Roberts Radio ecologic 6 User Manual

DAB / FM RDS digital clock radio with dual mode dimmer

ROBERTS

Sound for Generations

Please read this manual before use

Contents

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

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

Selecting a station - DAB ..................................................5

Presetting stations DAB/FM ............................................ 6-7

Finding new stations - DAB ...............................................8

Manual tuning - DAB .........................................................9

Secondary services - DAB ..................................................9

Display modes - DAB ........................................................10

Dynamic range control (DRC) ...........................................11

Station order setup - DAB ......................................... 12-13

Signal strength display - DAB ..........................................13

Operating your radio - search tuning FM ...........................14

Manual tuning - FM ...........................................................15

Display modes - FM...........................................................16

Stereo / Mono setting - FM ................................................17

Auto preset stations - FM ..................................................18

Alarms ......................................................................... 19-22

Snooze ..............................................................................23

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

Setting the clock manually .................................................25

To return to auto clock set mode .......................................26

Software version ................................................................27

Dual mode dimmer backlight .............................................27

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

Auxiliary in socket ..............................................................29

Headphone socket ............................................................30

General ..............................................................................31

Speciﬁ cations ....................................................................32

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

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

Controls (front view)

3 2 1

1. Dimmer button

2. On / Off button

3. Volume Down button

4. LCD display

5. Volume Up button

67 8

6. Alarm button

7. Sleep button

8. Snooze button

9. Menu / Info button

10. Band button

910

13 14

11. Tuning Down button

12. Tuning Up button

13. Select button

14. Preset button

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Controls (rear)

16 17 18

15. FM / DAB wire aerial

16. DC input socket

17. Auxiliary input socket

18. Headphone socket

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 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 show "Setting clock". The clock hands will then move to 12:00. The radio will scan for DAB signals and if a DAB signal is found it will then show the current time and date in the display. The clock hands will then move to show the correct time.

4. If no stations are found, "Clock not set" 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 8.

• 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 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.

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Selecting a station - DAB

1. Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending either above or below the radio.

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

3. During the clock setting the radio carried out a quick scan of the UK DAB channels. If this was not successful or if you have moved the radio to a different part of the country follow the Auto tune procedure page 8. During Autotune, the display will show "Scanning" and as each group of stations is detected the station count will be updated. The bottom line of the display shows a bargraph indicating progress of the Autotune. When the Autotune is completed the ﬁ rst station (in

numeric-alpha order 0...9...A....Z) will be selected.

4. The top line of the display shows the name of the station currently selected. Press the Tuning Up/Down buttons to scroll through the list of available stations. Stop pressing the Tuning up or down buttons when you ﬁ nd the station that you wish to hear.

5. Press and release the Select button to select the station. The display may show "Now tuning" while your radio ﬁ nds the new station.

6. Adjust the Volume buttons to the required setting.

Note: If after selecting a station the display shows "Not Available" it

may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better reception.

Presetting stations - DAB and FM

You may store your preferred DAB and FM radio stations to the preset station memories. There are 20 memory presets in your clock radio, 10 for DAB and 10 for FM. Presets are remembered by your clock radio in the event of a power failure.

The procedure for setting presets and using them to tune to stations is the same for FM and DAB modes and is described below.

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

2. Tune to the required station as previously described.

3. Press and release the Preset button.

4. Press the Tuning Up/Down button until you ﬁ nd the required preset number in which you wish to store the chosen station.

5. Press and hold the Preset button until the display shows e.g. "Preset 1 saved". The station will be saved under the chosen preset memory. Repeat this procedure for the remaining presets.

6. Stations stored in preset memories may be overwritten by following the above procedure.

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Recalling a preset

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

2. Press and release the Preset button.

3. Press the Tuning Up/Down button until you ﬁ nd the required preset number.

4. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will tune to the station stored in preset memory.

Note: If you have not previously stored a preset station and the preset buttons are pressed "Empty preset" will be displayed.

Finding new stations - DAB

As time passes new stations may become available. To ﬁ nd new stations proceed as follows:-

1. Press and hold the Menu/info button until "Station order" appears on the display.

2. Press the Tuning Up/Down buttons until the display shows "Autoscan local".

3. Press and release the Select button, the display will show "Fast scanning". 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.

4. If you are not living in the UK, you may need to scan a wider range of frequencies. To carry out a full scan of the entire DAB Band III frequencies press and hold the Menu/info button until "Station order" appears on the display.

5. Press the Tuning Up/Down buttons until the display shows "Autoscan full".

6. Press and release the Select button, the display will show "Full scanning". 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 directly to the various Band III DAB channels. UK DAB stations are currently located in the range 11B to 12D.

1. Press and hold down the Menu/Info button, "Station order" appears on the display. Then press the Tuning Up/Down button until the display shows "Manual tune". Press and release the Select button.

2. Press the Tuning Up/Down button to select the required DAB channel.

3. Press and release the Select button to select the channel. Any new stations that are found are automatically added to the stored list of stations.

4. Press and release the Select button to return to normal tuning mode.

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 the display will show ">>" next to the station name on the station list. The secondary service will then appear immediately after the primary service when you press the Tuning Up/Down button.

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1,3,4

2. Press and release the Select button to select the station.

• When the secondary service shuts down, your radio will automatically switch back to the main radio station (or primary service) if it is available.

Display modes - DAB

Your radio has seven display modes for DAB radio:-

1. Press the Info button to cycle through the various modes.

a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such

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

b. Programme type Displays type of station being listened to

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

c. Multiplex name Displays name of DAB multiplex to which

the current station belongs.

d. Time and date Displays current time and date.

e. Channel and frequency Displays current channel and frequency.

f. Audio type and bit rate Displays audio type and bit rate.

g. Signal strength Displays a signal error value for station

being listened to (lower is better)

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