Akura DAB Digital / FM Radio User manual

Please read this user manual carefully before using the receiver.

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Dab Radio
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1. LCD DISPLAY
2. DAB LED
3. TUNE CONTROL KEY
4. AUTO SCAN KEY
5. SELECTION KEY
6. PRESETS KEYS
(1-5 / 6-10)
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FM LED
VOLUME CONTROL KEY
9. INFO KEY
10. SHIFT KEY
11. DAB/FM SWITCH
12. POWER SWITCH
Front
LOCATION OF CONTROLS
1. AERIAL INPUT 2. DC POWER SOCKET
3. 3.5mm EARPHONE SOCKET 4. BATTERY DOOR
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1.1 Power Supply
1.1a Main Adaptor (supplied with the package)
Connect the mains adaptor to the DC power socket of the radio to the wall socket.
1.1b Battery (not supplied)
Open the battery door and insert 6 "C " size alkaline batteries.
Remark: Insert batteries correctly. Pay attention to the +/- Pole.
1.2 Extend the telescopic aerial as far as it can go.
1.3 Press the Power switch to turn on the radio. The radio will automatically enter into auto tune mode.
During scan mode, the LCD will display a slide bar that indicates the progress of scan
and the amount of radio stations that have been found so far.
Once the scan has finished, the radio will select the first alphanumerically found station.
Remark: The name of the found group of DAB radio stations will be displayed on the
bottom half of the display.
If you can't hear any sound, then press the volume control " + " button until you reach a desired level. If you
consider the volume is too large, then press volume control " - " button to decrease the volume level to reach
a desired level.
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Searching...
DAB Only
SCROLLING TEXT INFORMATION (DLS)
PRESENT STATION
RADIO MODE (DAB OR FM)
<DLS>
DAB
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1. Switching your radio on for the first time
Autotune
Quick scan
Autotune
Quick scan
11D
11B

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To explore the stations that have been found, you need to press either the "Up " or "Down " keys. Every time
you press the up or down buttons you will skip to the next found station. When you find a station that you
would like to listen to, then press the "Select " key, the radio will now switch to that station and display the
station name. If you don't press the select key, the display will revert back to the original station after 4 seconds.
When you start up the radio again, the radio plays the same mode (DAB or FM) as last operation. In case of
DAB mode (or if it is the first time the unit is powered on), the following message will be displayed for 2
seconds and LCD backlight will light for 5 seconds.
3.1 Auto Select
Instead of having to press the " select " key after you have found a station that you would like to listen to, you
can set the radio so that as you scroll through the stations you listen to each on in turn. This is great for quickly
checking what's on each station. To enable this feature, select a station in the normal manner, but then press and
hold the " select " key, The display will show " Autoselect ON ", the next time you press either the " Up " or
" Down " key, it will automatically select station.
To turn the Auto Select off, press either the" Up " or " Down " key, then quickly follow this by pressing and
holding the " Select" key until the display shows " Autoselect off ".
3.2 Storing stations
You can store up to 10 of your favorite stations to the preset keys, this will enable you to get access your
favorite station at the touch of one button.
To store a preset, you must first be listening to the station that you would like to save, then press and hold
one of the presets labeled 1-5 for 2 seconds. The LCD will then show " Preset # stored ".
Remark: If you want to save Radio 2 to Preset 6, you should press the " Shift " Key to switch the Preset 1-5 to
Preset 6-10 station, then press the number 1 button.
3.3 Recalling a stored station
Once you have saved a station to one of the presets, you can recall it by pressing and releasing the
corresponding preset key, e.g. if you saved Radio 1 to Preset 1, then just press the number 1 preset key. If you
press a preset that hasn't been allocated a station, then it will display " preset # empty ".
DAB
3. DAB mode
2. Memory
Digital Radio

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3.4 Display modes
Every time you press the "Info " key, the display will cycle through the following display modes:
The information is displayed on the lower segment of the LCD display.
3.4.1 DLS (Dynamic Label Segment)
Dynamic label segment is a scrolling message that the broadcaster may include with their transmissions. This
message usually includes information, such as program detail etc.
3.4.2 Program type
This describes the "Style " of music that is being broadcast e.g. "Rock " or "Classical ".
3.4.3 Ensemble/Multiplex (Group name)
A multiplex/ensemble is a collection of radio stations that are bundled and transmitted on one frequency. There
are national and local multiplexes. Local ones contain stations that are specific to that area e.g. MXR West
Midlands.
Remark: DAB - unlike normal radio - groups together several radio stations and transmits them on one frequency.
INFO KEY
DLS(Scrolling Text)
Programme Type
Ensemble(Group Name)
Signal Strength
Time/Date

