MagicBox Nightball User Manual

Touch Nightball
DAB Radio

DAB/FM Radio Alarm Clock

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CO N T E N T S

Introducing the Touch Nightball DAB Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What is DAB Digital Radio? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Where to put your radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Touch panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Blue Nightball light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Your Touch Nightball DAB Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using your DAB Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Switch on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Switch o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Changing DAB stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Scanning for DAB stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Storing a DAB station preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Tune to a DAB preset station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

DAB display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

DAB station order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

DAB manual tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Set the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Turn o the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Set the snooze time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Set the sleep time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Dynamic range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the FM radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

FM radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Tuning to an FM station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Storing an FM station preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Tune to an FM preset station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Reset your radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Simple solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Helpdesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

General information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Product guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Weee directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Introducing the Touch Nightball DAB Radio from
Magicbox

Your Nightball DAB Radio is a combined DAB & FM
radio utilising the latest touch panel technology with a
quick and easy set up and clear information display. It has
the following features:

* Clear digital sound

* Wide choice of National and Local DAB radio stations

* Clear, backlit display

* DAB station selection is by ‘Name’, not by ‘Frequency’

* Automatic scanning to nd DAB and FM stations

* No need to re-tune National DAB stations

* 10 DAB and 10 FM radio station presets

* Receives FM radio with Radio Data System (RDS)
information (where available)

* Clock and 2 Alarms with Snooze and Sleep functions

* Blue nightball light

* Very easy to set up and use

* Mains power

What’s in the box?

1 x Touch Nightball DAB Radio

1 x Mains adaptor

1 x User Manual

What is DAB Digital Radio?

DAB means Digital Audio Broadcasting. The dierence

between a DAB radio and a conventional AM/FM radio is that
broadcasts are transmitted digitally resulting in a high
quality audio sound*, without any hiss, fading or crackles.

Your DAB radio will automatically scan and nd all the
available stations for you. Each station name, together with
other helpful broadcast information is shown on the display;
all you need to do is scroll through the station names and
select the one that you would like to listen to, so it’s very easy
and quick to use.

For more information about DAB services and to nd a
list of stations available in your area visit
www.digitalradionow.com.
* Please note that the sound quality is dependent on a strong signal strength.

Signal strength can vary from area to area. To check the signal strength in your area
visit www.digitalradionow.com

W E LCOM E

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P R O D U C T S E T U P

Where to put your radio

It is important that you consider carefully in advance where

your radio will be situated and make sure that it is:

* on a at and stable surface

* within 2 metres of a power socket (if using mains power)

* where you can extend the wire aerial

* away from bright sunlight or heat sources, such as a radiator

* not in a humid or very damp place such as a bathroom

Setting up

Step 1: Extend the radio aerial to obtain the maximum signal

strength.

Step 2: Connect the mains power lead into the socket on the
back of the radio and plug the power adaptor into the mains
power wall socket and switch on.

Step 3: When switching on for the rst time, the radio will
display ‘Welcome to Magic Box Radio’, set the correct time
and date and automatically begin to scan for DAB stations.
A progress bar will show the progress of the scan and the
number of stations found during the scan will also be
displayed.

When the scan is complete your radio will select the rst
available station and begin to play. Stations are listed in
numerical and then alphabetical order by default.

Note: The DAB radio station list is stored in the memory and
so the next time you switch your radio on, the station
search does not take place. It is possible to scan manually for
stations. Please see page 6.

Touch panel

The touch screen on your nightball is of a superior quality

and very sensitive. You only need to touch (not press) the
screen to use any of the functions of your Nightball DAB
Radio.

Blue Nightball light

Your touch Nightball DAB has a soft blue light. Press the
silver ring to turn the light on or o. The light will also switch
on and ash when an alarm that you have set, sounds. Touch
the ‘ON.OFF’ button or the ‘SNOOZE’ button on the front
panel to turn o the light. See page 11.

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YOU R N I G H T B A L L D A B R A D I O

Touch panel

Scan

DAB/FM presets

Left arrow button

Volume up

DAB.FM mode

Power on/o

Mains power
socket (at back)

Menu/Select

Alarm

Volume down

Snooze button

Display mode

Sleep

Light on/o

(push silver ring)

Right arrow button

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U S I N G YO U R D A B R A D I O

Switch on

Touch the ‘ON.OFF’ power switch on the front of the radio

panel display, at the top.

Your Touch DAB will return to the mode that it was last
used in (DAB.FM). If you were listening to a DAB
station before then this station will be automatically
selected.

Note: Always make sure that the aerial is extended to ensure

the maximum signal strength and the best possible sound
quality.

Switch o

Touch the ‘ON.OFF’ switch on the front of the radio panel
display, at the top. The clock and date will be displayed.

Adjusting the volume

Touch the ‘+’ to increase the volume and the ‘ -’ to

decrease the volume. Touch and hold the ‘+’ or ‘ -’
to progressively increase or decrease the volume.

Changing DAB stations

1. If you are not already in DAB mode, touch the ‘DAB.FM’
button to go to DAB mode.

2. Touch the or button, at the bottom of the display, to
scroll through the stations. By default, the stations are listed
in numerical and then alphabetical order.

3. When the station that you would like to listen to is displayed
touch the ‘SELECT’ button. ‘Now tuning...’ will be displayed
whilst your DAB radio tunes to your selected station.

Scanning for DAB stations

With DAB radio, additional stations and services regularly
become available so it’s a good idea to carry out a
manual scan every now and then to make sure that you have
the most up to date station listing stored within the memory
of your radio. If you have moved your radio to another
location, eg: if you go on holiday, then it’s also a good idea to
carry out a manual scan.

1. If you are not already in DAB mode, touch the ‘DAB.FM’
button to go to DAB mode.

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