Akura DAB Digital / FM Radio Bedienungsanleitung

Please read this user manual carefully before using the receiver.

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Back

Dab Radio

1. LCD DISPLAY

2. DAB LED

3. TUNE CONTROL KEY

4. AUTO SCAN KEY

5. SELECTION KEY

6. PRESETS KEYS

(1-5 / 6-10)

FM LED

VOLUME CONTROL KEY

9. INFO KEY

10. SHIFT KEY

11. DAB/FM SWITCH

12. POWER SWITCH

Front

LOCATION OF CONTROLS

1. AERIAL INPUT 2. DC POWER SOCKET

3. 3.5mm EARPHONE SOCKET 4. BATTERY DOOR

1.1 Power Supply

1.1a Main Adaptor (supplied with the package)

Connect the mains adaptor to the DC power socket of the radio to the wall socket.

1.1b Battery (not supplied)

Open the battery door and insert 6 "C " size alkaline batteries.

Remark: Insert batteries correctly. Pay attention to the +/- Pole.

1.2 Extend the telescopic aerial as far as it can go.

1.3 Press the Power switch to turn on the radio. The radio will automatically enter into auto tune mode.

During scan mode, the LCD will display a slide bar that indicates the progress of scan

and the amount of radio stations that have been found so far.

Once the scan has finished, the radio will select the first alphanumerically found station.

Remark: The name of the found group of DAB radio stations will be displayed on the

bottom half of the display.

If you can't hear any sound, then press the volume control " + " button until you reach a desired level. If you

consider the volume is too large, then press volume control " - " button to decrease the volume level to reach

a desired level.

Searching...

DAB Only

SCROLLING TEXT INFORMATION (DLS)

PRESENT STATION

RADIO MODE (DAB OR FM)

<DLS>

DAB

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1. Switching your radio on for the first time

Autotune

Quick scan

Autotune

Quick scan

11D

11B

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To explore the stations that have been found, you need to press either the "Up " or "Down " keys. Every time

you press the up or down buttons you will skip to the next found station. When you find a station that you

would like to listen to, then press the "Select " key, the radio will now switch to that station and display the

station name. If you don't press the select key, the display will revert back to the original station after 4 seconds.

When you start up the radio again, the radio plays the same mode (DAB or FM) as last operation. In case of

DAB mode (or if it is the first time the unit is powered on), the following message will be displayed for 2

seconds and LCD backlight will light for 5 seconds.

3.1 Auto Select

Instead of having to press the " select " key after you have found a station that you would like to listen to, you

can set the radio so that as you scroll through the stations you listen to each on in turn. This is great for quickly

checking what's on each station. To enable this feature, select a station in the normal manner, but then press and

hold the " select " key, The display will show " Autoselect ON ", the next time you press either the " Up " or

" Down " key, it will automatically select station.

To turn the Auto Select off, press either the" Up " or " Down " key, then quickly follow this by pressing and

holding the " Select" key until the display shows " Autoselect off ".

3.2 Storing stations

You can store up to 10 of your favorite stations to the preset keys, this will enable you to get access your

favorite station at the touch of one button.

To store a preset, you must first be listening to the station that you would like to save, then press and hold

one of the presets labeled 1-5 for 2 seconds. The LCD will then show " Preset # stored ".

Remark: If you want to save Radio 2 to Preset 6, you should press the " Shift " Key to switch the Preset 1-5 to

Preset 6-10 station, then press the number 1 button.

3.3 Recalling a stored station

Once you have saved a station to one of the presets, you can recall it by pressing and releasing the

corresponding preset key, e.g. if you saved Radio 1 to Preset 1, then just press the number 1 preset key. If you

press a preset that hasn't been allocated a station, then it will display " preset # empty ".

DAB

3. DAB mode

2. Memory

Digital Radio

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3.4 Display modes

Every time you press the "Info " key, the display will cycle through the following display modes:

The information is displayed on the lower segment of the LCD display.

3.4.1 DLS (Dynamic Label Segment)

Dynamic label segment is a scrolling message that the broadcaster may include with their transmissions. This

message usually includes information, such as program detail etc.

3.4.2 Program type

This describes the "Style " of music that is being broadcast e.g. "Rock " or "Classical ".

3.4.3 Ensemble/Multiplex (Group name)

A multiplex/ensemble is a collection of radio stations that are bundled and transmitted on one frequency. There

are national and local multiplexes. Local ones contain stations that are specific to that area e.g. MXR West

Midlands.

Remark: DAB - unlike normal radio - groups together several radio stations and transmits them on one frequency.

INFO KEY

DLS(Scrolling Text)

Programme Type

Ensemble(Group Name)

Signal Strength

Time/Date

3.4.4 Signal strength

The slide bar indicates how strong the received signals are, the stronger the signal, the longer the bar will be

from left to right.

If the signal level drops below the fifth box (minimum signal level) then you may experience problems with the

quality of the audio.

3.4.5 Time & date

The broadcaster (Radio station) provides clock and date information automatically so there's no need to mess

around manually setting the clock. In the unlikely event that the broadcaster doesn't transmit any clock information

then the display will show<Time/data>.

3.5 Advanced display modes

To enter the advanced display mode, you need to press and hold the "Info " key for approximately 3 seconds,

then release it.

3.5.1 Software version

The first thing you will see is the software version number. You may be asked which version you have if you

encounter any problems.

