Roberts R979 Bedienungsanleitung

ROBERTS

SoundforGenerations

R979

3 Band Digital PLL RDS Radio

with Clock & Alarm

Please read this manual before use

R979 Instruction Book (Ver.2).pm6 24/10/99, 14:111

Controls

4. Wavebandswitch

5. Sensitivity switch

1. Headphonesocket

2. Telescopicaerial

3. Tonecontrol

12 3 54

R979 Instruction Book (Ver.2).pm6 24/10/99, 14:112

If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on

0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri)

Controls (cont.)

6. Mainsindicator

7. Liquid crystal display

8. Forwardbutton

9. Volumecontrol

10. Reversebutton

11. Snoozebutton

12. Memorybutton

13. Displaybutton

14. Powerbutton

15. Timebutton

16. Trafficbutton

17. Weekendcancelbutton

18.Alternatefrequency button

19. Alarm 2 button

20. Sleepbutton

21. Alarm 1 button

6 7

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Controls (cont.)

22. Lock switch

23. Battery compartment

22 23

(onrear)

24. Mains input socket

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If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on

0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri)

Fuse

Whenreplacingthefuseonlya3AASTAapprovedtoBS1362typeshould

be used and be sure to re-fit the fuse cover.

IFINDOUBT-CONSULTACOMPETENTELECTRICIAN.

ReplacementfuseholdersareavailablefromRobertsRadioTechnical

ServicesDepartment at the address shown on the rear of this manual.

Batteries

Removethebatterycover[23]ontherearoftheradiobypushingthecatch

in the direction of the arrow. Remove the small cover inside the battery

compartmentby pushing the cover towards the bottom of the radio. Lift up

thebottomedgeofthecoverandinserttwoIECsizeLR6(AAsize)cellsinto

thespacesinthecompartment.Takecaretoensureallcellsareinsertedwith

thecorrect polarityas showninside thebattery compartment.Replace the

cover.

Note : the two LR6 cells provide power for the clock / memory backup and

must be fitted at all times.

InsertfourIECsizeLR14(Csize)cellsintothespacesinthecompartment.

Takecaretoensureallcellsareinsertedwiththecorrectpolarityasshown

insidethe battery compartment.Replace the battery cover.

Reduced power, distortion, and a ‘stuttering’ sound are all signs that the

batteriesmayneedreplacing.

We would recommend for economy, that the R979 is used on the

mains whenever possible with battery operation for occasional or

stand-byuseonly.

Automatic Mains/Battery switching

Tochangefrombatterytomainsoperation,simplyplugthemainsleadinto

themainsinputsocket[24]onthelefthandendoftheradio.Mainsoperation

is shown by the mains indicator [6]. The batteries will be automatically

disconnected. It does not matter which way round the plug is inserted but

makesure it is fully pushedhome. The other end shouldbe plugged into a

domestic supply socket.

General

Donotallowthisradiotobeexposedtowater,steamorsand.Donotleave

theradiowhereexcessiveheatcouldcausedamagesuchasinaparkedcar

wheretheheatfromthesuncanbuildupeventhoughtheoutsidetemperature

maynotseemtoohigh.ItisrecommendedthattheFMbandbeusedwhere

ever possible as better results in terms of quality and freedom from

interference will usually be obtained than on the MW or LW bands.

Mainssupply

TheR979 will operatefrom a supplyof 230 volts, 50Hz only.

DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment.Ifthe plug fitted is

notsuitableforthepowerpointsinyourhomeorthecableistooshorttoreach

apowerpoint,thenobtainanappropriatesafetyapprovedextensionleador

adaptor.If in doubt consult yourdealer.

Ifnonethelessthemainsplugiscutoff,removethefuseanddisposeofthe

plugimmediately,toavoidapossibleshockhazardbyinadvertentconnection

to the mains supply.

Ifthisproductisnotsuppliedwithamainsplug,oronehastobefitted,then

followtheinstructionsgivenbelow:

IMPORTANT.DONOTmakeanyconnectiontothelargerterminalwhichis

markedwiththeletterEorbythesafetyearthsymbol orcolouredGreen

orGreen-and-yellow.

The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following

codes :- BLUE - NEUTRAL BROWN - LIVE

Asthesecoloursmaynotcorrespondwiththecolouredmarkingsidentifying

the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows:

The wire coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal marked N or

colouredBLACK.

ThewirecolouredBROWNmustbeconnectedtotheterminalmarkedLor

colouredRED.

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Lockswitch

The R979 is fitted with a lock switch [22] to prevent accidental operation.

