digi-tech AR 1946 User manual

WORLD BAND RADIO
AR 1946
AM/FM RDS/SW/LW/ DAB radio with LCD backlight
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OWNER’S MANUAL
Distributed by:
Electus Distribution Pty Ltd
320 Victoria Rd
Rydalmere NSW 2116 Australia
Ph: 1300 738 555
Fax: [phone]
www.electusdistribution.com.au

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WARNING
Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture
Do not submerge or expose to water.
P r otect from high humidity and rain.
Unplug immediately if liquid has been spilled or object have fallen
into the apparatus.
Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or chemical
solvents as this might damage the finish.
Unplug and disconnect external antennas during lightning storms.
Do not remove cover [or back].
Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.
Only operate within specified temperature range(0 ℃to 40 ).℃

Radio Identification - Front View
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Tuning knob
2Tone button
Frequency button
Power/Sleep button
Numeric key button
UP button
Down button
Reset button
Page/Enter button
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Info/Light button
16 LW band button
17 MW band button
18 SW band button
19 DAB band button
21 AM Bandwidth/FM Stereo/Alarm button
20 Charge/Air Squelch/Mute button
22Menu/Time set button
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9/10kHz step button
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Speaker grill
Dial Speed selection
Volume up button
Volume down button
Lock button
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FM band button
Beep button
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12/24 Hour button
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Radio Identification - Side Views
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AM External Antenna
Battery Compartment
31 DAB/FM Whip Antenna
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Line in jack
Right Rear
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36 Fine Tuning Knob
DAB/FM/SW External Antenna
Antenna Sens Ext./Int. switch
Line out jack
Earphone jack (3.5mm)
DC In jack (5.5mm)
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When the alarm is activated, press ‘POWER’ button to shut off alarm
and snooze function.
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Quickly press the button to lock out the operations of all buttons
except back light. The “lock” icon will be displayed.
Press and release the “LOCK” button for 2 seconds unlock the
operations for all buttons, the “lock” icon will disappear.
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LOCK SETTING
SETTING TIME
When the radio is off, quick press “TIME” button, LCD displays ” AUTO” or
“MANUAL”, use “ UP” or “DOWN” button to select “AUTO” or “MANUAL”.
NOTE:
“AUTO” indicates LCD displays RDS icon, the local time can be updated
through local FM RDS or DAB station automatically.
“MANUAL” indicates the user can set time manually, the local time will
not be updated automatically.
When the radio is off, hold “TIME” button down for 2 seconds ,”TIME” will
flash and release to enter time setting. Directly enter hour and minute
digits to complete setting. For 12 hour format, also enter 4 digits directly
like 0-8-3-0.
SETTING THE ALARM CLOCK
There are two different alarm modes to choose from,
You can choose to
wake up the radio or to buzzer tone.
2) When the radio is off, hold “ALARM” button down for 2 seconds
till “ALARM” flash and release to enter alarm setting . Directly enter hour
and minute digits to set alarm. For 12 hour format, just enter 4 digits also
like 0-7-3-0.
1) Quickly press “ALARM” button,” ALARM” will display ,then press UP or
or DOWN button to select wake up to radio or to buzzer bone, the
and will flash.
Note:
icon indicates wake up to buzzer tone;
icon indicates wake up to radio;
If there is no icon display, it indicates alarm is off

SETTING 12/24H FORMAT
When the radio is off, hold 1# button (i.e. 12/24H button) down for 2
seconds, the LCD will display “12H” or “24H” by turn.
SHUT DOWN ALARM OR SNOOZE FUNCTION
When the alarm is activated, quick press “POWER” button to shut down alarm.
When the alarm is on, press any button except POWER & SLEEP button to enter
snooze status, after 5 minutes, the alarm will turn on again.
ACTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE BEEP SOUND
When the radio is off, hold 5# button (i.e. BEEP button) down for 2
seconds, the LCD will display “BEEP ON” or “BEEP OFF” by turn.
BEEP ON indicates BEEP sound is activated, so pressing any button, the user
will hear beep sound; “BEEP” icon will be displayed all the time;
NOTE:
BEEP OFF indicates BEEP sound is deactivated, so there is no beep sound when
pressing any button; “BEEP” icon will disappear.
USING THE NUMERIC KEYPAD (0-9)
With the radio ‘off’,there are used to directly enter a frequency or
memory channel. See TIME or ALARM SETTING to direct enter digits
to set time and alarm.
With the radio ‘on’, quickly press numeric buttons (0-9) to recall presets;
hold the buttons down for 2 seconds to preset stations. Quickly press
“PAGE” button then select the desired numeric key (0-9) to set page.
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BAND SELECTION
When the radio is on, press FM, LW. MW, SW and DAB button to select your
desired band.

