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CRD-51
FM RDS/DAB Digital Clock Radio
Please read this manual before use
ROBERTS
Sound for Generations
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Contents Controls............................................................................ 2-3 Clock.display......................................................................24 Using your clock radio for the first time................................4 Dimmer...............................................................................24 Operating.your.clock.radio.-.DAB.........................................5 Display.backlight.............................................................
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Controls (Top) 1. Volume Up / Down buttons 2. Dimmer button 3. On / Off button 4. Sleep button 5. Alarm / Clock button 6. FM / DAB button 1 11 7. Snooze button 8. Preset button 9. Menu / Display button 10. Select button 11. Tuning Up / Down buttons 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 If.you.need.any.further.advice,.please.call.our.Technical.Helpline.on.:- 2 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)
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Controls (left side) 27 24. Headphone socket 3
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Using your clock radio for the first time 1. Place your clock radio on a flat 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. 3. Plug the mains lead into a wall socket and switch on the wall socket. the display will show “ROBERTS” and after few seconds a station scan search will be performed automatically. The display will show progress of the station s
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Operating your clock radio - DAB 1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio. The display will show "TUNING" for a few seconds. 1 2. If your clock radio has been used before, the last used station will be selected. 3. The first station in the list of stations found will be played. The display will show the station name on the display. 4. If no signals are found "OFF AIR" will be displayed and it may be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving bet
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Selecting a station – DAB 1. The display shows the name of the station currently selected. 2 2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to step through the list of available stations. 3. When the desired station name appears on the display, press the Select button to select the station. The display will show “TUNING” 2 while your radio finds the new station. 4. Press the Volume Up or Down buttons to the set the required volume level. Note: If after selecting a station the display shows “OFF AIR”
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Display modes - DAB a Your radio has seven display modes:- 3 1. Press the Display 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. Programme type Displays type of station being listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc. c. Multiplex Name Displays name of multiplex to which d current station belongs. d. Time Displays current time. e e. Date Displays curren
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Finding new stations - DAB autoscan As time passes new stations may become available. T o find new stations proceed as follows:- 1,4 1. Press and hold down the Menu/Display button until the display shows "MANUAL". 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows “LOC 2,5 SCAN”. 3. Press and release Select button. 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 increa
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Manual tuning - DAB Manual tuning allows you to tune and add the various DAB Band III channels to your station list. UK DAB stations are located in the range 1 11B to 12D. This function can also used to assist the positioning of the antenna or your clock radio to obtain the optimum reception for a specific channel / frequency. 1. Press and hold the Menu/Display button for 2 seconds, the display will show “MANUAL”. 2,4 2. Press and release the Select button. 3. Press the Tuning U
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Dynamic range control (DRC) DRC can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment. 2,6 There are three levels of compression: DRC 0 No compression applied. (default) DRC 1 Maximum compression applied 2 DRC 1/2 Medium compression applied. 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press the FM/DAB button to select the DAB band 3 3. Press and hold down the Menu/Display button until the display shows "MANUAL 4. Press the Tuning up or d
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Operating your radio – FM autotune 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 1,9 either above or below the radio. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. 3. Press the FM/DAB button to select the FM band. 3 4. Press and hold down the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the frequency in the display begins to change. Your radio will scan the FM waveband, stopping each time it fin
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Operating your radio – FM manual 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 2,6 either above or below the radio. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. 3. Press the FM/DAB button to select the FM band. 3 4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to tune to a station. The frequency will change in steps of 50 kHz. 5. Press the Volume Up or Down buttons to the set the required vol
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Display modes – FM Your radio has four display modes for FM listening:- 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:- a 1. Press the Display/Menu button to cycle through the various modes. 3 a. Frequency Displays the frequency of the station being listened to. b b. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text
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Presetting stations There are 20 memory presets, 10 for DAB and 10 for FM. 1 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on the radio. 2. Press the FM/DAB button to select the desired waveband. 3. Tune to the required station as previously described. 2 4. Press and release the Preset button . The display will show “Empty 1” if there are no preset stations stored. 5. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset station number under which you wish to store the station 4,6 6. Press an
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Recalling a preset station 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on the radio. 1 2. Press the FM/DAB button to select the desired waveband. 3. Press the Preset button. 4. Press the Tuning Up or down buttons to select the desired preset 2 station. 5. Press the Select button. Your clock radio will tune to the preset station stored in the preset memory. 3 4 4 5 15
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Setting alarm times Your clock radio has two alarms which can be set to wake you to either radio or beep type alarm. Each alarm can be set to sound once, daily, weekdays and weekends. The alarms only can be set when your clock 1 radio is switched on. Note : If no buttons are pressed for 5 seconds, your clock radio will exit the alarm setup. 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press the Alarm button once. The display will show “SET ALM”. 2 3. Press Select button to e
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Setting alarm times - cont. 7. Press the Select button to enter the alarm hour. The display will show 7 the current time in 24 hour format. The hour digit will be selected. 8. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to set the correct hour. 9. Press Select button to enter the alarm minutes. The minute digit will be selected. 4 10. Press the Tuning up or Down buttons to set the correct minute. 11. Press Select button to enter the alarm day option. Your clock radio can be set to sound once, daily,
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Setting alarm times - cont. 15. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct year 16,18,20 16. Press the Select button to enter the alarm month option 17. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct month 18. Press the Select button to enter the alarm day option 15,17,19 19. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct day. 20. Press the Select button to confirm alarm settings and return to normal radio mode. 4 21. Radio alarms are indicated in t
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To view alarm time 1. Press the Alarm button to enter the alarm setup. 1 2. Press the Select button, then press the Tuning up or down buttons to view alarms 1 or 2. 3. Press the Select button to cycle through the various settings for the chosen alarm. 2,3 2 2 Cancelling alarms 1. Whilst an alarm is sounding, it can be cancelled by pressing the On/Off button. 19
