Redback A 2698A Instruction Manual

A 2698A Digital (DAB+) Bluetooth FM Tuner
Instruction Manual
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS IN-
SIDE, REFER ANY SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
• Read these instructions and keep them available for future reference.
• For indoor use only.
• The unit must only be connected to a suitable mains power supply using the mains power lead provided. Protect the mains power cable from being damaged.
• To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to rain or the spillage of water or liquids of any kind. Do not place objects containing liquids on or near the apparatus.
• Unplug the unit from the wall socket during lightning storms and when it is not going to be used for a long period of time.
• Take care that foreign objects do not enter into the enclosure through any openings. If this should happen, refer to qualified service personnel before attempting to use.
• Ensure adequate ventilation - do not cover this unit with curtains, cloth mats etc.
• Do not install near any heat source, such as radiators, or other equipment that produces heat.
• Do not drop the unit. Clean the apparatus using a dry cloth to remove dust.
The lightning flash symbol with the arrowhead within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of non-insulated 'dangerous voltage' within the product's enclosure that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to important operating and maintenance instructions in the service literature relevant to this appliance.
Information for the consumer:
Disposal of your old product-
• Your product is designed and manufactured with high quality components, which can be recycled and reused.
• When this crossed out wheely bin symbol is attached to a product it means the product is covered by the European directive 2002/96/EC.
• Please make yourself aware of the local collection system for electrical and electronic products.
• Please act according to your local rules and do not dispose of your old products with your normal household waste. The correct disposal of your old product will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health.
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REMOTE CONTROL
Battery Installation:
1. Remove the battery compartment cover.
2. Insert 1x CR2025 lithium battery. Ensure the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ are
positioned correctly.
3. Close the cover until it clicks.
Note: If the distance required between the remote control unit and main unit decreases,
the battery is exhausted. In this case, replace the battery
Precautions Concerning Batteries:
Be sure to insert the batteries with correct positive+ and negative - polarities.
When the remote control unit is not to be used for a long time (more than a month), remove the batteries from the remote control unit to prevent them from leaking. If a leak occurs, wipe away the liquid inside the battery compartment and replace the batteries with new ones.
Do not heat or disassemble batteries and never dispose of old batteries by throwing them in a fire.
Figure 1:
Under side of remote control showing battery compartment
By using the provided remote control unit, the system can be controlled from your listening position. To use the remote control unit, point it at the remote sensor window at the front of the receiver. Use the remote control unit within a range of about seven meters and an angle of up to 30 degrees aiming at the remote sensor.
Line of Site - Even if the remote control unit is operated within the effective range, remote control operation may be impossible if there are obstacles between the unit and the remote control.
Interference - If the remote control unit is operated near other appliances which generate infrared rays, or if other remote control devices using infrared rays are used near the unit, it may operate incorrectly.
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FRONT PANEL:
1. Display: Indicates the mode in which the device is operating (DAB+/FM bands and Bluetooth mode) and other details pertaining to functions in that mode i.e. station name or frequency, track info, dynamic text (RDS / DLS), program memory number, menus and sub-menus.
2. >||: Play/Pause button to control playback in Bluetooth mode.
3. |<< & >>|: Press to skip to tracks or to tune station frequencies. See detailed descriptions for the same but­tons described under the Remote Control heading.
4. BT: Press to select Bluetooth mode and make the unit’s Bluetooth module discoverable and searching. Press again to select an already paired device. To get back to DAB+ / FM, just press MODE.
5. INFO: This changes what information is displayed on line two of the LCD display in DAB+ and FM and Bluetooth modes. See section on LCD Display Information for more details.
6. MODE: Press this to switch between DAB digital radio and FM analogue radio. It is also used to leave Bluetooth mode.
7. MENU: Press to call menu items onto the LCD display, and turn the control knob to scroll through the menu items. Press the jog-wheel to select which setting you wish to change. Factory Reset is available from the SYSTEM sub-menu. See full explanation below.
8. CONTROL: When in DAB+ or FM or BT modes, turn knob clockwise or anticlockwise to adjust volume level. When in MENU status, turn knob clockwise or anticlockwise to scroll through the menu items. Press the jog-wheel to select a menu item (same as ENTER on the remote control). Also press to select a DAB+ station that has been tuned using the tuning buttons, since there is no auto select for DAB+ stations on this device. Press and hold the control knob and the A 2698A will switch into’standby mode’ (same as button 3 on the remote control.) When in standby mode press the control knob again to power on the device.
9. POWER: Press to turn mains power on or off. Switches the mains power on or off to internal components.
10.LED indicator: Glows blue when switched on, and red when in standby mode. Press STANDBY button on remote control to switch on again.
