Akai AWBR-305 User manual

USERMANUAL
AWBR-305
ClockRadio

Overviewofthecontrols

1CLOCK(settime)
212/24
(
switch
b
etween 12-hour/24-ho
ur
dis
p
la
y)
3
(
ke
ypad
loc
k)
4VOLUME-/SNOOZE(reducevolume/postponealarm
forapprox.9minutes)
5VOLUME +/SNOOZE
(
increase volume/
po
s
tp
one alarm for
approx.9minutes)
6Display
7Str
ap
8M-
(call
pre
vious
preset,
- hour
setting)
9DX
(
set rece
p
tion sensitivi
ty)
10 M+(callnextpreset,+hoursetting)
11 ALARM(setoractivate/deactivatealarm)
12 MEM(savestation)
13 SLEEP(activateSLEEPtimer)
14 BAND(selectfrequencyband)
15 LOW BATTERY indicat
or
(
low
b
atter
y)
16 POW
ER
ON/OFF
(
tu
rn
on/o
ff)
17 <SEARCH
(
tune down, -minute setti
ng)
18 SEARCH>(tuneup,+minutesetting)
19 Loudspeaker
20
(
socket for head
p
hone
s)
21 Telescopicaerial
22 Batte
ry
com
p
artment
(
at the
b
ac
k)
23 S
tand
(
at the
b
ac
k)

Display
25 Fre
qu
en
cy
b
and
26 Snooze
27 Sleeptimer
28 Keypadlock
29 Receptionsensitivity
30 Batterylow
31 Alarmfunctionwithradio
32 Alarm function with alarm tone
33 Unit
of
fre
qu
en
cy
34 Time/fre
qu
en
cy
dis
play
35 PM dis
play
Stand
Astand[23],withwhichyoucanpositiontheworldreceiveratan
angle,islocatedatthebackofthedevice.Simplyopenoutthestand
[23]andcloseitagainafteruse.

Priortouse
YoucanusethedeviceeitherwiththeenclosedbatteriesoftypeAA
(Mignon)orwithanoptionalmainsadapter(notsupplied).Ensure
correctpolaritywhenusingbatteries!Themainsadaptermusthavea
suitableDCvoltageplugandhaveanoperatingvoltageof5V.
Donotusebothoperatingoptionsatthesametime.
Removethebatteriesbeforeyouconnectthedevice
withthemainsadapterbecausethebatteriesmayleak
whennotinuse.

Inserting the batteries
Remove theconnection cable of the mains adapter if sucha cable is
connected. Then open thebattery compartment [22] at the back of the
device by sliding its cover downward s in the direction of the imprinted
arrow. Insert the batteries with the co rrect polarity (note + and-) as shown
in the following illustration. The polarity is illustrated on the batteries and
next to the batterycompartment.Replace the battery compartmentcover
and slide it back in the opposite direction to the arrow.


Savedradiostationsarepreservedwhenbatteries
arechanged.
ThedevicehasaLOWBATTERYindicator[15]warninglightfor
theenergylevelofthebatteries.Ifthisindicatorlightsupyellowand
thesymbol [30]isindicatedonthedisplay[6],thebatteriesare
weak.Thenreplacethebatteriesshortlywithnewbatteriesofthe
sametype.
Removethebatteriesifyouwillnotbeusingthe
deviceforanextendedperiodoftime.

Firstuse
Switchingthedeviceonandoff
Toswitchonthedevice,pressthePOWERON/OFFbutton[16]once
briefly.Whenitisswitchedon,thedeviceshowsthetunedfrequency
andthefrequencyband(FM,MW,SW)onthedisplay[6].
Toswitchoffthedevice,pressthePOWERON/OFFbutton[16]
again.Whenitisswitchedoff,thedisplay[6]showsthetimethatis
currentlyset.
Whenyoupressabutton,pleasenotethatthe
backlightofthedisplayisalwaysswitchedonfirst
beforethedeviceperformsthefunction(exceptfor
switchingonandoff).Thisfunctionisusefulinthe
dark,forexample,forreadingthetimeonthedisplay
withoutinadvertentlyusinganotherfunction.
Settingthetime
Youcansetthetimeonlywhenthedeviceisswitchedoff.Switchoff
thedevicewiththePOWERON/OFFbutton[16]ifitisswitchedon.
Youcanusethe12/24button[2]toswitchbetween
the24-hourdisplay.
display,thesymbol"PM"[35]isindicatedonthe
displayonceitispastnoon.

