Kompernass KH 2324 User Manual

Kompernaß GmbH · Burgstrasse 21 · D-44867 Bochum

www.kompernass.com

ID No.: KH2324-02/06-V3

UK

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Operating Manual

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DAB-Radio KH 2324 Page

Proper Use 4

Delivery Contents 4

Technical Data 4

Safety instructions 4

Description of the appliance 6

Power supply 6

Commissioning 7

DAB Mode 7

FM-Mode 8

Save / Recall Stations 9

Display 9

Alarm Function 10

Snooze Function 11

Sleep Function 12

Return to Factory Settings 12

Cleaning 12

Disposal 12

Important Warranty Notices 13

Importer 13

Read the operating instructions carefully before using the appliance for the first time
and preserve this booklet for later reference. Pass the manual on to whomsoever
might acquire the appliance at a later date.

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DAB Radio KH 2324

Proper Use

The DAB Radio is intended exclusively
for the reception of digital as well as
FM radio stations.
It is intended for private use only,
not commercial use.

Delivery Contents

DAB Radio KH 2324
Power Cable
Operating Manual

Technical Data

Rated voltage: 230 V / 50 Hz

For battery
operation: 6x 1,5 V Typ C batteries

(not supplied)

Frequency range : DAB: 174 - 240 MHZ

FM: 87.5 - 108 MHZ

Temperature range: -5 bis 40˚C

Safety instructions

• Do not allow children to handle elec­trical appliances when unsupervised ­because they often underestimate
the danger.

• In order to avoid unintentional swit­ching on, disconnect the power cord
after each use and before cleaning.

• Check the appliance and all parts for
visible damages. The safety concept
can work only if the appliance is in
a faultless condition.

• The power plug must always be easily
accessible, so that in the event of an
emergency it can be quickly seperated
from the mains power supply.

 Explosion Hazard!

• Do not throw batteries into a fire.
Do not recharge the batteries.

 Danger of electric shock!

• Connect the appliance to a wall socket
with a mains voltage of 230 V / 50 Hz.

• Do not use the appliance with a dama­ged power cable or power plug.

• If the power cable or the appliance
become damaged or do not function
correctly, you must have them repai­red or exchanged as soon as possible
by the customer service before re­using them.

• Never immerse the appliance in water.
Wipe it only with a slightly damp
cloth.

• Do not expose the appliance to the
rain and never use it in a humid or
wet environment.

• Ensure that the power cable never
becomes moist or wet during opera­tion.

• Do not open the casing or try to repair
the appliance yourself. In this case,
appliance-safety cannot be assured
and the warranty is voided.

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• Do not place objects containing fluids,
e.g. flower vases, on the appliance.

• Do not use an extension cable. In
emergencies the power plug must be
quickly accessible.

 Fire hazard!

• Do not use the appliance near hot

surfaces.

• Do not keep the appliance in places

that are exposed to direct sunlight,
otherwise it may overheat and become
irreparably damaged.

• Do not leave the appliance unatten-

ded when in use.

• Never cover the ventilation slots of the

appliance while it is switched on.

• Do not place any open fire sources,
e.g. candles, on the appliance.

 Danger of injuries

•

Keep the power cable and appliance
away from children. Children frequently
underestimate the danger from electri­cal appliances.

• Provide for a safe place for the app-

liance.

• Do not operate the appliance if it has

fallen or is damaged. Have the appli­ance checked and repaired if necessary
by qualified technicians.

• Keep batteries away from children.

Children can put batteries into their
mouths and swallow them.

 Caution!

Notice regarding surge voltages (FEO /
fast electrical overloads):

In the case of a malfunction due to fast
electrical overload (surge voltage) the
appliance must be reset (possibly the
power supply needs to be seperated and
reconnected), in order to return to normal
operation.

 Electrostatic Discharge

In the case of a malfunction due to an
electrostatic discharge the appliance
must be reset (possibly the power supply
needs to be seperated and reconnected),
in order to return to normal operation.

 Note: Cases of electrostatic dischar-

ge occur when one walks with pla­stic soled shoes over carpeted floors
which also contain plastics in part.
Through the friction of the soles on
the carpet , a charge is created in the
body which discharges itself as soon
as an object suitable for conducting
electricity is touched, e.g. a door
handle or the bodywork of a vehicle.
It is sufficient to be just a few centi­metre away from the conducting
object. Direct contact with the
object is not essential to cause a
discharge. The charge can then
discharge itself over an electric arc.
Static decay is therefore also possi­ble through plastic housing parts.

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 Note: This appliance is equipped

with non-slip rubber feet. As furni­ture surfaces are made of various
substances and maintained with
diverse care products, it cannot be
completely excluded that some of
these materials contain ingredients
which may attack and soften the
rubber feet. In cases of doubt, place
an anti-slip material under the rubber
feet of the appliance.