When the radio ON, user has five ways of tuning into desired station.
MANUAL TUNING
FM step : 100kHz, LW step: 3kHz, SW step: 5kHz ,
AM step: 9kHz or 10kHz
Select your desired band, short press UP or DOWN button, the frequency
will be changed as per the following step:
TUNING IN STATION
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AUTO TUNE TUNING
Select your desired band, hold down UP or DOWN button for 2 seconds,
the frequency will be changed per same step as manual tuning. The radio
will stop automatically when tuning in station.
AUTOMATIC TUNING SYSTEM(ATS)
Select your desired band ,hold down FM, LW, MW or SW band button for 2
seconds until you hear a ‘beep’ sound then release the button, “ATS , , ,”
will be displayed; when the radio receive a real station, the LCD displays
“P00 SAVE”,”P01 SAVE”..... by turn. When ATS process is completed, the LCD
displays “P00 LOAD” .
USING TUNING KNOB
Select your desired band, rotate tuning knob to tune in frequency. At the
same time, the user can press “STEP” button to select tuning frequency
speed as STOP/FAST/SLOW.
Set “STOP”, when rotate the tuning knob, the frequency will not change;
Set “FAST”, when rotate the tuning knob, the frequency will change as per
specified step: FM 100kHz, LW: 3kHz,SW: 5kHz, AM:9k/10kHz
Set “SLOW”,when rotate the tuning knob, the frequency will change as per
specified step: FM 10kHz, LW/MW/SW;1kHz
USING 0~9 numeric keypad
The user also can rotate “FINE Tuning knob” up or down on the lower right
sight of unit to tune in accurate frequency per 1kHz step as a subsidiary help.
Select your desired band, quickly press “FREQ” button to key in desired frequency,
When input completed frequency, the system will confirm automatically. e.g. FM
98.55MHz, when key in 9-8-5-5, the LCD will display 98.55MHz automatically.
If the frequency isn’t completed, e.g. FM 98.50MHz,the user needs to key in 9-8-5-0
to confirm it.
: If the user keys in incorrect frequency out of FM, LW, MW or SW specified range,
the system will display “Error”.
Note

When the radio is on,
Quickly press “AM BW/FM ST” button, LCD will display “--AUTO--” or”--MONO--”.
“--AUTO--” indicates FM Stereo mode; when tuning in a stereo station, STEREO
icon will be displayed.
“--MONO--” indicates FM Mono mode.
Quickly press “ AM BW/FM ST” button in sequence and LCD displays
“BW 6K, BW 4K, BW 3K,BW 2.5K,BW 2K,BW 1.8K,BW1K”.
Preset/Recall Memory - FM/LW/MW/SW
STEREO/ MONO/BANDWIDTH SELECTION
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Each band can save 100 memories(P0~P99),total 10 pages (Page-00~
Page-09),each page can save 10 channels (PX0~PX9),”X” means page,
for example, if this station is in page-01, then 10 channels mean
P10~P19.
Preset Station
1)ATS - Automatic Tuning System, please see ‘TUNING IN STATION’
on Page 9;
2)Manual preset - select your desired band, quickly press “PAGE” button,
LCD displays “PAGE--00",then quickly press numeric button (0~9) to
select your desired preset page, hold down this numeric button for 2
seconds to save this station to one channel on this page, LCD displays
“PXX SAVE”. For example, If you want to save 107.5MHz to 1st channel
on 3rd page. Quickly press ‘PAGE’ button then #3 button, thereafter
hold down 1# button for 2 seconds. Then LCD displays “ P31 SAVE”.
There are two methods to preset station as under:
Recall Memory
Quickly press “PAGE” button, LCD displays “PAGE-XX”,then quickly
press numeric button (0~9) to select saved page, then continue
to press numeric button (0~9) to select saved channel on selected
page, so the LCD displays “PXX LOAD”,and so on.
FM Stereo/Mono
LW/MW/SW bandwidth selection

When the radio is on, select SW band, quickly press “SW/METER” button
to select different meter band as 120--90--75--60--49--41--31--25--22
--19--16--15--13--11" , LCD displays” MET XXM” corresponding.
SQUELCH FUNCTION
FM FREQUENCY RANGE SELECTION
SW METER Band
When the radio is on, hold down “SQUELCH “ button for 2 seconds.
LCD displays “SQUELCH OFF or 1~9", then rotate tuning knob to select
your desired squelch level (1~9) or “OFF” to shut down squelch function.
Quickly press “SQUELCH” button again to exit SQUELCH function.
When the strength of signal is lower than selected squelch level, the radio
will be mute automatically and LCD displays “SQUELCH”. VS “SQUELCH” will
not be mute
When the radio is off, hold down “FM” button for 2 seconds to enter selection,
Then quickly press this button to select FM range, The LCD displays as follows
by turn:
“FM--64,0M” indicates FM Range is 64~108MHz
“FM--87.5M” indicates FM Range is 87,5-108MHz
“FM--76.0M” indicates FM Range is 76~108MHz
Quickly press this button again to exit.
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When the radio is off, hold down “0" button for 2 seconds, LCD displays,
“MW –-9K” then quickly press this button again to “MW --10K”. The factory
default is “MW--9K”.
MW 9/10kHz Selection

