C. Crane PR-D8 User Manual [en, de, es, fr]

Controls

Stereo Built-in Microphone (Left Channel)

LCD Display

Stereo Built-in Microphone (Right channel)

Power/Auto Shut Off

Tuning Down

Band Selection a nd Tuning Ste p

Alarm (Buzzer)

Station Presets

LCD Illumination

Recording

Play Modes

Stop/Folder down

Play/Pause

Volume Control

Timer Recorder Switch (On and Off)

Music/Normal/News Tone Control

Lock Switch

T elescopic Aeri al Antenna

SD Card Slot

Line-Out Jack

DC-In Jack

Alkaline/Rechargeable Batteries (NiMH/NiCad) Switch

Reset Button

LCD Display

Tuning Up

Ti me Set a nd Station Sca n

Alarm (Radio)

Timer Re cording

Skip/Fast Forward

Menu Button

File Browse

Skip/Fast Rewind

Repeat A–B/Folder Up

Rear Sta nd

Battery Compartment

Headphone Ja ck

Aux-In Jack

Push to Replace Batterie s

LCD Display f or Ra dio and Clock

Stereo

Frequency

Sleep a nd Snooze

AM/PM

Timer Recording (On & Off)

Time Recording (On & Off)

Clock

Alarm Buzzer

Alarm Radio

Ti me Set

Unit

Battery Power Indicator

Station Presets

Key Lock

FM/AM/MW Band

LCD Symbol for MP3 player

Status

File Format

Play Mode

Play Pause Stop Fast Forward Fa st Rewind Record MP3 file WMA file Filename Folder na me Repeat one Repeat Folder Repeat All Random play Repeat A-B V olume la bel or Disk S/N Folder(File browse) File(File browse)

Battery Operation using Al kaline Batterie s

1. Remove the battery cover on the ba ck of the unit by sliding the cover to the OPEN direction.

2. Insert 4 x UM-2 (C size) alkaline batteries into the battery compartment. Make sure the batteries are inserted with correct polarity as shown inside the battery compartment.

3. Slide the battery switch to the Al kaline position and then replace the battery cover.

Important: When using alkaline batteries, the battery switch must be placed in the alkaline position. Failure to do so could result serious damage to the batteries or radio.

4. Decreased of power, distortion and “stuttering sound” are signs that the batteries may need to be replaced.

5. If the radio is not to be used for any extended period of time, it is recommended that the batteries should be removed from the radio. For extended listening, we recommend to use the supplied AC power adapter or otherwise the rechargeable batteries.

Battery Operation using Rechargeable Batterie s

1. Remove the battery cover on the ba ck of the unit by sliding the cover to the OPEN direction.

2. Insert 4 x UM-2 (C size) rechargeable batteries into the battery compartment. Make sure all batteries are inserted with correct polarity as shown inside the battery compartment. The radio is designed with Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) rechargeable battery usage.

3. Slide the battery switch to the NiMH/NiCad position and then replace the battery cover.

4. Insert the supplied AC power adapter into the DC-In jack on the left hand side of the ra dio and plug the adapter into a standard 13A main socket outlet.

5. The DC jack ring LED flashes indicating that the batteries are charging. When the DC jack ring stops flashing it should indicate that the batteries are fully charged. (Approximate charging time is 8 hours).

Important: When using rechargeable batteries, the battery switch must be placed in the NiMH/NiCad position. The radio must be turned off while charging the batteries. Otherwise, the batteries will not be charged to its full capacity.

6. Decreased of power, distortion and “stuttering sound” are signs that the batteries may need to be recharged. Should the battery power decreases, the low battery power indicator will start fla shing on the LCD display.

7. If the radio is not to be used for any extended period of time, it is recommended that the batteries are removed from the radio. For extended listening, we recommend to use the supplied AC power adapter or otherwise the rechargeable batteries.

Using the Supplied AC Power Adapter

The supplied AC a d apter is 9 V olts DC output 700 mA center pin positive.

1. Insert the AC power adapter plug into the DC-In jack on the left hand side of the radio.

2. Plug in the AC power adapter into a sta ndard 13A main socket outlet. Whenever the AC power adapter is plugged in to the radio and to the main AC outlet, the batteries are automatically disabled.

The AC a dapter should be disconnected from the main AC outlet, when the radio is not in used.