Description of the appliance

q

STANDBY Button

w

DAB/FM Button

e

SNOOZE Button

r

Display

t

SLEEP Button

y

DOWN Button

u

INFO Button

i

SELECT Button

o

UP Button

a

VOLUME Button ▲

s

VOLUME Button ▼

d

AUTOTUNE Button

f

Save Button PRESET 4

g

Save Button PRESET 3

h

Save Button PRESET 2

j

Save Button PRESET 1

k

Handle

l

Battery Compartment

;

Headphone Connection

2)

Telescopic Aerial

2!

Power Cable Connection

Power supply

 Important! Take note of the correct

polarity of the batteries.

Batteries

Open the battery compartment on the
rear side of the device and insert six
batteries of type C 1.5V according to
the markings in the battery compart­ment.

The use of rechargable batteries is possi­ble. However, these will not be rechar­ged in the battery compartment.

 Note: Used batteries may not be

disposed of in household waste.
Return them to your retailer or to an
appropriate collection site for dispo­sal. Remove all batteries from the
battery compartment if you are not
planning to use the device for a lon­ger period. The device can be irre­parably damaged by leaking battery
acids.

 Note: The DAB radio also uses power

when in Standby-Mode. Therefore
remove all batteries from the bat­tery compartment if you are not
using the device for a longer period.
The radio station memory will then
be lost.

 Note: To help preserve the batteries,

in Standby Mode the display is not
illuminated and the time is not
shown.

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External Power Supply

Connect the power cable to the mains
power socket

2!

. The DAB radio switches
automatically from battery to mains
operation as soon as the connection is
made.

Commissioning

1. Insert the supplied power cable into

the mains power connector

2!

.

2. Insert the power plug into the mains

power socket or insert batteries into
the battery compartment

1*

. In the

display

r

"Welcome Digital Radio“
appears shortly. The clock starts at
„00:00:00“.

3. Press the STANDBY button

q

to

switch the radio on. In the display

r

„Welcome! Digital Radio“ appears
again. At the first switching on, or
after resetting of the appliance, there
appears afterwards „Autotune Fulls­can“.

The radio searches for available radio
stations in the DAB-Mode, in the mean­time

r

„searching...“ appears in the
display. Should no radio stations be
found, „No Signal DAB“ appears in the
display

r

.

Adjusting Time and Date.

The time and the date are automatically
transmitted from the radio stations.
Should the DAB radio not receive any
information,

r

„Time/Date“ is shown

in the display.

Adjusting the volume.

➪ Press the button VOLUME ▲

a

, to

increase the volume.

➪ Press the button VOLUME ▼s, to

reduce the volume.

Connecting Headphones

You can also listen to the radio program­me through a headphone.
➪ Plug a headphone into the headpho-

ne connector

1(

.

The loudspeakers are muted as soon as
headphones are connected.

DAB Mode

In DAB-Mode (DAB = Digital Audio
Broadcasting) the radio receives digital
radio stations.
With the first switching on of the radio
the Scan-Mode (Station Search) starts
automatically. Should a station already
have been received, the radio starts with
the last tuned station.

 Note: Unlike an analog radio, with

DAB several stations are bundled
together to a station group and
transmit on one frequency. When
the radio has found a station group
the name of the station and the sta­tion group are shown in the display.

Manual Station Search

1. Hold the button SELECT

i

depressed
until „Manual Tune“ appears in the
display.

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2. Press the button UP oor DOWN

y

to switch through the frequencies.
Should the radio find a station group
on a frequency, the name of the sta­tion group is displayed.

3. Press the button SELECT

i

to make
a choice from the station group.
The name of the first station in this
station group is displayed.

4. Press the button UP

o

or DOWN

y

to switch through the stations bund­led in this station group.

5. When you have selected a station,
press the button SELECT

i

. You quit

the manual station search.

Station Search (Auto-Tune)

You can choose between two different
station search methods: „Quick Scan“
and „Full Scan“.
Quick Scan searches for the UK DAB III
channel only. Full Scan searches for all
DAB III channels. When the station
search is finished, the station found
first is shown in the display

r

.

➪ To activate the „Quick Scan“, press the

button AUTOTUNE 1@once. „Autotu­ne Quick Scan“ appears in the display,
then „Searching...“.

➪ To activate „Full Scan“, hold the

button AUTOTUNE

1@

pressed until
„Autotune Full Scan“ is shown in the
display. Afterwards, „Searching...“
appears in the display, until all
stations have been found.

➪ To switch through the stations found,

press the buttons UP

o

or DOWN y.

➪ If you wish to end the station search

prematurely, press the button UP

o

or DOWN y.

Autoselect

If you have activated Autoselect, with the
buttons UP

o

or DOWN yyou can select
a station directly.
➪ Press the button UP

o

or DOWN

y

until you have reached the desired
station.