3.4.4 Signal strength
The slide bar indicates how strong the received signals are, the stronger the signal, the longer the bar will be
from left to right.
If the signal level drops below the fifth box (minimum signal level) then you may experience problems with the
quality of the audio.
3.4.5 Time & date
The broadcaster (Radio station) provides clock and date information automatically so there's no need to mess
around manually setting the clock. In the unlikely event that the broadcaster doesn't transmit any clock information
then the display will show<Time/data>.
3.5 Advanced display modes
To enter the advanced display mode, you need to press and hold the "Info " key for approximately 3 seconds,
then release it.
3.5.1 Software version
The first thing you will see is the software version number. You may be asked which version you have if you
encounter any problems.
3.5.2 Audio mode
If you press the "Info " key again you will now see the audio mode, this displays what type of broadcast you are
receiving e.g. mono or stereo and what bit rate is being used. By pressing the “Info” key again you will exit from
the advanced display mode and revert back to DLS (scrolling text information).
3.6 Auto scan modes
There are two types of auto scan, one is quick scan and the other is full scan. Quick scan searches the UK DAB
band III and full scan searches all band III DAB channels.
To activate the quick scan press the "Auto scan " key and for full scan press and hold the "Auto scan " key.
3.7 Secondary services
On some occasions you will see a "> " symbol directly after the name of the station. This indicates that there are
secondary services available to that station. These secondary services contain extra services that relate to the
primary station, e.g. a sports station may want to add extra commentaries. The secondary services are inserted
directly after the primary station.
MINIMUM SIGNAL LEVEL
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CLOCK DATE
Radio1 DAB
Radio1
09:05 21-07-2004
DAB

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3.8 Manual tuning
As well as an auto tune function, you can manually tune the receiver. This can help you when aligning your
aerial or when adding stations that were missed while auto tuning.
Press and hold the "Select " key for approximately 2 seconds, the LCD display will now show "Manual tuning ".
Now use the "Up " & "Down " keys to move through the DAB channels, which are numbered from 5A to 13F.
When the receiver locates an ensemble/multiplex on one of the DAB channels, it will display this on the
bottom line of the LCD.
Now press the "Select " key to enter the current ensemble/multiplex, the top line will now display the first
station in the ensemble/multiplex.
To see what stations are present on the found ensemble/multiplex, just press either the "Up " & "Down " key.
When you've located a station that you would like to listen to, just press the "Select " key.
Once you have reached the last station in the found ensemble, it will revert back to the first station again. If
you wish to exit the manual tuning mode press the "Select " key.
4.1 Switching from DAB to FM
In order to switch the radio from DAB to FM mode, you need to press the " DAB/FM " key once. The display
will show "Switching to FM ", the radio will then automatically tune to the nearest station.
On the top line of the display is the current station name or frequency if the RDS (radio data system) is not
available. On the bottom of the display, it will show the <RDS> information
or letter only if the RDS is not available.
DAB CHANNELS
5A 5B 13F
4. FM mode
Switching to FM
98.80MHz FM
15:30 15-02-2007
15:30 15-02-2007
<Program type>

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4.2 Auto scan
To search for a FM station, you need to press and then release the "Autoscan " key. This will start scanning up
the frequency band. To scan down the frequency band, press and hold the "Autoscan " key for around 1 second.
Once a station has been found, the scanning will stop automatically. If no station is found, then the tuning will
stop once it is cycled through the entire FM band (87.5-108MHz).
4.3 Presets
When you have tuned to a station that you would like to store as a preset, then just press and hold one of the
preset keys (1-5) for 2 seconds. The display will then show " Preset # stored ".
Note: If you want to save Radio 2 to Preset 6, you should press " Shift " Key to switch the Preset 1-5 to Preset
6-10 station, then press the number 1 button.
If you press " Shift " Key again, then shift to Preset 1-5 station again.
In order to recall one of your saved presets, just press and release the corresponding preset key. If no station has
allocated to a preset key, then it will display "Preset # empty ".
4.4 Display modes
Every time you press the "Info " key, the display will cycle through the following display Modes.
4.4.1 Radio text
As with DAB, the broadcaster can include scrolling text that displays information about the present program.
If Radio text information is available, then the display will show <Radio text>.
4.4.2 Program type
This describes the "Style" of music that is being broadcast e.g. " Rock " or "Classical ".
4.4.3 Signal strength
The slide bar indicates how strong the signal is, the stronger the signal, the longer the bar will be.
RadioText
Programme Type
Signal Strength
Time/Date
Frequency
Audio Mode

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4.4.4 Time & date
The broadcaster provides clock and date information automatically, so there's no need to mess around manually
setting the clock. In the unlikely event that the broadcaster doesn't transmit any clock information, the display
will show <Time/Date>.
4.4.5 Frequency
This shows what the frequency is of the present station e.g. 89.80MHz.
4.5 Audio mode
When in FM mode, the display will show if the station being received is in mono or stereo. The receiver will
automatically switch between stereo and mono mode. You can however override this function, so that you can
manually switch between stereo and mono mode, which is helpful if you're listening to a poor FM signal. To
switch between mono and stereo, press and release the "Select " key, you will see on the display "auto " or
"mono ". To toggle between each mode just press and release the " Select " key.
4.6 Advanced display modes
To enter the advanced display mode, you need to press and hold the "Info " key for approximately 3 seconds,
then release it.
4.6.1 Software version
The first thing you will see is the software version number.
4.6.2 PI (Program Identification) code
If you press the "Info " key again, you will now see the PI code. This is just a code that is associated with the
transmitted station.
There may be times when you need to reset your receiver back to its original factory settings i.e. when you
move the radio to another part of the country. So that you can pick up the local & national DAB stations in that
area. If you don't do this, then when you select a station on the radio, it may no longer be available.
5.1 Reset procedure
Unplug the power supply (by disconnecting the main adaptor or remove the batteries), power it off first, then
power it on again. Once you see the "DAB Radio " logo, press and hold the “Select” key. When you see "System
reset ", then release the "Select" key .
Please note that once the reset has taken place, you will lose all of your stored presets both DAB and FM, and
the internal DAB registry.
5. Factory Reset
PRESS AND
HOLD THE
SELECT KEY
DAB
Digital Radio
System reset