Alba NE-6207 Instruction manual

DAB/FM DIGITAL RADIO

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NE-6207

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read all instructions before use and keep for future reference.Read all instructions before use and keep for future reference.

WARNING

Misuse or modification of this appliance may result in breakdown or injury.
To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.
Invisible laser radiation when open. Avoid exposure to the beam.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The appliance is intended for household use only.
The appliance should always be turned to OFF before plugging or unplugging from socket. Never
yank cord to disconnect from socket; instead, grasp plug and pull to disconnect.
Check that the voltage on the rating plate of your product corresponds with your local electricity
supply which must be A.C. (Alternating Current).
If the mains sockets in your home are not suitable for the plug supplied with this product, check
with a qualified electrician for replacement.
Never touch the pickup lens.
Do not allow foreign objects to get inside the player.
To keep dust from the pickup lens, keep the disc compartment or lid closed after use.

FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE

Do not use in environments which are extremely hot, cold, dusty or humid.
Keep the unit free from dust and clean with a dry cloth.
Do not use in areas exposed to direct sunlight or where it can become extremely hot.
Keep away from sources of strong magnetism - such as televisions or speakers.
Avoid placement where there is a lot of movement, vibration or on an unstable surface.

CHILDREN

Children do not always understand the dangers associated with operating electrical appliances.
Never allow children to use this appliance.

POWER SUPPLY

If the unit uses a mains supply, ensure that the plug is securely inserted into the mains socket,
and it is easily accessible.
Protect the power lead from sharp objects, excessive heat and damp or wet locations. Check
the power lead periodically, and replace if damaged.
If the unit uses batteries, please ensure that they are inserted correctly - observing the polarity
(+/-).
Do not mix new and used batteries.
Please make sure that used batteries are disposed of correctly. Do not burn or incinerate.
Check that the voltage on the rating plate of your product corresponds with your local electricity
supply which must be A.C. (Alternating Current).
Any repairs should only be carried out by a fully qualified electrician or an authorised service
agent.

LISTENING WITH EARPHONES

Listen at moderate volumes to avoid hearing damage.
If you hear no sound during playback, do not turn the volume up as the music may suddenly
begin at a high volume.
To avoid damaging your ears, adjust the volume to the lowest level before playback, and turn
up to the desired level when playback has started.

FOR SAFETY

DO NOT:

Attempt to disassemble this unit or carry out repairs.
Attempt to modify the unit in any way.
Make sure that foreign objects do not get inside the unit.
Place naked flame sources - such as lit candles on or near the unit.
Place objects filled with liquids - such as vases, on or next to the unit.
Cover the unit - allow the unit to be well ventilated.
Drop the unit or subject it to strong shocks.

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CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER
(OR BACK), THERE ARE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE, REFER SERVICING
TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

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FEATURES AND CONTROLS

SWITCHING YOUR RADIO ON FOR THE FIRST TIME

1. SPEAKER

2. INFO BUTTON

3. BUTTON

▲

4. LCD DISPLAY

5. VOLUME + BUTTON

6. MENU BUTTON

7. PRESET BUTTON

8. SELECT BUTTON

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11

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13 14 15 16

▼

9. BUTTON

10. MODE BUTTON

11. VOLUME - BUTTON

12. ANTENNA

13. DC INPUT SOCKET

14. POWER ON/OFF SWITCH

15. HEADPHONE JACK

16. BATTERY DOOR

AC operation

1. Ensure the POWER ON/OFF switch located at the back of the radio is in the “OFF”
position.

2. Insert the DC power jack of the AC/DC adaptor to the DC input socket located at t he ba ck
of the r adi o.

3. Plug t he AC/ DC Ada pto r to th e AC mai ns outlet.

4. Slid e the P OWE R ON/ OFF s witch to the “ON” p osi tio n to tu rn th e rad io on .

DC (ba tte ry) o per ati on

1. Ens ure t he AC/ DC ad apt or is d isc onn ect ed fr om the radio and AC mains .

2. Inst all ed th e bat ter ies ( 4X1.5V UM3/AA ba tte ry) i nto t he ba tte ry co mpa rtm ent .

3. Slid e the P OWE R ON/ OFF s witch to the “ON” p osi tio n to tu rn th e rad io on .

Note : To ob tai n the b est p erf ormance in DC operat ion , the u se of a lka lin e bat ter ies i s hig hly
reco mme nde d.

