Denver MRD-51BT User manual

Denver MRD-51BT Quick Start & Trouble
Shooting Guide
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Powering your unit on
To power your MRD-51 stereo on plug it in, switch the ON/OFF switch
on rear to ON and then press in / click in briefly the VOLUME/POWER
STANDBY control knob on the front of the stereo.
If the POWER light comes on when switching the rear ON/OFF switch
to ON (circled in image here) but pressing the VOLUME/POWER
STANDBY control knob does not click in and does not power the stereo
on then simply pull the control knob off of the stereo by pulling it away
from the stereo. (The control knob will slide on & off of the spindle).
Now slide it back on to that same spindle without pressing it too hard
back on. You should now find your VOLUME/POWER STANDBY control
knob “clicks” when briefly pressed in and does now power the stereo
on & off.
Bluetooth
IMPORTANT: When using Bluetooth always make sure your source device (i.e. your phone or tablet) has its volume
turned up to at least 60% or more (once you have connected your source device to the stereo via Bluetooth). If your
source device has its volume level turned down lower than approximately 60% the audio produced via the MRD-51 is
low quality and has interference. You will also find that if your source device does not have its audio volume level
turned up to 60% or more then Bluetooth connection drops out after 15 minutes and ceases to function unless you
reconnect to the stereo.
DAB tuning
1. Power up your MRD-51 by pressing in the VOLUME/POWER control knob on the stereo or using the POWER
button on remote
2. Repeatedly press FUNCTION button on stereo (or MODE button on remote) to change stereo to DAB MODE
3. Make sure your aerial cable is unravelled and placed as high as possible for best reception
4. Press SCAN button on stereo to start a scan for all
available channels. Scanning will be shown on the radios
screen – as seen here:
5. The radio runs through all available stations– the stereo
will show you how many radio stations it has found on
screen to the right hand side of the screen (circled in the
image here 8 channels have been found so far).
6. Once scanning has completed use the UP or DN (down)
buttons on the front of the stereo to browse through the
DAB radio channels the stereo has found
When we ran our channel scan the first channel found, once tuning was complete, was not one the radio could be
tuned in to (as signal strength was just that bit too low) and so stereo showed “No service available” on screen.
If you see this just browse to the next available DAB channel by pressing UP or DN button

Saving DAB stations to presets
Up to 20 stations can be saved for easy recall.
To save stations to the presets on your radio:
1. Tune in the radio station you wish to save.
2. Press and hold the PRESET button (for around 2 seconds), button is located under the screen). After 2 seconds
“Preset Store”will be displayed on screen.
3. Use Up or Dn button on the stereo to browse to the preset number you wish to save your station to.
4. Press the ENTER button (located below the screen). “Preset X Stored” will be displayed on screen (where X is the
preset number you chose to store the radio station).
5. To recall a saved station in DAB mode briefly press the PRESET button. Use Up or Dn button to browse to the
station / memory number you wish to recall and then press ENTER button.
EQ audio modes
Don’t forget your MRD-51 has several preset EQUALISER sound modes (ROCK, POP, JAZZ, CLASSICAL OR FLAT) so you
can adjust the audio quality to your preferred setting to give more treble, more bass or a happy medium mix.
To adjust EQ MODE press EQ button repeatedly on your remote control.
Recording to USB
Record your music to MP3 files on a USB flash drive (USB flash drive not included). The MRD-51, unlike many other
stereos, doesn’t need connecting to any computer to record to MP3 / flash drive. Just follow the below instructions:
Record from radio, tape & record:
1. Choose the mode you wish to record from and have your audio playing
2. Insert your USB flash drive
3. Press REC to start recording. Recording…will be shown on the stereo screen
4. Press STOP to stop recording End Recording will be shown on screen for a few seconds
Record from CD:
1. Choose CD Mode and insert your CD
2. Press REC button to start recording. REC-ONE will flash on screen.
3. Use the UP or DN buttons to change this from either REC-ONE to REC-ALL, depending on whether you wish to
record one track or all tracks on your CD.
Phono / record player mode
To use record player repeatedly press the FUNCTION button to change the record player to PHONO mode. Once the
stereo is in PHONO mode nothing will happen apart from PHONO Mode will be displayed on the LCD screen.
You simply now need to place your record on to the record deck, manually move the record arm over the record and
lower the arm. When the record player arm moves over the record the record will start to spin.
AUTO STOP: Please note the record player has AUTO STOP function (which can be switched on or off using the
switch on the turntable). Auto stop will ensure the record stops rotating when the needle comes to the end of the
record. The record player does not have AUTO RETURN function, so the record arm does not auto return to the
home position.