Roberts DreamTime User Manual

Please read this manual before use

ROBERTS

DAB / FM RDS digital clock radio with dual alarm

Enjoy Listening

Controls ........................................................................... 2-3

Using the clock radio for the ﬁ rst time .................................4

Operating your clock radio ..................................................5

Selecting a station - DAB ....................................................6

Secondary services - DAB ..................................................7

Display modes - DAB ...................................................... 7-8

Finding new stations - DAB .................................................9

Manual tuning - DAB .........................................................10

Signal strength display - DAB ............................................10

Dynamic Range Control (DRC) - DAB ..............................11

Operating your radio - FM auto-tune .................................12

Manual tuning - FM ...........................................................13

Display modes - FM...........................................................14

Presetting stations .............................................................15

Recalling a preset station ..................................................16

Setting the alarm times ................................................ 17-19

To view the alarm settings .................................................20

Cancelling alarms ..............................................................20

Snooze function .................................................................21

Sleep function ....................................................................22

Contents

Setting the clock manually ........................................... 23-24

To return to auto clock set mode .......................................25

Clock display .....................................................................26

Display backlight dimmer ..................................................26

Software version ................................................................26

Stereo / Mono setting - FM ................................................27

System reset .....................................................................28

Headphone socket ............................................................29

Cautions ............................................................................30

Speciﬁ cations ....................................................................31

Circuit features ..................................................................31

Mains supply .....................................................................32

Notes .................................................................................33

Guarantee .........................................................................34

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Controls (Top)

1. Snooze button

2. Select button

3. Tuning Up button

4. Tuning Down button

5. Preset button

6. Sleep button

7. Alarm button

8. Dimmer button

9. Menu / Display button

10. Function button

11. Volume Up button

12. Volume Down button

13. On / Standby button

14. LCD display

Controls (rear)

15. Loudspeaker

16. Headphone socket

17. DAB / FM wire aerial

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Using the clock radio for the ﬁ rst time

1. Place your clock radio on a ﬂ at surface.

2. Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending either above or below the radio.

3. Plug the mains lead into the mains socket located on the back of your clock radio ensuring that the plug is pushed fully into the socket. Plug the other end of the mains lead into the wall socket and switch on the wall socket. The display will show "ROBERTS" for a few seconds and then the display will then show "SCANNING". During this time the radio is scanning to ﬁ nd out which DAB radio stations are available. After a short time the current time will appear on the display.

4. If no stations are found, "NO CLOCK" will be displayed. It may be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving better reception. You should then carry out a scan to ﬁ nd stations as described on page 9.

IMPORTANT: The mains plug is used as the means of connecting the clock radio to the mains supply. The mains socket used for the clock radio must remain accessible during normal use. In order to disconnect the clock radio from the mains completely, the mains plug should be removed from the mains socket outlet completely.

Characters appearing on the LCD display indicate that the clock radio is connected to and powered from the mains supply.

Operating your clock radio

1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. The display will show "TUNING" for a few seconds.

When ﬁ rst switched on, the radio will be in DAB mode. After each use

the radio will remember the mode used and then switch on in that mode the next time that it is used.

2. If the clock radio has been used before, the last used station will be selected.

3. If this is the ﬁ rst time that the clock radio has been used, then the ﬁ rst station in the list of stations found during scanning will be played. The display will show the station name on the display.

4. If no signals are found then "OFF AIR" will be displayed and it may be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving better reception. You should then carry out a scan to ﬁ nd stations as described on page 9.

• Your clock radio has an indicator

on the display to indicate the

strength of the DAB radio signal being received.

Note: When ﬁ rst switched on, the radio will set the volume to a moderately high level, in case the broadcast is very quiet. After you have set the volume using the Volume Up or Down buttons, the radio will remember the setting that you have applied for the next time that it is used.

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Selecting a station - DAB

1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio. The display will show "TUNING" for a few seconds.

2. Press the Function button to select DAB mode. The display will show the name of the radio station currently selected.

3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to step through the list of available stations.

4. When the desired station name appears on the display, press the Select button to select the station. The display will show "TUNING" while your radio ﬁ nds the new station.

5. Adjust the Volume control to the required setting.

Note: If after selecting a station the display shows "OFF AIR" it may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better reception.

Secondary services - DAB

1. Certain radio stations have one or more secondary services associated with them. If a station has a secondary service associated with it then the secondary service will then appear immediately after the primary service as you press the Tuning Up button.

2. To tune to the secondary service, press and release the Select button. Most secondary services do not broadcast continually and if the selected service is not available, the radio will re-tune to the associated primary service.

Display modes - DAB

Your radio has a range of display options when in DAB mode:-

1. Press and release the Menu/Display button to cycle through the various options.

a. Date Displays the current date.

b. Frequency and channel Displays frequency and channel number

for the currently tuned DAB station.

c. Bit rate Displays the digital audio bit rate for the

currently tuned DAB station.

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d. Signal error Displays the bit error rate for the

currently tuned DAB station.

e. Station name Displays the station name being

listened to.

f. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such

as artist/track name, phone in number, etc.

g. Programme type Displays the type of station being

listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc.

h. Multiplex Name Displays the name of the DAB multiplex

to which the current station belongs.

i. Time and day Displays the current time (24 hour clock)

and day of the week.

Finding new stations - DAB

From time to time, new DAB radio stations may become available. Or you may have moved to a different part of the country. In this case you may need to cause your radio to scan for new stations.

1. Press and hold the Menu button until "MANUAL" shows on the display.

2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows "LOC SCAN".

3. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a scan of the UK DAB frequencies. As new stations are found, the station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations will be added to the list.

In countries other than the UK, in order that the radio may ﬁ nd the available stations it is recommended to carry out a full scan of the entire DAB Band III frequencies. In this case proceed as follows.

4. Press and hold the Menu button until the display shows "MANUAL".

5. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows "FULLSCAN".

6. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a full scan of the DAB frequencies. As new stations are found, the station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations will be added to the list.

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Manual tuning - DAB

Manual tuning allows you to tune your radio to a particular DAB frequency in Band III. Any new stations found will be added to the station list. This function can also be used to assist the positioning of the aerial or the radio to optimise reception for a speciﬁ c channel or frequency. Note that UK DAB stations are located in the range of channels 11B to 12D.

1. Press and hold the Menu button so that the display shows "MANUAL". Press and release the Select button to enter the manual tuning mode.

2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to select the desired DAB channel. Press and release the Select button to tune to the chosen frequency.

3. If a signal is present, this will be indicated on a signal strength display. The minimum signal marker (

) shows the minimum signal strength needed for good DAB reception. The signal indicator chevrons go up or down showing the changing signal strength as you adjust the wire aerial or your clock radio position. Press and release the Select button again to return to the normal DAB tuning mode.

Signal strength display - DAB

1. Press and release the Select button to show the signal strength

display. The minimum signal marker ( ) shows the minimum signal strength needed for good DAB reception. The signal indicator chevrons increase or decrease showing the changing signal strength as you adjust the wire aerial or your clock radio position.

2. Press and release the Select button to return to the normal radio

display.

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