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Owner’s manual
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S a fet y in s t r u c tion s Keep the unit away from heat sources such as radiators, heaters or other appliances that produce heat. Ensure that the unit is not placed in such a way as to interfere with proper ventilation. For example the unit should not be placed on soft furnishings that may block ventilation openings or placed in an enclosed unit such as a bookcase or cabinet that may impede the flow of air through the ventilation openings. Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight. Do not
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Great Britain Contents Getting started ................................................................... 2 Overview diagrams ................................................................................... 2 Connecting speakers ................................................................................ 4 Switch on and off ....................................................................................... 4 Changing the volume ........................................................
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Great Britain Getting started Overview diagrams These diagrams show the function of controls, the connectors on the rear panel, the remote control and screen icons. Six shortcut buttons Front panel Infrared receiver Provide quick access to radio presets, Receives signal CD/MP3 controls and menu options from remote control TUNE/SELECT LCD screen TUNE/SELECT Backlit LCD screen with Turn to browse and push to select variable contrast stations, tracks and menu options and brightness MENU RECORD Chan
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Great Britain Remote control Power Mode Switches between Switches between on and standby Mode Power DAB/FM/CD/SD/AUX 2 1 3 Number buttons Press Save + number or hold down 4 5 6 number to store a preset. Press number to recall. 7 8 9 Press -/-- first for double digit presets. Info Press to quickly access CD tracks Save Switch between -/-- 0 display modes and Info Menu Menu exit menus Change audio and general setup options. Select and Also exits current menu. Select stations/tracks Select and men
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Great Britain USB AERIAL OPTICAL OUT SPEAKERS AUX IN 1 AUX IN 2 LINE/SUB OUT DO NOT EXPOSE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE Connecting speakers When connecting speakers connect the red (positive) terminals on DMX-50 to the red terminals on the speaker and black (negative) to black. The speaker cable has a darker tint on one strand to aid connection. Ensure that the bared ends of the wires are securely gripped by the spring clips. Note that the sound from new speakers should improve over the course of a f
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Great Britain Listening to DAB radio To listen to DAB radio press the DAB/FM button on the main unit or Mode button on DAB 09:40 the remote until you see DAB in the top left of the screen. BBC Radio 1 When you first switch on your DMX-50 it automatically enters DAB mode, autotunes Jo Whiley's Changing to find all DAB stations available in your area and lists them in alphanumeric order. Tracks - go online to nominate the tunes Default DAB screen Selecting a station To change stations, turn the
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Great Britain When you enter ReVu mode you see the ReVu icon on the screen and a timer shows how many minutes and seconds behind the live broadcast you are. DAB 09:40 09:40 BBC Radio 1 Once in ReVu mode you can toggle between paused and playing by pushing the ReVu button again or pressing the pause/play ( / ) button. To exit ReVu mode and return to the live broadcast press the stop button ( ) or press TUNE/SELECT or press the skip forward ( ) button to catch up with ReVu mode - playing t
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Great Britain Station order Change the order of stations on your station list using this option. The current order is shown at the top of the screen. Choose from the following: Alphanumeric Displays all stations in alphanumeric order. Favourite Displays your eight most listened to stations at the top of the station list and the others below. Your favourite stations are selected by how long you listen to each station and indicated by a heart next to the name in the station list. Active Displa
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Great Britain Playing a CD To listen to a CD press the CD/SD button or press the Mode button on the remote until you see CD in the top left of the screen. CD 09:40 09:40 Track 1 Press the eject button ( ) and place your CD label side up in the CD tray. Press the eject button again to load the CD. DMX-50 checks the CD type and loads a track list. If you insert a CD with MP3 files on it DMX-50 enters MP3 mode, see page 10. If you close the CD tray by pushing the tray or pressing play the CD a