➪ When you release the button UP

o

or

DOWN

y

, the station is automatically

selected.

If Autoselect is deactivated you must,
after the selection, confirm the station
chosen using the buttons UP

o

or

DOWN

y

with the button SELECT i.
If you do not confirm the selection, the
previously selected station will be
displayed again after four seconds.

➪ To activate or deactivate Autoselect,

press the button UP

o

or DOWN

y

and then immediately afterwards
hold down the button SELECT

i

until, in the display r, „Autoselect
ON“ or „Autoselect OFF“ is shown.

FM-Mode

➪ Press the button „DAB/FM“ w, to

switch between DAB and FM Mode.
In the display

r

„Switching to FM“ or

„Switching to DAB“ appears.

Manual Station Search

➪ Press the button UP

o

or DOWN

y

to switch through the frequencies.

Station Search

➪ Press the button AUTOTUNE 1@.

The radio starts the station search and
halts as soon as the next higher sta­tion is found.

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➪ Hold the button AUTOTUNE 1@down.

The radio starts the station search and
halts as soon as the next lower station
is found.

Should an RDS-Signal (Radio Data
System) be transmitted from the station
found, additional information such as
station name, time and song title are
displayed.

Select Audio Mode

1. Press the button SELECT

i

. In the

display

r

„Audio mode“ appears.

2. Through further pressing on the
button SELECT

i

you can choose

between „Auto“ or „Mono“.

 Note: The radio switches automati-

cally between Mono and Stereo.
If however only a weak radio signal
is received, manual switching to
Mono can improve the quality.

Save / Recall Stations

You can save four stations in FM Mode,
as well as four station groups in DAB
Mode.

1. Select the stations to be saved as
described in the chapters „Station
Search“ or „Manual Station Search“.

2. Press and hold the Save button on
which the station is to be saved.
(Button PRESET 1

1^

, 2 1%, 3 1$, 4 1#),

until in the display

r

„PRESET 1/2/3/4

stored“ is displayed.

3. To recall a saved station, press the
appropriate button.

 Note: If you recall a saving position

in DAB Modus on which a station
is not yet saved, „PRESET 1/2/3/4
empty“ is shown in the display.

Display

Through repeated pressing of the but­ton INFO

u

you can call up various
information details about the radio
programme:

In DAB Mode:

Ensemble/Multiplex

Signal Strength

Time/Date

DLS

Programme Type

Alarm Status

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In FM Mode:

Radio Text

Some stations transmit additional infor­mation about the song currently play­ing. If no additional information is avai­lable, „<RadioText>“ is shown in the
display.

Programme Type

Here, details of the type of current pro­gramme are shown. If this information
is not available, „<Programme Type>“
is shown in the display.

Signal Strength

Signal strength is shown in the display
with a bar: The longer the bar, the
higher the signal strength.

Time/Date

The time and date are automatically
corrected through the RDS Signal. If this
information is not being transmitted,
„<Time/Date>“ will be shown in the
display.

Radio Text

Programme Type

Signal Strength

Time/Date

Frequency

Audio Mode

Alarm Status

Frequency

The frequency of the current station is
shown.

Audio Mode

The display shows whether a Mono or
a Stereo signal is being received.

Alarm status

The display shows if the alarm is activa­ted or not.

Ensemble/Multiplex

The name of the station group is shown.
If additional information to the station
group is available, this is displayed with
a „>“ after the name of the station
group.

DLS (Dynamic Label Segment)

DLS is an information service running in
the display. It mostly contains detailed
information about the programme.

Alarm Function

You can be woken by the DAB radio.

 Caution: Do not use the alarm func-

tion in battery operation, in case the
batteries are already weak.

Switching the alarm on/off

1. Press the button INFO

u

repeatedly,
until „Alarm status“ appears in the
display

r

.

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2. Press the button SELECT i, to choose
between ON and OFF.

The alarm sounds every day at the pro­grammed time.

Setting the alarm time

1. Press the button INFO

u

repeatedly,
until „Alarm status“ appears in the
display.

2. Hold the button SELECT

i

down until
„Alarm Time Set“ appears in the
display. The minute indicator blinks.

3. Adjust the minutes with the button
UP

o

or DOWN y.

4. Press the button SELECT

i

. The hour

indicator appears.

5. Adjust the hours with the button UP

o

or DOWN y.

6. Press the button SELECT

i

.

The wake-up time is now programmed.

 Note: The wake-up time is pro-

grammable during radio operation
as well as in Standby Mode.

Adjust Type of Alarm

When the wake-up time has been pro­grammed, „Alarm Type“ appears in the
display.

1. Press the button UP

o

or DOWN

y

to switch between the alarm types
BEEP, DAB or FM.

2. Confirm the selected alarm type by
pressing the button SELECT

i

.