Before operating the radio slide the lock switch up to unlock the radio. To

prevent operation when travelling or during storage, slide the lock switch

down to lock the radio. Pressing any of the control buttons with the safety

lock switched on will cause the display to show LOCKED.

Automatic clock set (operates on FM only)

Theclocktimeanddayofweekcanbesetautomaticallywhenreceivingan

RDSstationthattransmitsclocktime(CT).TheCTinformationistransmitted

onceeveryminute.Ifthestationhassufficientsignalstrengththeclockwill

set within one or two minutes.

1. Press the power button [14] to switch on the radio.

2. SelecttheFMwaveband usingthe wavebandswitch [4].

3. Fully extend the telescopic aerial [2].

4. Set the sensitivity switch [5] to the "dx" position.

5. Repeatedlypress thetime button [15]until theauto timeset symbol

appears in the liquid crystal display [7].

6. Pressandholddowntheforward[8]orreverse tuningbuttons[10]until

thefrequencyintheliquidcrystaldisplay[7]beginstochange,release

the button.

TheradiowillnowstarttosearchtheFMwavebandandwillstopwhenitfinds

a station of sufficient strength. If the station is of sufficient strength the

symbol will light up in the liquid crystal display.

Theautotimesetindicator willflashintheliquidcrystaldisplayindicating

that the radio is waiting for the RDS time signal. The indicator will stop

flashing when the time is set. If the clock does not set within three to four

minutes,theradiostationmaynotbetransmittingclocktime(CT)information

- try tuning to another radio station.

Theclocktimeanddayofweekareupdatedeachtimetheradioisswitched

on and whilst listening to an RDS station transmitting clock time (CT)

information.

Manualclockset

The clock time and day of the week can be set manually.

1. Press the power button [14] to switch on the radio.

2. Repeatedly press the time button [15] until the auto time set symbol

disappears from the liquid crystal display [7].

3. Press the power button [14] to switch off the radio.

4. Press and hold down the time button [15].

5. Set the clock time using the forward [8] or reverse [10] buttons. A

singlepressontheforwardorreversebuttonwilladvanceorretardthe

time in one minute steps. If the forward or reverse buttons are held

downthetime willadvance or retardrapidly.

Manual day of week set

1. Ensure that the radio is switched off.

2. Press and hold down the snooze button [11].

3. Set the day of week using the forward [8] or reverse [10] buttons. A

singlepressontheforwardorreversebuttonwilladvanceorretardthe

dayinonedaysteps.If theforwardorreversebuttonsarehelddown

the day of week will advance or retard rapidly.

Setting the alarm time

Your radio allows you to set two different alarm times. Each alarm can be

independently set so as to allow you to wake to either the radio or buzzer.

1. Pressandrelease thealarm1[21]oralarm2[19]button.Thedisplay

will show the last pre-set alarm time.

2. Pressandholddownthealarm1oralarm2buttonsandsetthealarm

time usingthe forwardor reversebuttons.

Displayingthealarmtimes

1. Ensure that the radio is switched off.

2. Press the display button [13] once for alarm 1 and twice for alarm 2.

Thedisplaywillautomaticallyreturntoshowingclocktimeafterthree

seconds.

R979 Instruction Book (Ver.2).pm6 24/10/99, 14:116

If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on

0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri)

Wake up to radio

1. Press the power button [14] to switch on the radio.

2. Selectastationthatwillbebroadcastingatthedesiredalarmtimeand

adjustthe volumeto therequired levelusing thevolume control[9].

3. Press the power button [14] to switch off the radio.

4. Set the alarm 1 or alarm 2 time as previously described.

5. Repeatedly press the alarm 1 or alarm 2 button until the radio alarm

indicator ( or ) appears in the display.

At the pre-selected alarm times the radio will switch on and switch off

automatically after 90 minutes.

Whilst the alarm is sounding the alarm indicator will flash in the display.

Wake up to buzzer

1. Switch off the radio with the power button [14].

2. Set the alarm 1 or alarm 2 time as previously described.

3. Repeatedlypressthealarm1oralarm2buttonuntilthebuzzeralarm

indicator ( or ) appears in the display.

At the pre-selected alarm times the buzzer will switch on and switch off

automatically after 90 minutes.

Whilst the alarm is sounding the alarm indicator will flash in the display.

Snoozefunction

1. TheRadioorBuzzeralarmscanbesilencedfor5minutesbypressing

the“Snooze”button.Thissequencecanberepeated severaltimes

withinthe 90 minute alarm period.

2. The alarm indicator will flash in the display.

3. To turn off the radio or buzzer alarm until the next day, press and

release the “Power” button.