Setting the Clock

1. Clock can be set in both ways; radio power must be on or off.

2. The display will show “- : - -“ when the batteries are installed or when the radio is plugged in to a main AC outlet.

3. Press and hold the time set button until LCD fla shes the time set symbol and also the year digit followed by a beep.

4. Press tuning up/down button to set required year.

5. Follow the above procedure step to set the month, date, hour and minute.

6. LCD display will stop flashing and will display the real ti me when it’s completed.

Operating the Radio

This radio is equipped with three tuning methods- sca nning tuning, manual tuning a nd preset re call.

Scan Tuning

1. Press the power button to turn the radio on.

2. Select the required waveband by pre ssing the band button For FM band fully extend and rotate telescopic aerial antenna to get the best reception. For AM (MW) band, rotate the radio to

get best signal.

3. Press and release Scan button (press and hold Scan button more than 2 seconds will activate time setting), the radio will search up and will stop automatically when it finds a radio station with good signal. Press the scan button again to pick up the found station.

The radio will continue to search for the next available stations, if you do not press scan button again when it finds a radio station.

4. Rotate the Volume Control to get required sound level.

5. To turn the radio off, press the power button. The display will show OFF.

Manual Tuning/Station Searching

1. Press the power button to turn the radio on.

2. Select the required waveband by pre ssing the band button. Adjust the antenna as de scribed above.

3. A single press on either the tuning up or down button will change the frequency in the following increments: FM: 50 or 100 kHz AM (MW): 9 or 10 kHz

4. Press and hold either the tuning up or down button until the frequency in the display begins to change rapidly and release the button. Your radio will search the selected waveband and will stop automatically when it finds a station with sufficient signal.

5. Rotate the volume control to get the required sound level.

6. To turn the radio off, press the power button. Display will show OFF.

Storing Stations in Preset Memories

There are 5 memory presets on each waveband.

1. Press the power button to turn the radio on.

2. Tune to a required station using one of the methods previously described.

3. Press a nd hold down the required station pre set number until the radio beeps. The preset number will appear in the display and the station will be stored under chosen preset station.

4. Repeat these procedures for the remaining presets.

5. Stations stored in preset memories can be over written by the following above procedures.

Recalling Stations from Preset Memories

1. Press the power button to turn on the radio.

2. Select the required waveband.

3. Momentarily press the required preset button, the preset number and station frequency will appear in the display.

Setting the Radio Alarm

When the radio alarm is selected, the radio will turn on and play the chosen radio station at the chosen alarm time. The radio alarm will continue for a n hour unle ss turned of f by pre ssing the power button. Press the power button while the alarm is activated and will cancel the alarm for 24 hours.

Radio alarm ca n be activated only until both radio alarm time and radio alarm station are set.

a. Setting Radio Alarm T i m e

1. The radio alarm can be set in both ways (radio on or off).

2. Press and release radio alarm button , the radio will show radio alarm symbol.

3. Press and hold button for more than 2 seconds followed by a beep.

4. Display hour will flash, using tuning up/down button to select hour then press button again to confirm hour setting.

5. Follow sa me procedures of setting hour to set required minute. Press button again to complete the alarm time setting.

6. During the radio alarm time setting, the display will also flash the last tuned radio frequency. Press tuning up/down button to select required wake up radio station or simply press preset station button to select wave up station.

7. Press button again to complete radio alarm setting.

8. Press and hold radio alarm button for 2 seconds to cancel the radio alarm. Display radio alarm symbol will disappear followed with a beep.

Note: If the new radio alarm station is not selected. It will select the last progra mmed alarm station.

Setting the HWS (Humane Wake System) Buzzer Alarm

A bee p will active when selecting the HWS buzzer alarm. The alarm beep will increase in volume every 15 seconds for one minute followed by one minute silence before repeating the cycle. The HWS alarm will sound for a n hour until turning off by pre ssing the power button. Press the power button while the alarm is activated and will cancel the alarm for 24 hours.

1. The HWS buzzer alarm can be set in both ways (radio on or off).

2. Press and release HWS buzzer button , the symbol will show on the display.

3. Press and hold button for more than 2 seconds followed by a beep, display hour digit will flash.

4. Pressing tuning up/down to select required alarm hour a nd then by pressing button again, the minute digit will flash.

5. Pressing tuning up/down button to select required alarm minute, press the button again to complete alarm setting. Display will appear when buzzer alarm has been set.

6. Press and hold the buzzer alarm button for more than 2 seconds followed by a beep to switch the alarm to on or off.

Snooze Function

1. While the alarm is active, press any buttons except the power button to activate the snooze function. The radio or HWS buzzer alarm will be silenced with interval of 5 minutes.

2. The display will flash both the snooze symbol and the alarm symbol. The snooze function can be repeated during the one hour that the alarms are active.