§PresstheCLOCKbutton[1]oncesothatthetimestartstoflash
onthedisplay.Ifonlythebacklightwasswitchedonwhenyou
pressedthebutton,youmustpresstheCLOCK[1]buttonagain.
Youcansetthetimewhileitisflashing.
§SetthehourswiththeM [8]orM+[10]button.Youcanalsokeep
theM [8]orM+[10]buttonpressedtospeeduptheprogressof
thenumbers.
§Settheminuteswiththe<SEARCH[17]orSEARCH>[18]button.
Youcanalsokeepthe<SEARCH[17]orSEARCH>[18]button
pressedtospeeduptheprogressofthenumbers.
§Waituntilthesettimestops
flashing theCLOCKbutton[1].
timeisflashingonthedisplay[6].Ifnoentryhasbeenmeonthe
display[6]stops
flashingandtheprocessmustberepeated.
Selectingastation
Thetelescopicaerialcanonlybeswivelledandcannot
beinsertedintothedevicehousing.Otherwise,the
devicecouldbedamaged.
§SwitchonthedevicebypressingthePOWERON/OFFbutton[16].
§SetthedesiredvolumeusingtheVOLUME [4]orVOLUME
+[5]buttons.

§First,selectthedesiredfrequencyband.Todoso,repeatedlypress
theBANDbutton[14]togofromonefrequencybandtoanotherin
succession.Thetunedfrequencyisshownonthedisplay[6].
§Pulloutthetelescopicaerial[21]completely.
§Pressthe<SEARCH[17]orSEARCH>[18]buttonbrieflyor
repeatedlytotuneinthedesiredfrequencymanually.Tosearch
automaticallyfor
astation,pressthe<SEARCH[17]orSEARCH>[18]buttona
little
longer.ThefrequencyisshownonthedisplayinMHz(FMandSW)
orinkHz(MW).Ifnecessary,movethetelescopicaerialina
differentdirection,orchangethepositionofthedevicetoimprove
the
reception.
Savingastation
Afteryouhaveselectedastation,youcansaveitasfollows:
§
Press
the
MEM
button
[12].
§
"P"
then
flashes
on
the
display
[6],
followed
by
01
to
10.
§SelectthedesiredprogrammepresetusingtheM [8]orM+[10]
button.
§PresstheMEMbutton[12]againbrieflytosavethestationtothe
currentlyselectedprogrammepreset.
§Thestationissavedandthefrequencyofthestationisthen
indicatedonthedisplay[6].

Selectingasavedstation
§Inordertoselectasavedstation,thedevicemustbeinuse.Switch
onthedevicewiththePOWERON/OFFbutton[16]ifitis
switchedoff.
§PresstheM [8]orM+[10]buttontoselectanotherstation
(programmepreset).
Alarmfunction
With the radio alarm function, the device
automaticallyswitchesitselfonatthesetalarmtime
withthelastsetvolume,theestablishedfrequencyand
thelasttunedfrequencyband.
Makesurethatthetimeissetcorrectly(seepage7-Settingthetime).
Youcansetthealarmfunctiononlywhenthedeviceisswitchedoff.
SwitchoffthedevicewiththePOWERON/OFFbutton[16]ifitis
switchedon.
§PresstheALARMbutton[11]oncetoactivatethealarmfunction
withalarmtone.Ifonlythebacklightwasswitchedonwhenyou
pressedthebutton,youmustpresstheALARMbutton[11]again.
Thealarmtimeandthesymbol [32]thenflashon
§PresstheALARMbutton[11]twicetoactivatethealarmfunction
withradio.Ifonlythebacklightwasswitchedonwhenyoufirst
pressedthebutton,youmustpresstheALARMbutton[11]again.
Thealarmtimeandthesymbol [31]thenflashonthedisplay[6].
§
While
the
alarm
time
is
flashing,
you
can
set
it.

§SetthehourswiththeM [8]orM+[10]button.Youcanalsokeep
theM [8]orM+[10]buttonpressedtospeeduptheprogressof
thenumbers.
§Settheminuteswiththe<SEARCH[17]orSEARCH>[18]
button.
Youcanalsokeepthe<SEARCH[17]orSEARCH>[18]
button
pressedtospeeduptheprogressofthenumbers.
§Thenwaituntilthesetalarmtimestopsflashingonthedisplay[6].
Thealarmtimeisthensavedautomatically.
§Thedisplay[6]thenindicatesthetimeandthesymbol [32]
againforthealarmfunctionwithalarmtoneorthesymbol [31]
forthealarmfunctionwithradio.
§Todeactivatethealarmfunction,presstheALARMbutton[11]
repeatedlyuntilthesymbols [32]and [31]aredeletedfrom
thedisplay[6].
Notethatyoucanonlyadjustthealarmtimeaslong
asthealarmtimeisflashingonthedisplay[8].Ifno
entryhasbeenmadeforafewseconds,thealarmtime
onthedisplay[6]stopsflashingandtheprocessmust
berepeated.
Evenifthealarmfunctionisactivated,youcanuse
thedeviceasusual.