3.5.2 Audio mode

If you press the "Info " key again you will now see the audio mode, this displays what type of broadcast you are

receiving e.g. mono or stereo and what bit rate is being used. By pressing the “Info” key again you will exit from

the advanced display mode and revert back to DLS (scrolling text information).

3.6 Auto scan modes

There are two types of auto scan, one is quick scan and the other is full scan. Quick scan searches the UK DAB

band III and full scan searches all band III DAB channels.

To activate the quick scan press the "Auto scan " key and for full scan press and hold the "Auto scan " key.

3.7 Secondary services

On some occasions you will see a "> " symbol directly after the name of the station. This indicates that there are

secondary services available to that station. These secondary services contain extra services that relate to the

primary station, e.g. a sports station may want to add extra commentaries. The secondary services are inserted

directly after the primary station.

MINIMUM SIGNAL LEVEL

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CLOCK DATE

Radio1 DAB

Radio1

09:05 21-07-2004

DAB

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3.8 Manual tuning

As well as an auto tune function, you can manually tune the receiver. This can help you when aligning your

aerial or when adding stations that were missed while auto tuning.

Press and hold the "Select " key for approximately 2 seconds, the LCD display will now show "Manual tuning ".

Now use the "Up " & "Down " keys to move through the DAB channels, which are numbered from 5A to 13F.

When the receiver locates an ensemble/multiplex on one of the DAB channels, it will display this on the

bottom line of the LCD.

Now press the "Select " key to enter the current ensemble/multiplex, the top line will now display the first

station in the ensemble/multiplex.

To see what stations are present on the found ensemble/multiplex, just press either the "Up " & "Down " key.

When you've located a station that you would like to listen to, just press the "Select " key.

Once you have reached the last station in the found ensemble, it will revert back to the first station again. If

you wish to exit the manual tuning mode press the "Select " key.

4.1 Switching from DAB to FM

In order to switch the radio from DAB to FM mode, you need to press the " DAB/FM " key once. The display

will show "Switching to FM ", the radio will then automatically tune to the nearest station.

On the top line of the display is the current station name or frequency if the RDS (radio data system) is not

available. On the bottom of the display, it will show the <RDS> information

or letter only if the RDS is not available.

DAB CHANNELS

5A 5B 13F

4. FM mode

Switching to FM

98.80MHz FM

15:30 15-02-2007

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4.2 Auto scan

To search for a FM station, you need to press and then release the "Autoscan " key. This will start scanning up

the frequency band. To scan down the frequency band, press and hold the "Autoscan " key for around 1 second.

Once a station has been found, the scanning will stop automatically. If no station is found, then the tuning will

stop once it is cycled through the entire FM band (87.5-108MHz).

4.3 Presets

When you have tuned to a station that you would like to store as a preset, then just press and hold one of the

preset keys (1-5) for 2 seconds. The display will then show " Preset # stored ".

Note: If you want to save Radio 2 to Preset 6, you should press " Shift " Key to switch the Preset 1-5 to Preset

6-10 station, then press the number 1 button.

If you press " Shift " Key again, then shift to Preset 1-5 station again.

In order to recall one of your saved presets, just press and release the corresponding preset key. If no station has

allocated to a preset key, then it will display "Preset # empty ".

4.4 Display modes

Every time you press the "Info " key, the display will cycle through the following display Modes.

4.4.1 Radio text

As with DAB, the broadcaster can include scrolling text that displays information about the present program.

If Radio text information is available, then the display will show <Radio text>.

4.4.2 Program type

This describes the "Style" of music that is being broadcast e.g. " Rock " or "Classical ".

4.4.3 Signal strength

The slide bar indicates how strong the signal is, the stronger the signal, the longer the bar will be.

RadioText

Programme Type

Signal Strength

Time/Date

Frequency

Audio Mode

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4.4.4 Time & date

The broadcaster provides clock and date information automatically, so there's no need to mess around manually

setting the clock. In the unlikely event that the broadcaster doesn't transmit any clock information, the display

will show <Time/Date>.

4.4.5 Frequency

This shows what the frequency is of the present station e.g. 89.80MHz.

4.5 Audio mode

When in FM mode, the display will show if the station being received is in mono or stereo. The receiver will

automatically switch between stereo and mono mode. You can however override this function, so that you can

manually switch between stereo and mono mode, which is helpful if you're listening to a poor FM signal. To

switch between mono and stereo, press and release the "Select " key, you will see on the display "auto " or

"mono ". To toggle between each mode just press and release the " Select " key.

4.6 Advanced display modes

To enter the advanced display mode, you need to press and hold the "Info " key for approximately 3 seconds,

then release it.

4.6.1 Software version

The first thing you will see is the software version number.

4.6.2 PI (Program Identification) code

If you press the "Info " key again, you will now see the PI code. This is just a code that is associated with the

transmitted station.

There may be times when you need to reset your receiver back to its original factory settings i.e. when you

move the radio to another part of the country. So that you can pick up the local & national DAB stations in that

area. If you don't do this, then when you select a station on the radio, it may no longer be available.

5.1 Reset procedure

Unplug the power supply (by disconnecting the main adaptor or remove the batteries), power it off first, then

power it on again. Once you see the "DAB Radio " logo, press and hold the “Select” key. When you see "System

reset ", then release the "Select" key .

Please note that once the reset has taken place, you will lose all of your stored presets both DAB and FM, and

the internal DAB registry.

5. Factory Reset

PRESS AND

HOLD THE

SELECT KEY

DAB

Digital Radio

System reset

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