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CRD-26
DAB digital clock radio
Please read this manual before use
ROBERTS
Sound for Generations
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Contents Controls ........................................................................... 2-3 Alphanumeric station order ...............................................17 Using the clock radio for the fi rst time .................................4 Active station order ............................................................18 Operating your clock radio ..................................................5 Trim stations ......................................................................18
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Controls (Top) 1 12 11 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 1. Volume Up button 5. Alarm button 9. Display button 2. Volume Down button 6. Snooze button 10. Select button 3. On/off button 7. Menu button 11. Tuning Down button 4. Sleep button 8. Preset button 12. Tuning Up button If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 2 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)
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Controls (Front) 13 14 13. Auto Dimmer 14. LCD display Controls (Rear) 15. DAB wire aerial 16. Line out socket 17. Headphone socket 18. DC jack socket 15 16 17 18 3
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Using the clock radio for the fi rst time Your clock radio is supplied with a Mains Adaptor. 1. Place your clock radio on a fl at surface. 2. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the rear of your clock radio. 3. Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. The wire should be fully extended and positioned for optimum reception. 4. Plug the adaptor into a standard 13 amp mains socket outlet. 5. When your clock radio is fi rst switched on the display will
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Operating your clock radio 1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio. The display will show "Now tuning" for a few seconds. 1 2. If the clock radio has been used before, the last used station will be selected. 3. The fi rst station in the list of stations found will be played. The display will show the station name in the fi rst line of the display and other information in the second line. 4. If no signals are found "No stations available" will be displayed and it may be necess
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Selecting a station 1. The top line of 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. 2 3. Press and release the Select button to select the station. The display may show "Now tuning" while your radio fi nds the new station. 4. Adjust the Volume control to the required setting. 3 Note: If after selecting a station the display shows "Not Available" it may be necessary to relocate your rad
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Display modes Your radio has seven display modes:- 1. Press the Display button to cycle through the various modes. a 1 a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such as artist/track name, phone in number, etc. b b. Programme type Displays type of station being listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc. c c. Multiplex Name Displays name of multiplex to which current station belongs. d d. Time and date Displays current time and date. e e. Channel an
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Finding new stations As time passes new stations may become available. To fi nd new stations proceed as follows:- 1 1. Press and release the Menu button and press the Tuning up or down buttons until "Autoscan UK" shows on the display. 2. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a scan 1,3 of the UK DAB frequencies. As new stations are found the station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations will be added to the list 1,3 3. To carry out a
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Manual Tuning Manual tuning allows you to tune and add the various DAB Band III channels to your station list. UK DAB stations located in the range 11B 1 to 12D. This function can be used to assist the positioning of the an- tenna or your clock radio to obtain the optimum reception for a specifi c channel / frequency. 1. Press the Menu button the display will show "Alarm settings". 2,4 2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until the display shows "Manual tune". 2,4 3. Press and release the
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Presetting stations There are 10 memory presets available. 1. Press the On/off button to switch on the clock radio. 1 3 2. Tune to the required station as previously described. 3. Press the Preset button, the display will show "Empty preset 1" if there are no presets stored. 4 4. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset number under which you wish to store the station. 4 5. Press and hold down the Preset button until the display shows e.g. "Preset 1 saved". The station
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Recalling a preset station 1. Press the On/off button to switch on the radio. 1 2. Press the Preset button. 3 3. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset number and press the Select button. Your clock radio will tune to the 3 station stored in the preset memory. 2 3 Setting the alarm time Your clock radio has four separate alarms which can be set to wake you to either radio or beep type alarm. Each alarm can be set to sound once, 1 daily, weekdays and weekends. The ala
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4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired alarm 1-4. 4,6 5. Press the Select button to enter the alarm hour. The display will show the current time in 24 hour format. The hour digit will be selected. Note: Alarm times are set using 24Hr format e.g. 2:30PM is entered as 14:30 4,6 6. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to set the correct hour. 7. Press the Select button to enter the alarm minutes. The minute digit will be selected. 5,7 8. Press the Tuning up or down button
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11. If selecting the alarm to once you will need to set the year, month and day options as described below. 12. Press the Select button to enter the alarm year option. 12,14 13. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct year. 14. Press the Select button to enter the alarm month option. 13,15 15. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct month. 13,15 16. Press the Select button to enter the alarm day. 17. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct
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Switching alarm/s on or off 1. To activate the alarm/s press the Alarm button and enter the alarm setup menu. The display will show "Set alarm". 1 2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "alarm On/off" shows on the display. 3. Press and release the Select button. The alarm settings will be 2,4 displayed. 4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until the required alarm is reached 1-4. 2,4 5. Press the Select button to switch the required alarm on. The display will show a bell s
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Cancelling alarms Whilst an alarm is sounding it can be cancelled for 24 hours by pressing the Alarm button. 1 Snooze function When the radio or beep alarm sounds, pressing the Snooze button will silence the alarm for the selected number of minutes. The Snooze setting can be adjusted between 5 and 20 minutes in 5 minute increments. The radio or buzzer alarms can be silenced for a set time by pressing the Snooze button. To set snooze time 1. To set the snooze to the desired snooze time, pre
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Sleep function Your clock radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed. The sleep setting can be adjusted between 5 and 90 minutes in 5 minute 1 increments. 1. To set the sleep to the desired sleep time, press the Sleep button to enter the sleep setup. "Sleep" will appear on the display. 2 2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select desired sleep time 90>85>80>75>70>65>60>55>50>45>40>35>30>25>20>15>10>5 minutes or to OFF to permanently cancel the sleep function. 2 3.
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Station order This function enables you to choose how the stations are arranged when selecting a station. There are 5 options available favourite station, alpha- 1 numeric, active stations, trim stations and preset stations. Note: Your clock radio default station order is numeric-alpha order. 1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio. 2 2. Press the Menu button to enter the menu setup. 3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "Station order" appears on the display. Press the
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Active station When this setting is switched on the display will show only those that a signal can be found for. Trim stations Some DAB services may stop broadcasting or you may not be able to receive a station. Trim stations will delete the DAB stations from your station list that can no longer be received. When this setting is switched on your clock radio will delete the stations that are not currently being received. Transfer favourites to presets This option is only available when favour
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Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings DRC can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment. 1 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press the Menu button to enter the menu setup. 3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "DRC value" appears on the display. Press the Select button. The display will show the current 2 DRC value on the top line. 4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the required DRC setting. Default is 0