Quick press “DAB” button to enter DAB band. If the radio is operated in
the first time, hold down UP or DOWN button to fully scan DAB stations.
LCD displays” SCAN 5A,5B,.....13F”, then LCD display “ Found XX”, “XX” indicates
available stations, fox example,”FOUND 30" means the radio finds 30 programs.
“FOUND 0" indicates no available station, then display “NO SERV”.
FM RDS/INFO FUNCTION
DAB STATION TUNING
DAB/DAB+ STATION SCAN
Turn on the radio and select “FM” band, this radio supports RDS streaming
while tune in FM station with RDS data,
1) If the radio tunes in FM station with RDS, icon will be displayed in
the left lower side;
2) Quickly press “INFO” button to look through RDS information (PS/RT/DATE/PTY);
There are two tuning methods: manual and autoscan>
Hold down “STEP” button for 2 seconds and release till LCD displays “ AUTO ON”
or “AUTO OFF”;
1) Select “AUTO ON”, hold down UP or DOWN button, Or rotate tuning knob to go
through station then enter playing station automatically;
2)Select “AUTO OFF”,hold down UP or DOWN button, Or rotate tuning knob to go
through station then return back playing station; Quickly press “ENTER” button
to switch scanned station.
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3) If the DATE information is available, the display information is:
“Station call Weekly MM-DD-YY Hour:Minute”
Weekly format : “MON”,”TUE”,”WED”,”THU”,”FRI”,”SAT”,”SUN”, for
example, the LCD will roll to display “WGSS 06-15-2015 2:15"
PS: Station name , if no PS, just displays “NO PS”;
RT: Radio text, if no RT, just displays “NO RT”;
DATE: time, date, weekly information, if no, just displays “NO DATE”;
PTY: Programm category, if no PTY, just displays “PTY”.

There are total 20 presets for DAB band, saved at 2 pages,10 presets for
each page (P00~P19).
SAVE/RECALL/DELETE DAB PRESETS
DAB/DAB+ INFO
In DAB mode, quickly press “INFO” button each time to display the following
information:
1.Station Name: display the station name being played;
2.Station Information indicates that the scrolling text message such as song title,
artist name, traffic report, website address etc.;
3.Program type indicates types of program being played;
4.Ensemble name indicates the name of station broadcasting on the same frequency
the number of ensembles you can receive depends on your location;
5.Time and Date indicates that time and date obtained automatically from a DAB
transmission in your country or region.
6.Frequency and channel indicates the frequency and channel number for the current
DAB broadcasts.
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When the radio is on, in DAB mode, quickly press “PAGE” button to switch
“PAGE 00" and “PAGE 01";
Select your desired station, quickly press “PAGE” button to select one page,
then long press numeric button (0~9) then LCD displays “PXX SAVE”.
“PXX SAVE” indicates DAB station saving is successful;
“NO SAVE” indicates DAB station saving is not successful.
Select your desired station, quickly press “PAGE” button to select one page,
quickly press numeric button (0~9) then LCD displays “PXX LOAD”, if no preset
station, LCD displays “ EMPTY”.
SECONDARY SERVICE - DAB/DAB+
Certain radio stations have one or more secondary services associate with them,
If a station has a secondary service 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 as your rotate the tuning control knob.
Rotate the tuning knob to select the station.

MANUAL TUNING -DAB/DAB+
Manual tuning allows you to tune in various Band III channel from 5A to 13F:
1) In DAB mode, quickly press “MENU” button then rotate tuning knob or press
“UP” button to select “MANUAL”;
2) Quickly press “ENTER” button to enter channel selection ;
4) Quickly press “ENTER” button again to enter channel tuning. after tuning completion,
the system will display “FOUND XX”, “XX” indicates found the quantity of available
stations;
3) Rotate tuning knob or short press UP or DOWN button to select the channel range
from ” 174.9 5A,....239.2 13F”;
STATION SORTING - DAB/DAB+
You can sort the stations in the main list either by alphanumeric or
by type of “ensemble”.
Quickly press “MENU” button to enter menu selection, then short press UP or
DOWN button or rotate tuning knob to select “STA SORT”, then short
press “ENTER” button to enter sorting method selection. Select “
ALPHANUMERIC” or “ENSEMBLE” by short press UP or DOWN button or
rotate tuning knob. Quickly press “MENU” button again to exit operation.
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5) Quickly press “MENU” button again to exit current operation ;
RESET - DAB/DAB+
If you radio fails to operate or erase your setting on radio, including
presets, alarm & sleep timer settings. After a system reset, all settings
will be back to factory default.
Quickly press MENU button, rotate tuning knob and short press UP or
DOWN button to select “RESET”,quickly press “ENTER” reset mode.
After the reset is completed, the system starts auto scan DAB stations,
the LCD display “SCAN 5A,...,13F”, short press “MENU” again to exit
current operation.

