Roberts Radio DreamTime2 User Manual

DAB / FM RDS Digital Clock Radio with dual alarm

ROBERTS

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Please read this manual before use

Contents

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 radio - FM auto-tune .................................12

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

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

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

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

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

Cancelling alarms ..............................................................19

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

Snooze function ........................................................... 20-21

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

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

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

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

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

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

Language function .............................................................27

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

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

USB socket (for software upgrades)..................................29

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

Speciﬁ cations ....................................................................30

Circuit features ..................................................................30

Guarantee.............................................................Back page

Controls (Top)

1. Sleep button

2. Select / Info button

3. Mode button

4. Snooze button

5. Tuning Down button

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6. Alarm button

7. Menu button

8. Volume Down button

9. On / Standby button

10. Volume Up button

11. Dimmer button

12. Preset button

13. Tuning Up button

14. LCD display

Controls (rear)

15. Loudspeaker

16. DAB / FM wire aerial

17. USB socket (for software upgrades)

18. Headphone socket

19. DC input socket

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DC 7.5V

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 will then show 'SET CLOCK'. During this time the radio is scanning to ﬁ nd a DAB radio signal. After a short time the current time and day will appear on the display.

4. If no signal is 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 clock radio is connected to and powered from the mains supply.

DC 7.5V

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020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)

Operating your clock radio

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

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 a quick scan of the Band III DAB channels will be carried out. During the scanning process the display will show the progress of the station search. The number on the right of the display is the number of stations that have been found.

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

0...9, A...Z will be selected. The ﬁ rst station in the list of stations found during scanning will be played. The display will show the station name.

5. 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 strength of the DAB radio signal being received.

on the display to indicate the

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.

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 buttons 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.

If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :-

020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)

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 Select / Info button to cycle through the various options.

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

after about 10 seconds.

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.

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.

If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :-

020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)

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. 'MANUAL' will show on the display.

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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