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DAB / FM RDS Digital Clock Radio with dock for iPod and iPhone
Please read this manual before use
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Contents Controls ........................................................................... 2-4 Playing a fi le on your iPod or iPhone........................... 24-25 Remote handset battery replacement .................................5 Setting the alarm times ................................................ 25-28 Using the clock radio for the fi rst time .................................6 Cancelling alarms ........................................................ 28-29 Switching on your clock r
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Controls (Top) 8 9 7 6 10 5 11 4 12 3 13 2 14 1 1. Snooze button 6. Sleep button 11. Tuning Up / Fast-forward button 2. Select / Play / Pause button 7. Dimmer button 12. Mode button (DAB, FM, iPod, Aux in) ® ® 3. Alarm 2 button 8. Dock connector for iPod and iPhone 13. Menu button 4. Alarm 1 button 9. Preset button 14. On / Off / Volume control 5. Tuning Down / Rewind button 10. Info button If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 2 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)
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Controls (front) 15 15. LCD display 16. Speakers x 2 17. Infra-red sensor 16 17 Controls (rear) 18. DAB/FM wire aerial 19. Auxiliary input socket 20. Headphone socket 21. USB socket (for software upgrades) 22. DC in socket 6 18 19 20 21 22 3
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Controls (remote control) 4 3 2 1 1. On / Off button 2. iPod and iPhone button 3. FM button 4. DAB button 5. Mute button 5 6. Auxiliary in button 6 21 7. Tuning Up button 7 20 8. Menu button 8 19 9. Play / Pause button 9 18 10. Rewind button 10 17 11. Tuning Down button 12. Sleep button 13. Dimmer button 16 11 14. Snooze button 15 12 15. Alarm button 13 14 16. Equalizer (EQ) button 17. Info button 18. Fast-forward button 19. Preset button 20. Select button 21. Volume Up / Do
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Remote handset battery replacement 1. With the aid of the end of a paper clip slide the catch to the right hand side. 2. Remove the battery holder by pushing the holder in the direction shown. 3. Remove the battery from the holder. 4. Replace the battery (CR2032 or equivalent) ensuring that the positive side of the battery faces you with the holder positioned as shown. 5. Replace the battery holder. If the remote is not to be used for an extended period of time it is 1 recommended that the
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Using the clock radio for the fi rst time 1. Place your clock radio on a fl at surface. 2. 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. 6 3. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the rear of your clock radio. Plug the adaptor into a standard 13 amp mains socket outlet. The display will show 'Welcome Roberts' for a few seconds. IMPORTANT: The main
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Switching on your clock radio Switching on - On / Off control in the Down position 1. Press and release the On / Off control to bring your radio out of standby. The On / Off control will now be in the raised position. 1,2 2. While the clock radio is in use, press and release the On / Off control. This will cause the radio to return to the standby mode and will latch the control in the down position. Switching on - On / Off control in the Up position 1. Press and release the On / Off control
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Operating your clock radio 1. Press the On / Off control to switch on your clock radio. (see page 7). When fi rst switched on, the clock radio will be in DAB mode. After each use the clock radio will remember the mode used and then switch on in that mode the next time that it is used. 1 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 clock radio has been used a quick scan of the Band III DAB channels will be carried out. Du
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Selecting a station - DAB 1. Press the On / Off control to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press and release the Mode button until the DAB mode is selected. 1 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 release the Select button to select the station. The display will show 2 'Tuning' while your clock radio fi nds
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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 then the secondary service will then appear immediately after the primary 1 service as you press the Tuning Up button. 2. To tune to the secondary service, press and release the Select button. 2 Most secondary services do not broadcast continually and if the selected service is not available, the radio will re-tune to the associ
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c. Multiplex Name Displays the name of the DAB multiplex to which the current station belongs. c d. Date Displays the current date. d e. Frequency & channel Displays frequency and channel number for the currently tuned DAB station. e f. Bit rate & audio type Displays the digital bit rate and audio type for the currently tuned DAB station. f g. Signal strength Displays a graph showing the signal g strength for the currently tuned DAB station. The clear
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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 release the Menu button. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows 'Scan'. 22 3. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a scan 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 strength displ
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Manual tuning - DAB Manual tuning allows you to tune your clock 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 clock radio to optimise reception for a specifi c channel or frequency. 1 Note that UK DAB stations are located in the range of channels 11B to 12D. 1. Press and release the Menu button. 2,3 2,3 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the di
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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 clock 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 control to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press and release the Mode button until the DAB mode is selected. 4,5 4,5 3. Press and release the Menu butt
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Station order setup - DAB Your clock 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 clock radio is alphanumeric. 1. Press the On / Off control to switch on your clock radio. 2 2. Press and release the Mode button until the DAB mode is selected. 3. Press and release the Menu button. 3 4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'Station Order' shows on the display. Press and
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Operating your clock radio - FM auto-tune 1. 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. 2,10 2. Press the On / Off control to switch on your clock radio. 3. Press and release the Mode button until the FM band is selected. 4. Press and hold down the Tuning Up button for 2 - 3 seconds to cause 3 your radio to search from low frequency to high frequency and to stop
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Manual tuning - FM 1. 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. 2,7 2. Press the On / Off control to switch on your clock radio. 3. Press and release the Mode button until the FM band is selected. 4. Repeatedly press and release the Tuning Up or Down buttons to 3 tune to a station. The frequency will change in steps of 50kHz. If the radio is tuned to a station
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Display modes - FM Your clock 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 clock radio. 1 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,
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e. Audio mode Display shows Stereo or Mono. e f. Signal strength Displays the signal strength for the currently tuned FM station. The clear unfi lled rectangle indicates minimum signal level required for satisfactory reception. f Note: Your radio will display 'Radio Text' if there is no scrolling text and 'Program Type' if there is no programme type information. Presetting stations You may store your preferred DAB and FM radio stations to the preset station memories. There