Switching off the alarm

1. Whilstthealarm issounding it canbe turned offuntil the next day by

pressingthe power button [14]

2. If you wish to turn off the alarms permanently, repeatedly press the

alarm1oralarm2buttonsuntilthealarmindicatorsdisappearfromthe

display.

Week end cancel (W.E.C.)

If you do not wish to be woken up by the alarm on weekends, press the

W.E.C. button [17] once.

The indicator will appear in the display and the alarm will sound on

weekdaysonly.

Press the W.E.C. button to switch off this function. The indicator will

beremovedfromthedisplay.

Note: the week end cancel function applies to both alarm 1 and alarm 2.

Going to sleep whilst listening to the radio

1. Press and release the sleep button [20] the radio will switch on and

display the sleep time remaining.

2. Whilstthesleeptimeisshowingpressandholddownthesleepbutton

to adjust the sleep time, release the sleep button when the required

sleep time is reached.

The sleep time can be adjusted from a maximum of 90 minutes down to a

minimumon10minutesandcanbecancelledbypressingthepowerbutton.

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Radiooperation

Sensitivityswitch.

Fornormaloperationsetthesensitivityswitch[5]tothe'dx'position.When

listening to a strong stations the signal may become slightly distorted, set

the sensitivity switch [5] to the 'local position' to improve reception.

Note : the sensitivity switch is operational on the FM band only.

SearchTuning

1. Switchonthe radioandselecttherequired waveband.

2. Press and hold the forward tuning button [8] or the reverse tuning

button [10] until the frequency in the display starts to change

continuously.Release thebutton.

3. Theradiowillcontinuesearchinguntilastationofreasonablestrength

isfound.

4. To search for additional stations it is only necessary to repeat the

aboveoperation.

5. Automatic search tuning may be stopped by a single press of either

the tuning up [8] or tuning down [10] buttons.

6. Adjust the volume [9] and tone [3] controls to the required settings

Manualtuning

1. Switchonthe radioandselecttherequired waveband.

2. Intermittently press the forward tuning button [8] or reverse tuning

button[10] untilthedesiredfrequencyisreached.Eachstepisequal

to 50kHz on FM - 9kHz on MW - and 1kHz on LW.

Memorypresets

You may store up to 10 different frequencies on each of the 3 wavebands

providinga total of 30 preset stations.

1. Selectthedesiredwavebandusingthewavebandswitch[4]locatedon

the top panel.

2. Tune in to the desired frequency using search or manual tuning as

describedabove.

3. Whenthedesiredstationistunedin, pressandreleasethe'M'button

[12]thedisplaywillflashMEMORYfor8secondsduringwhichtime

you can store a station in one of the memory pre-sets.

4. Presstherequiredpre-setnumberbutton(onceforpresetmemories

1 to 5 and twice for preset memory 6 to 10) press and release the M

button to store the station.

5. Repeattheabovefortheremainingpre-setmemories.

Note: if a station is not stored during the 8 seconds in which 'MEMORY'

is flashing in the display, the memory store mode is cancelled. No

changes to the memory pre-sets will be made.

Recallingastationfrommemory

1. Torecalltoapresetstation,firstselectthewavebandandthenpress

therequiredpresetbutton.

2. Press a pre-set number button once for preset memories 1 to 5 and

twice for preset memories 6 to 10.

RDS Functions (FM stations only)

TheRDS(RadioDataSystem)isasystemwhereinaudibledigitalinformation

istransmittedinadditiontothenormalFMradioprogramme.Thefollowing

featuresareimplementedontheR979:-

Programme Service (PS) Name

Provides a station name display in not more than eight alphanumeric

characters.

ClockTime (CT)

Provides automatic setting and synchronisation of the inbuilt clock.

AlternateFrequencies(AF)

Providesalist ofandallowseasyre-tuningtoalternativefrequenciesforthe

station you are listening to.

R979 Instruction Book (Ver.2).pm6 24/10/99, 14:118

If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on

0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri)

TrafficInformation(TP)

Shows whichprogrammesprovidetrafficannouncementsandisindicated

bythe symbol inthedisplay. TrafficAnnouncements are indicatedby

a flashing symbol in the display.

Enhanced Other Networks (EON)

Provides information about other stations on the network. When used in

conjunctionwiththe(TP/TA)functionitallowstheradiotore-tunetostations

broadcastingtrafficannouncements.