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Figure 3: Front Panel
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TUNING OPERATIONS
LCD Display Information:
The LCD display has three areas of information decoded from digital data that is broadcast by most stations. The screen indicates the transition between modes DAB+ / FM / Bluetooth. It also shows station name (or sometimes frequency for FM) on the first line, and displays dynamic text (RDS or DLS) below on second line, which also displays other menu features.
Dynamic Label Segment (DLS) is the name of the encoded text data system for DAB+, while Radio Data System (RDS) is the name of the system used with analogue FM radio. And it also displays the text information relating to Bluetooth playback, all of which is described under the Bluetooth Playback section.
Start Operation:
1. Press the standby button on the remote control to turn on the unit.
2. Select either DAB+ or FM mode by pressing the DAB/FM button.
3. In DAB mode you need to perform a full scan before you can begin listening to any stations. Press and hold the AUTO button. This scan will take about a minute to complete. (After connecting the power and the antenna cable, the A2698A will automatically do a full scan for DAB+ stations as soon as the unit is switched on. It will also do this after a Factory Reset or if the station list is not populated.)
4. To change the station, press the TUN+ or TUN- button on the remote control.
Note: Tun- is the same as |<<, and Tun+ is the same as >>| in both FM and DAB+ and BT modes (although in BT mode, these buttons function as transport controls among tracks). I.E. these buttons can be used interchangeably in any mode. If you tune to a DAB station and fail to press enter, the station ID / name will remain in the LCD for about five seconds and then the screen will revert to the station ID for the station that is actually playing.
Manual tuning for DAB+:
Press the MENU key on the remote control until ‘Full Scan' appears on line two of the display. Then press the TUN+ button on the remote control, or move the jog wheel control knob clockwise until you see the words ‘Manual Tune’ appear on the LCD. Press ENTER and use TUN+ or TUN- key to select DAB stations by channel and frequency (5A to 13F). Press ENTER and a signal strength bar will appear below the channel details.
The slightly larger rectangle on the signal strength bar indicates the audio quality threshold. If the signal strength, as indicated by the solid rectangle along the bar from left to right, lies below this threshold, the audio quality will be poor. Move the antenna to get the most solid rectangles above the threshold on the bar.
The stations operating on the chosen channel will be scanned and stored. Repeat for as many channels as are operating in your area. Some channels may not have any stations operating.
This method of tuning can be useful for adjusting your antenna to achieve the best possible reception, and also for scanning a particular channel to update the station list.
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FM Radio Mode:
On the remote control, use the TUN+ or >>| to scan the FM frequencies up the dial or TUN- or |<< to scan the FM frequencies down the dial. Use |<< or >>| on the front panel to tune into available FM radio frequencies. Press any of these buttons for one second to advance the dial one step of 0.05MHz in either direction. Press any of these buttons for two seconds for the tuner to seek for the next FM signal (in the direction chosen) that is strong enough to auto detect. Once a solid signal has been found, the tuning will stop seeking and will start playing the audio that is being broadcast by a station on that frequency.
The AUTO button on the remote control does exactly the same thing as the other buttons described above. Auto scanning will take place in the direction along the dial that was previous used, depending on which arrow button was pressed.
Weak FM stations might have improved reception if the Audio Setting is changed from stereo to ‘Forced Mono’. However, some low power FM stations are already broadcasting in mono only. These mono stations cannot be forced into stereo reception. They will always be mono.
While and FM radio station is playing, the screen will display the frequency, the station ID, and any other RDS information that might be available.
FM RDS information that is available by pressing INFO:
RT: Radio Text - This is almost equivalent to DLS in a DAB+ broadcast. If there is no data available, screen will show ‘No Radiotext’;
PTY: Program Type (i.e. Station format or music genre). If there is no data available, screen will show ‘No PTY’;
PS: Program Service = Station ID or Frequency;
Mode: Stereo or Mono;
CT: Clock Time - Displayed as 12 hour or 24 hour format (default setting).
DT: Date - Displayed as Day:Month:Year (default setting).
Note: If the radio station in question has not activated and/or is not broadcasting DLS or RDS data, then the
LCD will show nothing, no scrolling text etc. or it may just show the frequency or an error 'N/A' (Not Available) message.
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BT Transport control buttons (on front panel and remote control) - The >|| button can be used to pause the playback of the playlist audio, and also restart play of the audio. The >|| icons will change on the A2698A screen accordingly. The |<< and >>| buttons can be used to rewind or fast forward through tracks that are playing, or advance / skip to the beginning of the next track or back to the beginning of the current track or a previous track. To rewind or fast forward through tracks, press and hold the buttons (This operation is silent, but the LCD will change from ‘>’ to ‘>>’ for Fast Forward).