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Great Britain Set playlist Create a playlist containing the order in which to play up to 20 tracks from the current CD. To create a playlist: 1. Turn the TUNE/SELECT dial and push to set the first track on your playlist. 2. Repeat until you have completed your playlist and select OK or press the bottom right shortcut button (OK) to set your playlist and exit. This automatically sets the Play mode to [LIST]. You see the playlist icon ( ). Alternatively press the left middle shortcut button
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Great Britain Playing an MP3 CD Press the CD/SD button or the Mode button on the remote until you see CD in the top left of the screen to listen to a CD with MP3 files stored on it. DMX-50 MP3 09:40 09:40 automatically detects if a CD has MP3 files on it and changes to MP3 mode. Firestarter MP3 files can be in folders on the CD if desired and MP3 playlist files are also supported. MP3 playlist files are simple text files (usually with a .M3U extension) specifying an order in which to play a
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Great Britain Listening to FM radio To listen to FM radio press the DAB/FM button or the Mode button on the remote 11:40 FM until you see FM in the top left of the screen. The first time you enter FM mode Chiltern DMX-50 asks you to select the FM tuning mode you want. Use the shortcut buttons or Today's Best Mix for Herts TUNE/SELECT dial to select one of the following: Beds and Bucks - 97.6 Autotune Finds all the stations available in your area and lists them in Chiltern FM alphanumerical o
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Great Britain To recall a preset - Press the shortcut button next to the preset you want to FM Menu listen to or press the number buttons on the remote. Tune [ BYNAME] Autotune Station order Changing FM options Stereo mode To customise the way your DMX-50 works in FM mode press the MENU FM Setup options button, select FM and choose from the following: Tune Push the Tuning dial to choose between [BYNAME] which shows stations in a station list (similar to the DAB station list) using RDS stati
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Great Britain Using an SD memory card You can use an SD card in your DMX-50 for recording* and playing back DAB digital radio or playing MP2/MP3 files recorded elsewhere. SD cards are readily available from PURE and other electronics retailers. As a rough guide – a 64 MB card will give you around an hour of recording time from a 128 kbps broadcast data rate. There is an ever increasing range of brands, capacities and quality of SD cards available. We have tested DMX-50 with the most popular
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Great Britain Playing files from SD card SD 09:40 09:40 To play MP2/MP3 files from an SD card press the CD/SD button or the Mode No track selected button on the remote until you see SD in the top left of the screen. You see a list of the files ( )and folders ( ) on the SD card. DMX-50 records MP2 files to a TRACKS folder when you record from DAB SD mode radio. DAB recordings will show recording date and time and show the station name and multiplex when played, MP3s will show track title and a
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Great Britain Delete You see a list of the tracks and folders on the SD card. Turn the TUNE/SELECT dial to browse the list and push the dial, or use the ( + Select) buttons on the remote to delete the highlighted track or open/close a folder. Use the bottom left shortcut button to delete a highlighted folder or track and bottom right shortcut button to open/close a folder. Press the Menu button to exit. Format Deletes all files (including any non-audio files) and clears the card. This may
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Great Britain Listening to a connected device To listen to an audio source such as an iPod or MiniDisc player attached to the AUX 1 AUX1 11:39 or AUX 2 inputs on your DMX-50 press the AUX1/2 button or press the Mode button Auxiliary input 1 on the remote until you see AUX 1/2 in the top left of the screen. The date and time 30/09/05 obtained from the DAB or FM (RDS) signal are also displayed on screen when your DMX-50 is in Auxiliary mode. 1139 AUX mode AUX IN 1 AUX IN 2 AUX IN 1 AUX IN 2 LI
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Great Britain General setup options Push the menu button to access general setup options, available at all times. Choose one of the following options: Audio Tone Audio Menu Turn the TUNE/SELECT dial to set the Bass output level. Press the Tuning dial Tone again to set the Treble level. Ba la n ce Balance Subwoofer [NO] Turn the TUNE/SELECT dial to adjust the audio balance between left and right. Audio options Subwoofer Push the TUNE/SELECT dial to specify if you have an active subwoofer co
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Great Britain Hints and tips (>>/<<) DAB Secondary services Secondary services accompany some stations, providing extra information or alternative content and may only be broadcast at certain times. At the time of writing not many secondary services are available. If a station has secondary services available, the station shows ‘>>’ next to its name in the station list and the secondary service appears next to the station in the list. A secondary service has a ‘<<’ before its name in the sta