Disp lay b ack lig ht

When t he ra dio i s swi tch ed to o n (in b oth AC & D C bat ter y operation), the di spl ay ba ckl igh t wil l
be tur ned o n to fu ll br igh tne ss fo r aro und 1 0 sec ond s and then go to dim, i t wil l the n be tu rne d on
to ful l bri ght nes s aga in fo r 10 se con ds on e ver y key press.

LI S T EN I N G TO YO U R R AD I O

Hint s for b ett er re cep tio n

This r adi o is fi tte d wit h a sin gle D AB/ FM te les copic antenna, to ob tai n the b est p erf orm anc e, yo u
shou ld fu lly e xte nd th e ant enn a and t his i s hig hly r ecommended fo r DAB r ece pti on.

DAB mo de

If the r adi o is sw itc hed o n for t he fi rst t ime , it wi ll automatica lly e nte r int o the D AB mo de an d
perf orm a uto s can fun cti on. D uri ng th e sca n the display will sho w “Sc ann ing … ” tog eth er wi th a
slid e bar t hat i ndi cat es th e pro gre ss of t he sc an and the amount of sta tio ns th at ha ve be en fo und
so far. ( F. 1) (F. 2)
Once t he sc an ha s fin ish ed, t he ra dio w ill s ele ct the first alphanu mer ica lly f oun d sta tio n. You ca n
now pr ess t he ▲ or ▼ b utt on to e xpl ore t he fo und s tat ions followed by pre ssi ng th e SEL ECT
butt on to s ele ct li ste nin g to th e sta tio n.
Note : If th ere i s no st ati ons f oun d aft er au to sc an, the radio wil l the n ent er in to th e Tune S ele ct
Menu , you c an no w pre ss th e ▲ or ▼ bu tto n fol low ed by p ressing the SELECT b utton to select
“Man ual t une ” or “A uto sca n” fo r sta tio ns.

F.1 F.2

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SWITCHING YOUR RADIO ON FOR THE FIRST TIME

SWITCHING YOUR RADIO ON FOR THE FIRST TIME

DAB au to sc an

The auto sc an wil l s ear ch for th e e nti re DAB Band I II cha nne ls. Aft er the sc an has fi nis hed , t he
firs t alp han ume ric all y fou nd st ati on wi ll be a utomaticall y sel ect ed.

1. To acti vat e a uto s can , first pre ss th e M ENU b utt on to en ter into th e Tune Se lec t Men u and

then press th e ▲ o r ▼ b utton to sel ect “A uto sca n”, fi nal ly pre ss the SEL ECT bu tto n t o
conf irm , the d isp lay w ill s how “ Sca nni ng …” a nd a pr ogressing sli de ba r. (F. 3)

2. All th e sta tions t hat h ave been fou nd wi ll b e sto red automaticall y, to e xpl ore the s tat ion s

that hav e be en found, pr ess the ▲ or ▼ butto ns a nd w hen you find a s tat ion that you
woul d lik e to li ste n to, p res s the S ELE CT bu tto n.

DAB ma nua l tun e

1. To sele ct manual tune, firs t pre ss th e MEN U but ton t o ent er in to th e Tune Select Menu,
then p res s the S ELE CT bu tto n to se lec t “Ma nua l tune”. (F. 4) (F. 5)

2. Pres s th e ▲ or ▼ bu tto n to mov e through the DAB cha nne ls, the dis pla y wi ll show “5A to
13F” a nd th eir a sso cia ted f req uen cie s.

3. When your desi red freq uen cy appea rs in t he d isp lay, pre ss the SEL ECT butt on to
conf irm . The name of the sta tio n gro up (e nse mbl e/m ult ipl ex) w ill b e displayed.

4. To liste n to th e sta tio n sel ect ed, p res s the S ELE CT button again .

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F.5

F.4

DAB se con dar y ser vic es

On som e occ asi ons you w ill s ee a “>” sy mbo l direc tly a fte r the nam e of th e st ati on, t his
indi cat es tha t the re ar e s eco nda ry se rvi ces a vai lab le to th at st ati on. T hes e sec ond ary s ervices
cont ain e xtr a servi ces t hat relate t o the pri mar y station. E .g. a spo rts s tat ion may want t o add
extr a co mme nta rie s. The sec ond ary servi ces are ins ert ed directly a fte r th e pr imary sta tio n. To
sele ct th e sec ond ary s tat ion , pre ss on t he SE LECT control on ce.