To skip the start of the current, previous or next tracks in the playlist, just press the corresponding transport buttons momentarily. Moreover, the user can also fully control the playback from the controls available on the paired handheld device, and the A2698A will respond according to the commands given, such as Play / Pause, Fast Forward / Rewind, Skip tracks etc.
BT Info - Press the INFO button to scroll through different types of textual information about the song that is playing, namely: Time played (Default) > Track Title > Artist Name > Album Title > Clock Time > Date. This track data should match what is displayed on the connected device’s screen (clock time and date may differ because the A2698A gets its time from a different source automatically – See System functions).
BT Switching – It is possible to pair multiple devices with the A2698A and for these devices to be remembered by the in-built BT module. By pressing the BT button repeatedly, a user can scroll through to any other paired device identity and select it for playback. If the device is within range and has Bluetooth active, the connection will be restored and audio playback will commence. The LCD screen will display this message when a user presses the BT button to switch to another paired device:
Where ‘X’ is a number according to the position of the device in the list order (most recently paired device is listed first and is number 1) stored by the A2698A BT module’s memory.
There is a set limit on the number of pairings that can be stored. Tests have verified that the A2698A can store at least 8 device pairings. While these devices remain in range and active, they can be selected by scrolling through the stored list of devices, and quickly re-engaged for playback purposes.
Even if a paired device has its Bluetooth switched off, when it is switched on again, the A2698A will retain a memory of that pairing, and it can be quickly reconnected from the list of stored paired devices.
NOTE: To clear the paired devices list completely and in one step, simply perform a factory reset (Preset memories will also be cleared!) – see Menu section. Otherwise, a paired handheld device can be unpaired by the user simply by deleting the A2698A pairing from that device’s list of paired items.
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Mode Function Options Actions
Bluetooth (BT) Smart Device System SEE DESCRIPTION. SAME FOR ALL MODES
System (is not a mode but a sub-menu!)
Time Set Time/Date Press ENTER, use the jog wheel or TUN+/TUN- buttons to
change the time (hr:min) and the date (DD:MM:YYYY)
Auto Update Press Enter. use the control knob or the tuning keys to
select how the time / date will be maintained or updated (i.e. what source will be used to get the correct time): DAB / FM / ANY / NO UPDATE (Which implies manual time setting only). Default ANY.
Set 12/24 Hour Choose from 12 hr or 24 hr time display setting. Default 24
Hour.
Set Date Format DD:MM:YYYY (Default) or MM:DD:YYY
Inactive Standby Timeout-OFF / 2
Hours / 4 Hours / 5 Hours / 6 Hours
Press ENTER, use the jog wheel or TUN+/TUN- buttons to select the channel you want and press ENTER again. This is basically a sleep timer. Default Off.
Language English / French /
German / Italian
Press ENTER, use the jog wheel or TUN+/TUN- buttons to select the language you want and press ENTER again. Default English.
Factory Reset ^ Yes / No Press ENTER and then use the tuning buttons to choose
one or the other condition and press ENTER again.
Software Upgrade Yes / No Press ENTER and then use the tuning buttons to choose
one or the other condition and press ENTER again.
SW Version None Just displays the software version number.
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SPECIFICATIONS: Digital (DAB+) and FM Tuner
Frequency range: ........................................................ DAB+ BAND III: 174.928 - 239.200MHz (Ch 5A to 13F)
FM 87.5-108MHz
Audio output level: ........................................................................................................................ 750mV (RMS)
Power supply: .............................................................................................................................. AC 240V 50Hz
Max power consumption: ............................................................................................................................ 12W
Signal to noise ration ................................................................................................................................ >80dB
Frequency response: .................................................................................................................... 20Hz - 20kHz
Channel separation: .................................................................................................................................. >65dB
RF Sensitivity: ........................................................................................................................................ -97dBm
Output: ............................................................................................................................ RCA jacks at line level
Antenna: ................................................................ F-type connector 50 Ohm suiting 300 Ohm wire (supplied)
......................................................or 75 Ohm coaxial cable for TV antenna (recommended for ideal reception)
LCD Display: ........................................................................ Two lines, 16 characters each line, blue backlight
NOTE: Specifications and design features are subject to modification without notice
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It is at manufacturer discretion as to whether the goods will be repaired or replaced (whilst under warranty); and as to whether identical goods will be used to replace the item due to changes of models / products.
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