3a. If you have selected the alarm type

BEEP, choose with the buttons UP

o

or DOWN ythe volume of the
BEEPs (Level 1 - 4).

3b. If you have selected the alarm type

FM, choose with the buttons UP

o

or DOWN ythe saving position
(Button PRESET 1

1^

, 2 1%, 3 1$, 4 1#),

with which you wish to be woken.

3c. If you have selected the alarm type

DAB , select with the button UP

o

or DOWN ythe saving position
(Button PRESET 1

1^

, 2 1%, 3 1$,

4

1#

), with which you wish to be

woken.

• If you have entered the programming
during the Standy-Mode, the DAB
radio automatically switches back into
the Standby Mode.

• If you have entered the programming
during radio operation, the radio ope­ration is automatically continued.
Press the button STANDBY

q

, if you

would like to switch the radio off.

4. When the wake-up time is arrived at,
the DAB radio switches itself into the
desired modus.

5. To stop the alarm, press the button
STANDBY

q

.

Snooze Function

With the snooze function you can
extend the alarm in 5 minute steps.

1. Press the button SNOOZE

e

, when
the alarm sounds. The time and
„Snooze..“ are shown in the display.

The alarm stops and sounds again after
5 minutes.

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Sleep Function

With the sleep function, the radio swit­ches itself off after the programmed
time. You can choose between 90 - 60 ­30 - 10 Minutes and OFF.

1. Press the button SLEEP

t

repeatedly,

until the desired time is programmed.

2. Wait 2 seconds, then the display
shows „SLEEP Confirmed.“ and the
programmed time.

3. To deactivate a pre-programmed
SLEEP time, press the button SLEEP

t

repeatedly, until the station name
appears in the display

r

.

 Note: Once the SLEEP time has been

programmed this can no longer be
amended. You must once again
reprogramme the SLEEP time.

Return to Factory Settings

Should you be in other countries or
districts, it may perhaps be necessary to
return the radio to the factory settings
in order to save the new stations.

1. Remove the mains plug or the batte­ries.

2. Hold the button SELECT

i

pressed,
while you reinsert the mains plug or
the batteries.

3. Hold the button SELECT

i

pressed,
until „System reset“ appears on the
display.

4. The DAB commences the station
search.

You can now use the DAB radio as
described.

 Note: When you have returned the

DAB radio to the factory settings,
ALL previous programmings are
erased.

Cleaning

 Danger of electric shock

Always remove the mains plug from
the socket before you clean the
appliance. You must never immerse
the appliance in water when cleaning
or hold it under running water.
Clean the appliance externally with
a lightly moistened cloth. Do not use
aggressive cleaning agents.

Disposal

Do not dispose of the appliance
in your normal domestic waste.

Dispose of the appliance through an
approved disposal centre or at your com­munity waste facility. Observe the cur­rently applicable regulations. In case of
doubt, please contact your waste dispo­sal centre.

Disposing of batteries!

Do not dispose of the batteries with
household waste. Each consumer is
legally obliged to dispose of batteries
or rechargeable batteries at a collecting
point in his town / district or at a retail
company. This obligation is intended to
ensure that batteries are disposed of in
an environmentally safe fashion.

Return batteries only in a depleted con­dition.

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Important Warranty Notices

This appliance is guaranteed for 3 years
from the date of purchase. Should you
have cause for complaint with this appli­ance, despite our high quality standards,
please contact our Service-hotline. If a
telephonic resolution of your complaint
is not possible, you will receive there:

• a processing number (RMA-Number)
as well as

• an address to which you can send
your appliance for repair under
warranty.

Please include a copy of your purchase
receipt with all postal submissions. The
device should be packed in a manner
that is safe for transport and the RMA
number should be directly visible.
Products sent in without the RMA
number cannot be processed.

 Note: Warranty claims are only valid

for material and manufacturing
defects. Warranty claims are not
valid

• for parts subject to wear and tear.

• for damages to breakable parts such
as switches and batteries.

The appliance is intended solely for pri­vate, not commercial, use. If this product
has been subjected to improper or inap­propriate handling, abuse, or modifica­tions not carried out by one of our
authorised sales and service outlets, the
warranty will be considered void. Your
statutory warranty rights are not limited
or restricted by the provisions of this
guarantee.
The warranty rights are valid only for
the first purchaser and are not transfer­rable.

Importer

Kompernaß GmbH
Burgstrasse 21
D-44867 Bochum

www.kompernass.com

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Fill in this section and submit it with the appliance!

In order to ensure free repair, please
contact the service hotline. Keep your
cash receipt ready for this purpose.

DAB-Radio KH2324

Warranty

 Kompernaß Service

United Kingdom

Tel.: [phone]

email: [e-mail]

www.mysilvercrest.de

Please write the sender's address clearly:

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First name

Street

Postcode/Place

Country

Telephone

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