Sleep Function

The sleep timer will automatically turn the radio off after a preset time has elapsed.

1. Press and continue to hold down the power button for more than 2 seconds, followed by a beep, the display will cycle through the available sleep timers in the order of 60-45-30-15-120-90-60. Release the power button when the required sleep timer appears in the display. The symbol will appear in the display and the radio will play the last station selected.

2. To cancel the sleep function, simply press the power button. The symbol will disappear and radio will shut off.

Display Ba cklight

Press any button s and the LCD display will illuminate fo r a pproxi mately 7 seconds. During scanning the station and the alarm is activated it will also automatically illumin ate the display. Another option is you can also set LCD brightness by pressing and releasing the button to select bright, brighter, brightest and off.

Setting 12 hour/24 Hour Format Tuning Step

While the radio is switched off, press and hold band/step button for a pproxi mately 5 seconds, display will show 12H, continue pre ssing tuning up/down button for a nother 5 se conds, display will flash 12H. By pressing tuning up/down button to select 24 hour format, complete the setting by pressing band/step button.

Setting Tuning Step

Tuning steps in some countrie s are dif ferent from where you purcha se the radio. If you buy the radio in Europe a nd intend to use in North America or South America, you may have to adjust the tuning step so, the radio may continue to serve you well. Upon resetting to the 12H/24H format the display will show FM a n d flash 50 kHz (tuning step) followed by a beep. By pressing the up/down tuning button, you may adjust it to100 kHz per tuning step then press band/step button again to complete FM tuning step reset. The display will show MW and flash 9 kHz after performing the FM tuning step reset. By pressing tuning up/down button, you may adjust to 10 kHz per tuning step. By si mply pressing the band/step button now the setting is completed.

Hea dphone Jack

A 3.5 mm he adphone ja ck located on the left hand of your radio is provided for use with either headphones or a n e arpiece. When inserting a plug it automatically mutes the internal spea ker.

Operating the Radio - Aux In

1. Connect a stereo or mono audio source (like CD walkma n, MP3 player) to Aux In jack.

2. Press the band button to sele ct AUX band. The display will show AUX.

3. Adjust the volume control for comfort listening.

Operating the Radio – Line Out

The radio can be used as a separate tuner by connecting the input to Hi-Fi system, or using this input to ma ke re cording in stereo from audio progra m.

Lock Switch

The lock switch is used to prevent unintentional operation of the radio. Set the lock switch on the right side of the radio to the on position. The Lock Icon will appear in the display. The power and all other button s will be disa bled. This will prevent accidental operation when the radio is packed in a suitcase or carrying a pouch. To release the lock switch, simply move the switch to OFF position, the LOCK icon will be disappear from the display.

Tone Control

The tone control switch is to adjust sound effect according to the progra m you are listening or playing back. Switch to Music position while you are listening to a music progra m and switch to news position while you are listening and playing back the recording from your voice.

Timer Recording

The PR-D8 is capable of recording selected audio program into an SD card on an MP3 f ormat at selectable recording on and off time.

1. Press power button to turn the radio on.

2. Make sure the real time is set before setting timer recording.

3. Press and rele ase TIMER REC button, will display previous timer recording time.

4. Press and hold TIMER REC button until TIMER REC ON appears on the display a nd flashes hour digit.

5. Press tuning up or down button to select the required timer recording on the hour then press TIMER REC button again and follow same procedure to set the minute.

6. Press TIMER REC button again to complete TIMER REC on time. The display will flash TIMER REC OFF.

7. Pressing tuning up or down button to select Timer REC OFF time. Press TIMER REC button to complete timer recording time setting.

8. Switch the Timer Recording button which is located on your right hand side bene ath volume control to ON position. The display will show TIMER REC indicating timer recording is set.

9. Press band button to select MW or FM or SD (microphone) or AUX IN band. Press tuning up/down or preset buttons to select your favorite radio station for recording. When you select record from Aux In band, make sure the audio device (MP3 player or CD wal k man) is plugged into Aux In ja ck and turn on the device. If you select timer recording from built-in microphone, press the band button to select SD.

10. Press and release timer REC button to complete the timer recording setting.

11. Recording will start from Timer Re cording On time and will end at Timer Recording Off time.

12. The recording will be stored in the SD card in various folders. If the recording is from the radio (FM/AM), the recorded folder will show as Radio. If the recording is from the Microphone, the recorded folder will show as Microphone and VOC file. If the recording is from the device using AUX IN, the recorded folder will show as AUX IN and AUX file name.

