AVES Air User manual

Instruction Book
Digital Handheld Radio

Contents
Instruction Book
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Welcome
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Controls
What’s in the Box?
You may also need
Getting Started
Using the FM Radio
Using the DAB Radio
Manual DAB Tuning
Storing your Favourite Stations
Recalling a Stored Station
Changing the Display
Using the Earphones
Setting the Sleep Time
Locking Keys
Sound
Resetting your Radio
Troubleshooting
General Specifications
Warnings
Maintenance
Copyright
Disclaimer
Warranty Information
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Setting the Time
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Welcome
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Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
is a digital radio technology for
broadcasting radio stations,
common in the U.K.
DAB provides for a higher quality
of sound and also allows
additional information to be
transmitted along side to the audio.
What does DAB Mean?
Other countries such as: Australia,
Belgium, Brunei, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Greece,
Hungary, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta,
Holland, Norway, Singapore,
Switzerland transmits digital radio
in DAB+ format. Your digital
will work with DAB transmissions
in the U.K and with DAB+ in the above
countries. (Check www.worlddab.org)
to find the latest information on
additional country transmissions
of DAB+.
radio
What does DAB+Mean?
Congratulations on purchasing this aves DAB/FM Radio. You can now listen to both DAB and FM frequencies,
giving you access to a wide range of stations which, using DAB, will automatically tune.
Please read the warning section (on page15) carefully before using your radio.
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Earphone/wire antenna
2 Instruction Book
Battery cover
LCD Display
DAB/FM button
Forward button
Select button
Sleep button
Info button
Preset button
Backward button
Scan button
On/Off button Volume up
button
Volume down
button
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What’s in the Box?
You may also need
Two AAA size (UM-4,R03) batteries (not included)
Digital Hand Held Radio Earphones Micro Fiber bag
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Scanning for Stations
If you wish to find new DAB
stations or you move your radio
to a new location, you can
search using the SCAN key.
To view the signal strength, press the INFO button
repeatedly until the display shows the signal bar
at the bottom of the screen.
Signal
Battery Power Indicator
There is a battery power icon at the top of the
radio display. When the battery power is high,
the rectangle frame is full.
When the power is extremely low, the rectangle
becomes empty and the out frame flashes,
the radio will be switched “off ” automatically
and the batteries need to be replaced.
Getting Started
Place two AAA size (UM-4,R03) batteries into
the battery compartment at the back of your
DAB/DAB+/FM radio. Make sure the “+” and “-” on the
batteries correspond to those on the inside of
the battery compartment.
Plug in your earphones to work as an wire antenna.
Press the ON/OFF button to switch on your radio. A brief
“Welcome” message will appear and automatically
tune into all available DAB stations.
The display will advise you of all available DAB
stations found. If there are no DAB stations
available in your area the display will show:
“No Service” and with scrolling text showing:
“No DAB signal available”.
All available stations will be saved for future use.
You can switch between DAB and FM using the
DAB/FM button.
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Using the FM Radio
Using the DAB Radio
When you turn on your radio and switch to DAB mode for the first time it will search all the available DAB
stations automatically. If you wish to re-tune a DAB station or search for new stations press the SCAN button.
Press the SCAN button to scan for all available DAB stations.
You can explore the DAB stations by pressing the or button as follows:
In the DAB mode, press and hold the SELECT button to access the “Auto On/Off”
modes. Press and hold the SELECT button repeatedly to shift between the “Auto On” and “Auto Off ” modes.
In the “Auto On” mode, select the stations by pressing the or button and
the station will be selected automatically.
In the “Auto Off ” mode, you must press the SELECT
button to confirm after pressing the or
button to select the station.
Turn on your radio by pressing the ON/OFF button.
Switch to FM by pressing the DAB/FM button. You can select the desired frequency manually
by pressing the or button to move up or down.
Fine tuning can be done by pressing or once and repeatedly until the desired frequency is
found. Alternatively, if you press the SCAN button it will automatically seek out the next available station.
If you press and hold the SCAN button it will search in the opposite direction.
Your radio’s default setting
is set to “Auto On”.
Please Note:
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Manual DAB Tuning
To select the manual tuning function, press and hold the INFO button until the display shows
“Manual Tune”, then press the SELECT button to confirm.
Press the or button to move through the DAB channels. The display will show “5A to 13F”
and their associated frequency. Press the SELECT button to confirm selection.
If the DAB channel locates a station group, the name of the station group will appear at the bottom
of the display.
Press the SELECT button again and the first station name will appear on the display and play automatically.
To exit the “manual menu” press the INFO button.
To return to the “manual menu” press and hold the INFO button.
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Recalling a Stored Station
Once you have saved your preset stations you can press the PRESET button to recall the saved station.
Press the PRESET button to enter into the “Preset Load” function.
Press the or button to select your desired preset station number.
Press the SELECT button to confirm selection and your radio will tune into that station.
Storing your Favourite Stations
You can store your favourite stations to the memory. This will enable you to access your favourite
stations quickly and easily at a later date.
Press and hold the PRESET button, the letter “P” followed by a number from “1 to 10" and the
word “empty” will appear on the screen if this position is empty. Press the or button
repeatedly to select the desire preset position(”P1 to P10").
Press the SELECT button to save the station.
You can save up to 10 stations in both the DAB and FM mode.
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Setting the Time
When you first turn on your radio it will automatically synchronise to the local
time by searching the DAB signal, it will continue to search the time information
until it is synchronised.
If the radio cannot find a DAB frequency to set the clock, you can use the FM mode
(some FM stations also transmit time information).
Switch to the FM mode by pressing the DAB/FM button.
Search for a station using either the or button or the SCAN button.
If the FM station is transmitting time information it will set itself automatically.
Not all FM stations transmit time information.
If the time does not synchronise, press the SCAN
button to find another station and repeat the
steps until the time is set.
Please Note:
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