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ecologic 5
DAB/FM RDS digital clock radio with dual alarm
Please read this manual before use
ROBER TS
Sound for Generations
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Contents Controls ........................................................................... 2-3 Sleep timer ........................................................................22 Using the clock radio for the first time .................................4 Set the clock manually ................................................ 23-24 Operating your clock radio ..................................................5 To return to auto set mode ................................................25 Selec
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Controls (Top) 1 10 9 2 3 8 4 5 6 7 1. Loudspeaker 6. LCD display 2. Auto-tune button 7. Alarm button 3. Info button 8. Select button 4. Band button 9. On / Standby button 5. Tuning Up / Down / Snooze button 10. Station preset buttons 2
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Controls (right hand side) 11. Display dimmer control (under radio) 12. Volume control Line Out Aux In 13. Headphone socket 14. Line out socket V O L U M E 15. Auxiliary in socket 11 12 13 14 15 Controls (rear) 16. Wire DAB/FM aerial 17. DC jack socket 16 17 DC 6v 800mA Antenna 3
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Using the 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. DC 6v 800mA Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending either above or below the radio. 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 "ROBERTS" for a few seconds and then the display
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Operating your clock radio 1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. The display will show "TUNING" for a few seconds. When first 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 clock radio has been used before, the last used station will be selected. 3. If this is the first time that the radio has been used, then the first station in the list of s
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Selecting a station - DAB 1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. The display will show "TUNING" for a few seconds. 2 2. Press the Band button to select DAB mode. The display will show the name of the radio station currently selected. S N O O Z E d o w n u p T U N I N G 3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to step through the list of available stations. 3 3 4. When the desired station name appears on the display, press the Select button to select the station. The d
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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 1 the secondary service will then appear immediately after the primary service as you press the Tuning Up button. 2. To tune to the secondary service, press and release the Select button. Most secondary services do not broadcast continually and if the selected service is not available, the radio will re-tune to the associat
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d. Multiplex Name Displays the name of the DAB multiplex to which the current station belongs. d e. Time Displays the current time (24 hour clock). e f. Date Displays the current date. f g. Day Displays the current day of the week. g h. Frequency and channel Displays frequency and channel number for the currently tuned DAB station. h i. Bit rate Displays the digital audio bit rate for the currently tuned DAB station. i j. Signal error Displays the bit err
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Finding new stations - DAB Full Auto Tune 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. 1 1. With the radio switched on and in DAB mode press and release the Auto-Tune button. "SCANNING" will show on the display. 2. Your clock radio will perform a scan of the UK DAB frequencies. As new stations are found, the station counter on the right-hand si
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Manual tuning - DAB S N O O Z E Manual tuning allows you to tune your radio to a particular DAB frequency d o w n u p T U N I N G 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 1 optimise reception for a specific channel or frequency. Note that UK DAB 3 3 stations are located in the range of channels 11B to 12D. 1. Press and hold the Info button for 2 seconds so that the display shows "M
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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. 1 There are three levels of DRC compression: DRC0 No compression applied DRC 1/2 Medium compression applied DRC1 Maximum compression applied (default) 2 1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press the Band button to select the DAB band. 3. Press and hold the Info button until the display shows “MANUAL.” 4. Press the T
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Operating your 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 2. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. 3. Press the Band button to select the FM band. 4. Press and release the Auto Tune button. Your radio will scan from low frequency to high frequency (or in the direction last scanned). It 3 will stop automatically whe
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Manual tune - 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 / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. 3. Press the Band button to select the FM band. 4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to tune to a station. The frequency will change in steps of 50kHz. Pressing and holding the 3 buttons will advance the frequency several times ea
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Display modes - FM a Your radio has a range of display options when in FM mode. Note that the display will revert to a conventional time display 10 seconds after the last button press except when displaying scrolling text. 1 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. b 1. Press the Info button to cycle through the various modes. a. Station name Displays the
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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 1 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. 3 1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on the clock radio. 2. Tune to the required station as previously described. 3.
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Clock display 1. When your clock radio is in standby mode, the display normally shows the current time. The date can be displayed by pressing the Info button. After 10 seconds the display will return to showing the current time. 1 Display Dimmer Your clock radio has an adjustable dimmer control located underneath the unit. The display brightness will be increased whenever a button is pressed for about 10 seconds and it will then revert to a lower level. 1. To increase the display brightness
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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. 1 Note: If no buttons are pressed for 7 seconds, your clock radio will exit the alarm setup. 1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on the clock radio. 2. Press and release the Alarm button. The display will show
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8. Press the Select button to enter the hour setting. The alarm minute digits will flash on the display. 9. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to choose the desired alarm 8,10 minute. 10. Press the Select button to enter the minutes setting. The alarm day option will flash on the display. S N O O Z E d o w n T U N I N G u p 11. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to select the desired alarm day option. 9,11 9,11 Once - Will sound at one time only Daily - Will sound everyday S N O O Z E
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14. Press the Select button to enter the alarm year setting. The alarm month will flash on the display. 15. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to choose the alarm month. 14,16 16. Press the Select button to enter the alarm month setting. The alarm day will flash on the display. S N O O Z E 17. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to choose the alarm day. d o w n T U N I N G u p 18. Press the Select button to enter the setting. The alarm source option 15,17 15,17 will flash on the display. 19. Re