Note: When the timer recording is on, it will switch the ra dio programming on or the device from Aux In source to start recording, therefore, we highly recommend to set the volume control to its minimum level before you finalize the timer recording settings.

Note: The recording quality can be selected by pressing the MENU button and then Record Setup as described later.

Cancel Timer Recording

Simply switch the Timer Re cording switch to OFF position to cancel the timer recording setting.

Playback MP3 or WMA Files from SD Card

Secure Digital (SD or SDHC) card, which can be used with PR-D8 for playback of MP3 or WMA files. The PR-D8 can also be recorded to SD, SDHC in MP3 format.

The PR-D8 has been tested with a range of SD cards. SD cards up to 2GB and SDHC card up to 32GB are supported. However, there are many different card variants available and not all cards can be guaranteed to work with the PR-D8. Memory must use the FAT or FAT 32 filing system in order to operate with the PR-D8.

The SD card slot is located on the left hand side of the unit. To insert an SD card into your radio, push the card label side upward into the card slot until it clicks. To remove the SD card, push the card in and you can now pull out SD card.

Playing MP3/WMA – SD

1. When SD card is inserted, press the power button to turn the radio on and then press band button to select SD. The MP3 player will show “reading“ on the LCD display and the number of files and folders stored in the SD card will appear.

2. Press the Play/Pause button to start playing from the SD card. The display will show first f older and file numbers F01 and T001.

3. To pause playing, press the Play/Pause button. To resume playing, press the Play/Pause button again.

4. To stop playing, press the Stop button.

If you put the unit into standby mode without pressing the stop button, the next time the unit is turned on, it will return to the previous play file.

Selecting a File

1. While the SD card device is playing, press either the fast-forward or rewind buttons to change to the desired file. The file number is updated on the display. If there’s more than one folder, all files in the current folder should have been played and the next folder will be played.

2. You can also skip the f ile when the player is on stop mode. You can skip to the desired file by pressing the fast-forward or rewind buttons and release the button when the desired track number is displayed.

3. Press the Play/Pause button to play the selected file.

The PR-D8 will allow a maximum of 99 folders and 999 files.

Search Function

1. When the SD card device is playing, press a nd hold the fast-forward or rewind buttons. Release the button when the desired part of the current file is reached.

Skip to Another Folder

1. While playing the SD card either on play or stop mode, press and hold the folder up/A-B or folder down/STOP button to skip to the next folder. The first file of the next or previous folder will be played.

File Brower Folders

To speed up folder search, you may also press file browser button and then press folder up and down button to search the required folders. Press Play and Pause button to play file when the required folder is found.

Play Mode

When playing the SD card, press and rele ase PLAY MODE button to select. Repeat 1 repeatedly play the file you are listening to.

Repeat Folder repeatedly play the files within the folder you are listening to.

Repeat All repeatedly play the folders in the SD card.

Random it will play files in the SD card by random.

Repeat File within Section A–B

If you’d like to repeat the file only within the selected section (e.g. learning language s), during the playback, press and release the button for the selection you’d like to start and repeat, press the button once again for the selection you’d like to end the repeat. The radio will repeat the playback only within the selected section and it will show on the display.

The cancel the repeat, simply press the button again. The display icon will disappear.

Recording to SD

The PR-D8 ha s been designed to allow you to make recordings to SD/SDHC cards memory devices. Recording is made on MP3 format at selectable 64k or 128k (initial setting) or192k bits per second.

SD/SDHC must use the FAT or FAT 32 file system in order to operate with the PR-D8. SD card is usually supplied already formatted or ca n be formatted using a PC with a suitable card reader.

It is possible to record to the SD card, which already contains files written by the radio or using your computer. The recorded files will be added to those already present on the SD card.

Recording

1. Select the desired source for the recording (MW/FM/AUX/SD – Microphone) by pressing the band button. Set the volume to the required listening level (the volume of the recording will not be affected by this).

2. Insert the SD card.

3. Select recording bits rate by pressing menu button, the display will show Record Setup. Press a nd release Play/Pause button to select REC quality (initial setting at 128 kbps). Press the button to select between 64k/128k/192k and confirm the setting by pressing Play/Pause button.

4. Press the RECORD button until the display will show “reading“.

5. Press Play/Pause button to start recording. The display will flash while recording and the record button will appear in red showing that it is recording.

6. To stop recording, press STOP button, the display will show “saving“ and then “re ading“ followed by the file and folder number indicating the recording file is saved as RECORD folder on the SD card.

