PURE DRX-601EX Quick Manual

Now you can have crystal clear digital radio anywhere in the
house. Designed with understated elegance, using real wood
veneer and inlaid aluminium, the DRX-601EX is beautifully
finished and sounds as good as it looks. Using the same
electronics as the multi-award winning DRX-601ES hi-fi tuner,
this object of desire is a mains-powered stand-alone portable
radio for your bedroom, kitchen or study, containing twin high
performance bass/mid speakers with concentric tweeters
for superb audio quality. It sounds so good, we've even included
an input connector to enable you to connect other devices such
as a portable CD or MiniDisc player.

DAB radio provides high-detail, digital-quality sound; supports
over 60 national, local and digital-only channels; and enables
broadcasters to provide additional text information for news
headlines and programme details.

Performance

DAB digital radio is transforming
the listening experience, eliminating
the hiss, crackle and fade of
analogue radio broadcasts.

Design

Future classic design ensures
that the DRX-601EX looks great
wherever you decide to use it.

Quality

With its solid, hand built
construction, maple or cherry
wood veneers, inlaid aluminium
fascia and superb detailing the
DRX-601EX is robust as well
as beautiful.

The world's best digital radio goes portable

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CRYSTAL-CLEAR DAB SOUND

The digital audio broadcast (DAB) transmission standard
provides high-quality, interference-free digital audio without
the hiss, crackle and fade that occurs with traditional
analogue FM/AM broadcasts. DAB radios are easy to tune,
automatically selecting the strongest regional transmitter,
and are virtually immune to the multipath distortion that
affects traditional FM radios.

WIDE RANGE OF STATIONS

There are many more digital than there are FM stations.
UK national radio services broadcast digitally include BBC
Radios 1 to 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Xtra,
BBC 6 Music, BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4 Longwave
Service, Classic FM, talkSPORT and Virgin Radio. Over 60 digital
stations are available in total including local stations such as
Heart 106.2, Jazz FM, Capital Radio and unique-to-digital
stations such as Ministry of Sound, Oneword, Bloomberg and 3C.

UNIQUE PAC™ TECHNOLOGY

Like the multi-award-winning DRX-601ES the DRX-601EX
takes DAB audio quality to even greater heights with the
addition of PAC (psycho-acoustic compensation) technology.
Developed by PURE Digital after in-depth analysis of the DAB
transmission process, PAC provides an outstandingly
natural sound.

EASY TO USE

Unique one-touch autotune facility finds all the stations
available in your area. Flick through the entire list of stations
seeing each by name. Store and access your favourite
stations using the infrared remote control.

LATEST DAB FEATURES

LCD display shows additional data supplied by the broadcaster
such as the station name and programme description, or
scrolling text that provides information on the music playing,
programme summaries, news headlines or sports results.

MAXIMUM CONNECTIVITY

Connectors include coaxial and optical digital audio outputs,
analogue audio output and analogue stereo input for por table
CD player, MiniDisc player, etc. Additional Receiver Data
Interface (RDI) optical digital output supports future reception
of text, graphics and video for decode and display via an
RDI-enabled PC or digital set-top box.

HIGH-PERFORMANCE DESIGN

With its high-sensitivity RF tuner front-end, high-performance
DSP, 24-bit 96 kHz stereo DAC, low-noise toroidal power
supply and PAC technology for outstandingly natural sound,
the DRX-601EX combines hi-fi performance with portability
and great looks. The DRX-601EX features a real wood veneer
case (available in maple or cherry finishes), inlaid aluminium
control panel, cool blue LED indicators, and an easy to read
blue/white display.

SUPERB SOUND

With a high-quality stereo amplifier system driving two hi-fi
speakers with concentric high frequency tweeters the DRX­601EX delivers quality as yet unheard of in a normal radio.
In fact, it's so good we’ve supplied an external input for your
portable CD, MiniDisc or other music source.

DRX-601EX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Specifications: Digital radio, with full Band III reception
capability for reception of all UK DAB broadcasts. Fully
compliant with ETS 300 401 and capable of decoding all
DAB transmission modes 1 to 4. With analogue stereo
output, optical and coaxial 48 kHz S/PDIF digital output
and RDI digital output.

Frequency range: Band III (174 - 240 MHz), with fast
auto-tune feature.

Tuner sensitivity: -98 dBm.

Integrated DAC: 24-bit 96 kHz stereo DAC.

Input connectors: RF F-connector 75Ω for DAB aerial

connection (aerial supplied). Dual phono for external line
level audio input (from FM/AM/AUX tuner unit or CD)
with switch for selection.

Output connectors: Dual phono for stereo analogue
audio output. Optical Toslink connector for digital S/PDIF
output (IEC958 @ 48 kHz). Coaxial connector for digital
S/PDIF output (IEC958 @ 48 kHz). Optical connector
for digital RDI output.

Controls: Power on/off. Volume. Tone. Autotune button.
Rotary selection knob. Brightness button selects between
4 levels of LCD display brightness. Display button selects
between DLS (Dynamic Label Segment) scrolling text,
programme type, and Service Information (DAB ensemble
name, frequency, etc.) for LCD display. Info button switches
LCD between signal strength indicator and mono/stereo
mode plus service’s data rate.

Indicators (front panel): Remote control activity
indicator. Stereo service indicator. Secondary service
indicator.

High visibility STN LCD display: 16 x 2 characters
with 4 brightness levels.

THD (nominal output): < 0.005% at 1 kHz.

S/N Ratio: 100 dB.

Remote control: Infrared remote control functions

include: station select, preset station store/recall, DRC
(dynamic range control), mute and primary or secondary
information display. (Volume and tone controls manual.)

Power supply: High-performance, low noise internal
toroidal transformer power supply. 230V AC 50 Hz.

Approvals: CE marked. Compliant with the EMC and Low
Voltage Directives (89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC).

Dimensions: 300 mm (w) x 280 mm (h) x 120 mm (d).

Cables supplied: 3.5 mm to dual phono and removable

power lead.

Aerial: Telescopic DAB aerial supplied.

Technical support: Telephone support hotline and

Internet web site.

Warranty: Two years.

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