SOFTWARE VERSION
The user can check software version and also the software may vary:
1) In DAB mode, quickly press “MENU” button then rotate tuning knob or press
“UP” button to select “VERSION”;
2) Quickly press “ENTER” button to display software version ;
LINE IN/LINE OUT OUTPUT
In radio on, connect external audio source to LINE IN JACK(right side of unit),
LCD displays “AUX IN”, the audio output from speaker is an external source.
The Line-out socket can be used to feed audio from the radio to amplified external
speakers. The internal speaker will still be functional when a device is connected
to the Line-out socket.
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3) Quickly press “MENU” button again to exit current operation ;
USING EARPHONE JACK
The earphone jack can be used with stereo headphones using an 1/8 inch
(3.5mm)plug. FM sound is in stereo if the signal is sent in stereo and the ST
position is selected with the “AM BW/FM ST” switch. The internal speaker
will be muted when a device is connected to the Earphone jack.
USING VOLUME UP/DOWN
Quickly press volume (V+/V-) button to adjust volume UP or volume
DOWN step by step. Press and hold down volume (V+/V-) button to
adjust volume UP or DOWN continuously.

ADJUST AUDIO TONE - TREBLE/BASS
Quickly press “TONE” button, select Treble setting, LCD displays “TREB: XX”,
rotate the FINE Tuning knob on the right side of unit to adjust treble volume;
MUTE ON/OFF
When the radio is playing, quickly press “MUTE”, LCD displays “MUTE ON”
or “MUTE OFF”.
Note:
MUTE ON: indicates the radio is mute, no audio ouput;
MUTE OFF: indicates the radio can play sound normally.
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INT./EXT. ANTENNA - FM/SW/DAB
Use this switch to enable the use of FM/SW/DAB internal or external
antennas. When the signal is weak, use external antenna to improve
the reception,
Quickly press “TONE” button, select Bass setting, LCD displays “BASS: XX”,
rotate the FINE Tuning knob on the right side of unit to adjust bass volume;
CHARGING
Plug AC adapter into the wall socket, when the radio is off, quickly press
“CHARGE” button, the battery icon will be displayed, which indicates
the system is charging rechargeable batteries. When the battery is charged
fully or charging time countdown is over, it means the charging is over.
During the charging, quickly press this button to stop charging.
Caution: Do not charge non-rechargeable battery.

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This socket locates on the back of the radio is primarily for antennas
designed to be fed with 50 or 70 ohm coaxial cable, such as dipoles
or comparable antennas, It can also be used for long wire antennas.
Use PAL type connector for feeding this socket.
FM/SW/DAB EXTERNAL ANTENNAS
If you are in a brick or metal building, AM can be greatly improved
with the addition of a simple antenna. A small diameter insulated
stranded wire, about 60" in length is a good place to start. Antenna
wire can be attached by pressing the spring loaded lever and
inserting the wire.
The “GND” jack is used with the “MW(AM) EXT. ANT.”. Attached one end
of a length of wire to be Ground jack and the other end to a good
earth ground.
Caution: Do not use external antenna when it is in thunder storm.
MW(AM) EXTERNAL ANTENNA/GND Jack
Press and hold down INFO/LIGHT button to select light on all the time or off.
Press this button for 2 or 3 seconds, the backlight will flash one time, which
indicates the backlight keeps on all the time. If the backlight is off, which
indicates it will be on when pressing this button. If no operation, the backlight
will be off after 10 seconds.
BACKLIGHT ON/OFF OPERATION

SPECIFICATIONS:
FREQUENCY COVERAGE
FM Band: 87.5 - 108 MHZ (default)
AM(MW) Band: 522 - 1620 kHz (9kHz step)
520 - 1710 kHz (10kHz step)
SW Band: 1711 - 29999 kHz
LW Band: 150 - 450 kHz
Band III: 5A - 13F
MEMORY PRESETS
FM/MW/SW/LW : 400 total ( 100 Per Band)
Band III: 20 total
SPEAKER
5 Watt 4 ohm
INPUT POWER
4 “D” size batteries (not included)
6V DC 600mA tip negative
EARPHONE JACK
3.5mm 32 ohm
DIMENSIONS
W 295mm x H 175mm x D 76mm
WEIGHT
1.65 kg without batteries
ACCESSORIES
Owner’s manual
AC/DC adapter
D size battery adapter x4
* Specifications subject to change without notice.
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