Playing the Recording

1. After recording is completed, press and release file browser button and then press folder up or down button to search RECORD file.

2. Press and release Play and Pause button, the display will show Radio (recording from radio), AUXIN (recording from Aux In) and MIC (recording from built-in microphone).

3. Press and release Play and Pause button again to select required files recorded from various audio sources.

4. Press and rele ase Play and Pause button again to play the recording.

5. Press Stop button to stop playing.

Deleting WMA/MP3files

PR-D8 is capable of deleting WMA/MP3 files (not the folders) from SD card. To delete files,

1. Inserting SD card into SD card slot, then switch the radio to SD band by pressing Band button.

2. After SD card reading is completed, press and release file browse button, LCD display will browse the folders in the SD card.

3. By pressing folder Up or Down button to select the folder where the file you like to delete is stored.

4. Press and release Play and Pause button to enter the folder and press folder Up or Down button to select the file you like to delete.

5. Press and release SKIP/Fast Forward button, display will show Play and Delete.

6. By pressing folder Down button to select Delete, then pressing Play and Pause button, display will show Delete No or Yes.

7. Press Skip/Fast forward button to select Yes, then press Play and Pause button to delete selected file.

8. Display will show deleting and back to play mode after the file is deleted.

Menu Button

The menu button is to set up recording quality and also system setup.

1. When the Power is on and on SD mode, pre ss and release the menu button, the display will show Record Setup an d System Setup. Press up or down button to select Record Setup or System Setup. Press Play/Pause button to confirm the selection.

a. Record Setup – Press Play/Pause button again to enter Recording quality selection, by pressing up or down button to select recording quality to be 64kbps or 128 kbps or 192 kbps. Confirm the selection by pressing Play and Pause button. b. System Setup – Press Play/Pause button to enter System Setup mode. Press and release up or down button to select the set up of LCD contrast, system information, format and reset.

A) LCD Contrast – this is to adjust LCD backlight contrast. Press and release Play and Pause button. By pressing fast forward or rewind button to select the required LCD contrast.

B) System Information – press and release Play and Pause button to see the total and free SD card capacity.

C) power saving – for power saving purpose, you may select radio auto power off time in SD band by entering power saving mode after pressing and releasing the Play and Pause button. In power saving mode, display will show OFF, 1 min, 3 mins (initial)……… 60 mins. Pre ssing folder up or own button to select required auto power off time. To select OFF, the radio will be always on unless you switch it off.

Note: Power saving mode won’t be effective when you are playing the files or in Pause status.

D) SD format – this is to format the SD card, please note once you select YES, the SD format will be executed a nd all the f iles in the SD card will be eliminated.

E) RESET – this is to Reset the System Setup and back to original factory setting.

T rouble shooting/Reset Button

If the radio fails to operate correctly or some digits on the display are missing or incomplete, perform the RESET procedure.

1. Turn the radio off and remove the batteries.

2. With the aid of a suitable implement (the end of a paper clip or a pen), press the RESET button located inside the battery compartment for at least 1 second, this will reset the microprocessor, clock time a nd clear all stations stored in the preset memory.

Care and Maintenance

Do not allow this radio to be exposed to water, stream or sand. Do not leave the radio where there’s excessive heat, which it could cause damage such as in a parked car.

Technical Information

Power Source:

Ac Power Adapter: DC 9V 0.7A, center pin positive, diameter of center tip 2.2

Battery: 4 x UM-2(C size, LR14), Alkaline or Ni-MH rechargeable battery

Frequency Range:

FM Band: 87.5~108MHz AM Band: 530~1620kHz (9kHz/step) or 520~1710kHz (10kHz/step)

Electronic features:

Spea ker: 40x115mm 8 ohm 3W full range Output Power: 0.7W @alkaline battery, 1.5W by DC-IN 9V Output Power of Headphone: 5mW+5mW Rechargeable Current of Charger: 0.5A AUX-IN Level: 0.5Vrms (typical), 1Vrms (max.) LINE-OUT Level: 0.5Vrms, 1Vrms (max.)

MP3/WMA Fe ature s :

SD Card Capacity: 16MB~32GB (HCSD) SD Card Format: FAT-12/FAT-16/FAT-32 Playable Media: MP3 (16kbps~320kbps)/WMA (16kbps~192kbps) Recording Format: MP3 Recording Quality: 64kbps (low quality)/128kbp (standard)/192kbps (high quality) Frequency Response of SD Media Player: 40Hz~20 kHz (192kbps)

Dimension: W 220 x H 126 x D 48 mm

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