Switchingoffthealarm
Whenthealarmsounds,youcandeactivateitasfollows:
§PressthePOWERON/OFFbutton[16]tostopthealarm.The
alarmisswitchedoffuntilthenextday.
§
or
§ PresstheSNOOZEbutton[4/5]topostponethealarmforabout
9minutes.Thealarmsoundsagainafterthistime.
Duringsnooze,"SNOOZE"[26]isindicatedonthedisplay
[6]andthesymbol [32]or [31]flashes.
Sleeptimer
Youcanusethesleeptimertoswitchonthedeviceandswitchitoff
automaticallyafteraselectedtime.
§ PresstheSLEEPbutton[13]whenthedeviceisswitchedonor
off.If onlythebacklightwasswitchedonwhenyoupressedthe
button,youmustpresstheSLEEP[13]buttonagain.Thedisplay
thenshows"SLEEP"[27]andthenumber"90"andthusindicates
thatthedevicewillswitchoffafter90minutes.
§RepeatedlypresstheSLEEPbutton[13]toreducetheswitch-off
time.Eachtimeyoupressthebutton,thetimeisreducedbya
further10minutes.

§Ifyouhavereachedtheswitch-offtime"10"andyoupressthe
SLEEPbutton[13]again,thesleeptimerisdeactivated,butthe
deviceremainsswitchedon.YoucanpresstheSLEEPbutton[13]
againtoselectthetimesettingsonceagain.
Whenthesleeptimerisactivated,youcanswitchit
andthedeviceoffatanytimeusingthePOWER
ON/OFFbutton[16].
IfyoupresstheSLEEPbutton[13]whilethetimeris
on,theremainingtimeofthetimerappearsonthe
display[8].
Connectingtheheadphones
Toavoidhearingdamage,youmustsetthevolumetothe
lowestlevelbeforeconnectingtheheadphones.Youcanthen
adjustthevolumetothedesiredlevel.
Donotuseanyotherheadphonesthanthesupplied
SWED250A1headphones.Otherheadphonescan
createharmfulsoundpressure.
TakecarewhenusingtheheadphonesListeningat
highvolumeforprolongedperiodsoftimecan
damageyourhearing.

Youcanconnectthesuppliedheadphonestothesocket
[20].Whentheheadphonesareconnected,theloudspeaker[19]is
automaticallyswitchedoff.
Backlight
Thebacklightisswitchedonautomaticallyforapprox.3seconds
whenabuttonispressed(exceptwhenswitchingthedeviceoff).
Keypadlock
Pressthe button[3]oncesothatthesymbol [28]isindicatedon
thedisplay[8]tolockthebuttonsagainstaccidentalentries.Ifonly
thebacklightwasswitchedonwhenyoupressedthebutton,youmust
pressthe button[3]again.
Pressthe button[3]oncesothatthesymbol [28]isnolonger
indicatedonthedisplay[8]toreleasethekeypadlock.Ifonlythe
backlightwasswitchedonwhenyoupressedthebutton,youmust
pressthe button[3]anain.
Ifthekeypadlockisactivated,thisisindicatedbythesymbol [3]
on thedisplay[6].

Settingthereceptionsensitivity
TheDXfunctionisactivatedintheoriginalconditionofthedevice.
Thisisindicatedby"DX"[29]onthedisplay[6]whenthedeviceis
switchedon.UsetheDXfunctionifyouwouldliketousethedevice
innormaloperation.
SwitchofftheDXfunctionifonlystationswithahighfieldstrength
aretobereceived.Thisisrecommended,forexample,ifadesired
weaklocalstationissuperimposedbystrongernationalchannels.
ToswitchofftheDXfunction,presstheDXbutton[29]whenthe
deviceisswitchedon.The"DX"indicator[29]thenfadesoutfrom
thedisplay[6].PresstheDXbutton[9]againtoswitchontheDX
functionagain.

Troubleshooting
Thedevicecannotbeswitchedon
Thebatteriesmaybeempty,therefore,replacethebatteries.
Checkwhetherthebatterieshavebeeninsertedwiththecorrect
polarity. Please note the markings next to the battery
compartmentandonthebatteries.Alsorefertothedescriptionon
page5.
Noradioreception,poorradioreception
Pulloutthetelescopicaerial[21]completelyandmakesurethatit
isorientedcorrectly.
TuneinthestationcorrectlyusingtheBANDbutton[14]and
the <SEARCH[17]orSEARCH>[18]buttons.
Checkthesetreceptionsensitivity.Pleasepayparticularattention
tothesection"Settingthereceptionsensitivity"onpage15.
Nosoundalthoughdeviceisswitchedon
Checkthevolumesetting.
Checkifheadphonesareconnectedandremovethemifnecessary.

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