DAB di spl ay mo des

Ever y time yo u pres s the INF O butt on, th e disp lay wi ll cyc le thr oug h the fol low ing di spl ay
mode s:

Freq uen cy

The fr equ enc y of th e pre sen t sta tio n wil l be di splayed.

Audi o bit r ate

The di spl ay wi ll sh ow th e dig ita l aud io bi t rat e bei ng received.

Sign al st ren gth

The displa y w ill sh ow a slide bar to indicate the signa l stre ngt h, the st ron ger th e s ign al, th e l ong er
the ba r wil l be fr om le ft to r igh t.

DLS

DLS s tan ds for Dynam ic Lab el S egm ent wh ich is a s cro lli ng mes sag e th at the broad cas ter ma y
incl ude in th eir tr ans mis sio ns. The mes sag e usua lly includes info rma tio n such as pr ogr amm e
deta ils … etc .

Prog ram me ty pe

This descr ibe s the s tyl e of th e progra mme that is b ein g bro adc ast . If th e informati on is not
avai lab le, t he di spl ay wi ll sh ow “< Pro gra mme Type >”.

Ense mbl e/M ult ipl ex (G rou p nam e)

The Ensemb le/ Mul tip lex is a col lec tio n o f r adi o s tat ion s t hat ar e b und led an d t ran smi tte d t oge the r
in a s ing le fr equ enc y. Th ere a re na tio nal a nd local m ultiplexe s, local on es co nta in st ati ons t hat a re
spec ifi c to th at ar ea.

Note : P res s and h o ld th e INF O b utton fo r lon ger t han 2 se con ds, t he sof tware ve rsi on nu mbe r will
be dis pla yed .

FM rad io

1. To sele ct FM, press the MO DE bu tto n, th e dis pla y wil l sho w FM an d the f requency.

2. To ac tiv ate a uto sea rch , pre ss and ho ld th e ▲ or ▼ but ton unt il it s tarts t o sca n up o r dow n

the fr equ enc y ba nd, t he disp lay w ill show “Se arc hin g … > .” or “S ear ching … < .”, a nd it wil l
stop a uto mat ica lly o nce a s tat ion h as be en fo und . (F. 6)(F. 7)

3. To activ ate m anu al se arc h, re pea ted ly pr ess t he ▲ or ▼ button.

4. To select audio mode , pre ss the SELECT button to toggl e bet wee n the “Auto” or “Mono ”
sele cti on.

Note : T he ra dio w ill a uto mat ica lly s wit ch be twe en st ere o and m ono mode, b ut yo u can o ver rid e
this a nd sw itc h thi s fun cti on ma nua lly w hic h is he lpful for poor si gna l rec ept ion .

F.6

F.7

Tim e/ Date

Ense mb le /Mu lt ip lex (G ro up name )

Freq ue ncy

Audi o Bi t Rat e

Prog ra mm e Typ e

Sign al s tr eng th

DLS

Time a nd date

The ti me an d dat e wil l be au tom ati cal ly up dat ed by t he br oad cas ted i nfo rmation; it is no need to
set the c loc k man ual ly. In t he unlikely ev ent t hat no c loc k inf orm ati on is received, the d isp lay

will s how “ <TI ME/ DATE>” .

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STORING AND RECALLING STORED STATIONS

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

In eit her D AB or F M mod e, yo u can s tor e up to 1 0 sta tio ns to t he fa vourite presets; this w ill
enable yo u to ge t dir ect a cce ss to y our f avo uri te st ati ons .

1. To sto re a prese t, f irst tune to y our desir ed s tat ion , th en p res s and hold the PRESE T
butt on, t he di spl ay wi ll sh ow “E mpt y pre set 1 ”, an d the p res et nu mbe r wil l flash. (F. 8)

2. Pre ss th e ▲ or ▼ bu tto n to se lec t you r des ire d sta tio n preset number.

3. Pre ss th e SEL ECT t o con fir m you r sel ect ion , the display will show “Preset # sav ed” ( F. 9)

4. To recall a pre set stati on, first press the PR ESET button o nce , th en p res s th e ▲ or ▼
butt on to scroll up or d own t he pr ese ts th at yo u hav e sto red . Whe n the d isp lay s how s you r
desired pre set num ber, release t he b utt ons . If th e pr ese t hasn't b een all oca ted a s tat ion ,
the di spl ay wi ll sh ow “E mpt y pre set # ”.

