 16 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) rd-6 instruction book.pmd 17 2/26/2004, 8:54 AM
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Remote handset battery replacement 1. With the aid of the end of a paper clip slide catch in direction shown. 2. Remove battery holder by pushing holder in direction shown. 3. Remove battery from holder. 4. Replace battery (2025 or equivalent) ensuring that positive side of battery faces you with holder positioned as shown. 5. Replace the battery holder. 1 2 3 4 5 17 rd-6 instruction book.pmd 18 2/26/2004, 8:54 AM
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Using the remote control The buttons on the remote control have the same functions as front panel controls with two exceptions:- 1. Mute - press this button to mute sound, press again to restore sound. 2 2. StandBy - press this button to place unit in StandBy mode, your radio will enter power down state but the clock will remain active. The StandBy indicator will light. If the front panel On/Off button is pressed during StandBy your radio will 1 switch off and clock display will not be visible.
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Clock display 1. Your radio will display clock time when in set to StandBy mode using the remote handset. 2. During StandBy mode the clock will receive updates from the last station tuned to before entering stanby mode. When in StandBy mode your radios clock will automatically track Summer\Winter time changes. 3. The clock will not show in the display when the radio is switched off using the the On/Off button on the front panel 19 rd-6 instruction book.pmd 20 2/26/2004, 8:54 AM