Operating the radio with RDS functions (FM only)

1. Switch on the radio and select the FM waveband.

2. Tuneintoastation,thedisplaywillindicatefrequencyfortwoseconds

andthen changeto show thestation name. The symbol

will appear in the display

3. IfthestationdoesnotcarryRDSinformationonlythestationfrequency

willbeshown.Note:the indicatorwillflashifthesignalis

tooweakforRDSoperation.

DisplayModes

WhilsttunedtoanRDSstationyoucanchangebetweenstationnameand

normal time display by repeated pressing of the display button [13].

Alternate Frequency (AF)

The RDS system provides you with a list of alternative frequencies for the

station you are tuned to.

1. Switch on the radio and select the FM waveband.

2. Tuneinto a stationcarryingRDS information.

3. RepeatedlypressthealternatefrequencyAFbutton[18]untiltheradio

findsafrequencygivingthebestreceptionforthestationyouwishto

listen to.

If AFinformationhasnotyetbeenreceivedorisnotprovidedbythestation

you are listening to, the radio will remain at the current frequency and the

display will indicate 'NO AF'

Note:SomeBBCstationshaveseveraldifferentfrequenciesfor eachstation.

TrafficAnnouncements

SwitchontheradioselecttheFMwavebandandtunetoanRDSstation.The

symbol will appear in the display.

Repeatedly press the traffic button [16]. If the station provides traffic

informationthe symbolwillappearinthedisplay.Ifthestationdoesnot

providetrafficinformationthe symbolwillnotappearandtheradiowill

beep indicating that no traffic information is available. During traffic

announcementsthe symbolwillflashinthedisplay.Thevolumesetting

during traffic announcements is pre-set and is unaffected by the volume

control.Thismeansthatwhentunedtoastationgivingtrafficannouncements

the volume can be set to minimum so as to block out normal programs.

During traffic announcements the volume will increase to a pre-set level

allowing the user to listen to traffic announcements only.

IfthestationcarriesEnhancedOtherNetworkinformationtheEONsymbol

willappearinthedisplay.The radiowillautomaticallytunetootherstations

transmittingtrafficinformation.Whenthetrafficannouncementhasfinished

the radio will re-tune to the previously selected station.

e.g. If the radio is tuned to a national station such as BBC Radio 2, it will

automatically re-tune to any BBC local station broadcasting traffic

announcements. When the traffic announcement on the local station is

finishedthe radio will re-tune to thepreviously selected station.

Note: There may be occasions when the station to which you are listening

tellsthe radio to re-tune to a trafficannouncement on a local station that is

not receivable at your location. Under these circumstances there will be

somehissbeforetheradiore-tunesbacktothepreviouslyselectedstation.

Toturnofftrafficinformationpressthetrafficbutton,the symbolwillbe

removed from the display.

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Display backlight

Pressing any of the control buttons will cause the display backlight to be

switched on for 8 seconds.

Headphones(not included)

A3.5mmdiaheadphonesocket[1]isprovidedforusewitheitherheadphones

or an earpiece. Inserting a plug into the headphone socket automatically

mutes the internal loudspeaker.

Trobleshooting

Clock will not auto set

1. EnsurethattheradioistunedtoanFMstationtransmittingRDSdata

and clock time (CT) e.g BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, or 4.

2. Repeatedly press the time button [11] until the auto set indicator

appears in the display.

3. Whilst the clock is settingthe auto time set indicator will flash in

thedisplayindicatingthattheradioiswaitingfortheRDStimesignal.

The indicator will stop flashing when the time is set. If the clock

doesnotsetwithinthreetofour minutestheradiostationmaynotbe

transmitting clock time (CT) information - try tuning to another radio

station.

RDS station name not displayed

1. Rotatethetelescopicaerialuntil the symbolappearsin

thedisplayafterafewsecondsthestationnameshouldappearinthe

display.

2. If this fails to cure the problem try moving the radio to a different

location or re-tuning to another radio station.

Display shows LOCKED when any button pressed

1. Pressing any of the control buttons with the safety lock switched on

willcausethedisplaytoshowLOCKED.Slidethelockswitch[22]up

to unlock the radio.

Display shows station name for a few seconds before returning to

clock time.

1. You can change between station name and normal time display by

repeated pressing of the display button [13].

Radio will only receive strong stations on FM

1. Fornormal operationsetthe sensitivityswitch [5] tothe 'dx'position.

Note : the sensitivity switch is operational on the FM band only.

Ifaproblempersistsourtechnicalstaffwouldbepleasedtooffer assistance

on operating the radio. Our technical helpline number is, 0181 758 0338.

R979 Instruction Book (Ver.2).pm6 24/10/99, 14:1110

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