F.8

F.9

FACTORY RESET

When you move the radi o to an oth er par t of the co unt ry, you r pre-tuned and stored DAB
stat ion s m ay no longer b e a vai lab le. If t his is th e case t hen yo u w ill n eed to re set yo ur ra dio
back to its o rig ina l fac tor y set tin gs; t o per for m a fac tor y reset, please do the f oll owi ng:

1. Con nec t the r adi o to AC ma ins ( via t he AC/ DC ad apt or) , the n sli de th e POW ER ON/OFF

swit ch to t he “O N” po sit ion t o tur n the r adi o on.

2. Pre ss an d hol d the M ENU b utt on un til t he di spl ay sh ows “ Pre ss SE LEC T to c onf irm r ese t”.

3. Rel eas e the M ENU b utt on and press t he SE LEC T but ton o nce , the display will fir st sh ow
“Restar tin g …” and aft er t he reset is completed , the ra dio wil l th en au tomatically e nte r
into the DAB mod e an d pe rfo rm a uto sca n fu nction. After the sca n ha s fi nis hed , th e ra dio
will sele ct an d dis pla y the f irs t alp han ume ric all y fou nd st ati on.

Note : Al l of yo ur st ore d DAB & F M pre set s will be lost once the reset has ta ken p lac e.

HEADPHONE JACK

A 3.5mm type h ead pho ne ja ck is l oca ted a t the b ack o f the r adi o. Co nne ct a se t of he adp hones
(not incl ude d) to t his j ack f or pr iva te li ste nin g wit hou t dis tur bin g others. Th e spe ake r is
auto mat ica lly d isc onn ect ed wh en th e hea dph one s are i n use .

IMPO RTANT: When u sin g hea dph one s alw ays s et th e vol ume t o a low l eve l bef ore y ou pu t the
headpho nes o n. Th en in ser t the h ead pho nes a nd gr adu all y inc rea se th e vol ume t o a com for table
listeni ng le vel .

Rate d vol tag e (ad apt or) AC 1 00 – 24 0V~ 5 0/6 0Hz , 0.1 5A
Adaptor o utp ut DC 6 V 0.8 A
Rate d vol tag e (ra dio ) DC 6V ( 1.5 V x 4 AA)
Power con sum pti on 4. 5 W
Audio out put 1 W RMS
Radio DAB 1 74- 240 MHz
FM 87. 5-1 08M Hz
Oper ati ng co ndi tio ns Temper atu re: 5 °C to 3 5°C
Humi dit y 5% to 9 0%
Oper ati ng po sit ion H ori zon tal

***SPEC IFI CATION SUBJECT T O CHA NGE WITHOU T FUR THE R NOT ICE .

Trouble shooting guide

Observation Potential cause / solution

The unit does not
work

The unit does not
work on batteries

No sound Is the volume control set at minimum?

Radio reception
noisy (FM)

Radio reception
stutters / bubbling
sounds (DAB)
No DAB reception Try re-orienting the antenna or moving the radio to a different

Has the adaptor lead been correctly plugged into the mains and the DC
input jack at the rear of the unit?
Does the socket that is being used have power?
Has the power lead been removed from the back of the unit without the
batteries being installed?
Has the adaptor lead been removed from the back of the unit?
Are the batteries inserted correctly?
Are the batteries exhausted?

Are headphones fitted in the phones jack?
Extend the antenna or adjust the position of the radio.

FM stereo – if weak switch to MONO as this requires less signal
strength.

Signal is weak. Extend the antenna or adjust the location of the
radio. Positions higher up or nearer windows may improve reception.

location. Check that your local area has DAB coverage on
www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/postcodesearch/

WASTE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE
DISPOSED OF WITH HOUSEHOLD WASTE. PLEASE
RECYCLE WHERE FACILITIES EXIST. CHECK WITH
YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR RECYCLING ADVICE.

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