Roberts iDREAM 2 User Manual

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ROBERTS

DAB / FM RDS Digital Clock Radio with dock for iPod® and iPhone

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 options - 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 clock radio - FM auto-tune ........................12

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

Display options - FM ..........................................................14

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

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

iPod and iPhone docking ...................................................17

Navigating your iPod .........................................................18

Playing a ﬁ le on your iPod .................................................18

Search function..................................................................18

Setting the alarm times ................................................ 19-21

Contents

To view the alarm settings .................................................22

Cancelling alarms ..............................................................22

Snooze function .................................................................23

Sleep function ....................................................................24

Setting the clock manually ........................................... 25-26

To return to auto clock set mode .......................................27

Language function .............................................................28

Clock display .....................................................................29

Display backlight dimmer...................................................29

Software version ................................................................30

Stereo / Mono setting - FM ................................................31

System reset......................................................................32

Auxiliary input (Line in) socket ...........................................33

USB socket for software upgrades ....................................34

Cautions ............................................................................35

Speciﬁ cations ....................................................................36

Circuit features ..................................................................36

Guarantee..........................................................................38

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Controls (Top)

1. Sleep button

2. Select / Info / Play / Pause button

3. Mode button (DAB, FM, iPod, Aux In)

4. Snooze button

5. Tuning Down / Rewind button

6. Alarm button

7. Menu button

8. Volume Down button

9. On / Standby button

10. Dock connector for iPod®and iPhone

11. Volume Up button

12. Dimmer button

13. Preset button

14. Tuning Up / Fast-forward button

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15. Speakers x 2

16. LCD display

Controls (front)

Controls (rear)

17. Wire DAB / FM aerial

18. USB socket (for software upgrades)

19. Auxiliary input socket

20. DC in socket

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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. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the rear of your clock radio. Plug the adaptor into a standard 13 amp mains socket outlet. The display will show 'ROBERTS' for a few seconds and then the display will then show 'SET CLOCK'. During this time the radio is scanning to ﬁ nd out which DAB radio stations are available. After a short time the current time and day 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 adaptor 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 adaptor should be removed from the mains socket outlet completely.

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

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Operating your clock radio

1. 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.

2. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio.

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

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

3. If this is the ﬁ rst time that the radio has been used a quick scan of the Band III DAB channels may be carried out. (The scan is normally performed automatically when the clock is ﬁ rst set page 4). If the radio has been used before, the last used station will be selected. If new radio stations are found, they will be added to the stored list of stations.

4. When the scan is completed the ﬁ rst station (in numeric-alpha order

0....9, A....Z will be selected. The display will show the station name.

5. If no signals are found then 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 a indicator

on the display to indicate the

strength of the DAB radio signal being received.

Note: When ﬁ rst switched on, the clock 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.

2. Press and release the Mode button until the DAB mode is selected. 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 and release the Select button to select the station. The display will show 'TUNING' while your radio ﬁ nds the new station.

5. Adjust the Volume to the required setting.

Note: If after selecting a station the radio station will not connect it may be necessary to relocate your clock 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 options - DAB

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

1. Press and release the Info button to cycle through the various options.

All display options except the text display will revert to the clock display

after about ten seconds.

a. Station name Displays the DAB station name being

listened to.

b. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such

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

c. Programme type Displays the type of station being

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

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d. Multiplex Name Displays the name of the DAB multiplex

to which the current station belongs.

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

and day of the week.

f. Date Displays the current date.

g. Frequency & channel Displays frequency and channel number

for the currently tuned DAB station.

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

currently tuned DAB station.

i. Signal error Displays the bit error rate for the

currently tuned DAB station.

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 release the Menu button.

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

3. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a scan of the Band III DAB channels. 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 clock 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 release 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 hold 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 hold the Select button to return to the normal radio display.

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Dynamic Range Control (DRC) - DAB

The DRC facility can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment.

There are three levels of compression:

DRC 0 No compression applied. (default)

DRC 1 Maximum compression applied.

DRC 1/2 Medium compression applied.

1. Press the On / Standby button to switch on your clock radio.

2. Press and release the Mode button until the DAB band is selected.

3. Press and release the Menu button.

4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'DRC VAL' appears on the display. Press and release the Select button. The display will show the current DRC value.

5. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to select the required DRC setting (default is 0).

6. Press and release the Select button to conﬁ rm the setting. The display will return to the normal radio display.

Note: Not all DAB broadcasts are able to use the DRC function. If the broadcast does not support DRC, then the DRC setting in the radio will have no effect.

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