Goodmans GMR1886DAB User manual

DAB DIGITAL RADIO
MODEL: GMR1886DAB
USER MANUAL

1 Welcome
2 Your DAB Digital Radio
2.1 In The Box
2.2 Front View
2.3 Top View
2.4 Rear View
3 Quick Setup
4 Features
POWER button 4.5 FM mode – choosing menu options
4.1 Turn ON/OFF/STANDBY 1. Menu
2. Scan setting
DAB/FM button 3. Audio setting
4.2 Switching to DAB/FM mode 4. System
INFO/MENU button PRESET button
4.3 Changing the DAB display information 4.6 Preset 10 DAB stations and 10 FM favorite
4.4 DAB mode – choosing menu options 4.7 Recall a station from the Preset list
1. Menu
2. Full scan –CHANNEL+ button
3. Manual tune 4.8 Choosing radio stations or options
4. DRC (Dynamic range compression)
5. Prune –VOLUME + button
6. System 4.9 adjusting volume
6.1. Sleep
6.2. Time
6.3. Backlight
6.4. Language
6.5. Factory Reset
6.6. Software version
5 Troubleshooting
6 Technical Specifications

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1 Welcome
Thanks you for choosing this Goodmans product. We’ve been making electronics for the British
people for 70 years. Each of our projects has been carefully designed to be great at what it does
and this one is no exception. We hope you enjoy your new CANVAS DAB Digital Radio.
2 Your DAB Digital Radio
2.1.In The Box
Carefully remove your DAB Digital Radio from the box.
Inside the box you will find;
•DAB Digital Radio
•Mains power supply lead
•Quick Start Guide
•Guarantee Booklet
If any of these items are missing contact us at www.goodmans.co.uk/support
Mains Power
Your DAB/FM Radio requires a mains supply of 230V AC ~ 50 Hz. Please ensure that your mains
supply is compatible before use. Disconnect the Power Cord from the mains when not in use.
Position of DAB Digital Radio
Place on a flat, stable surface that is not subject to vibrations. Avoid the following locations:
•Where it is exposed to direct sunlight
•Where it is close to heat radiating sources
•Where the humidity is high and ventilation is poor
•Where it is dusty
Adjusting the Aerial
Fully extend the aerial to ensure good reception in both DAB and FM Radio modes. It may be
necessary to alter the position of the DAB Digital Radio and/or the aerial to achieve the best
signal.
Using Headphones
Headphones require a 3.5mm diameter stereo plug and an impedance of 8-32 ohms.
Headphones are not supplied with this DAB Digital Radio.

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2.2 Front View
2.3 Top View
POWER button
Press to turn on/off the unit, or press to enter
'standby' during connected with adapter.
DAB/FM button
Press to switch between DAB, FM mode.
INFO/MENU button
Press to view station information, or press and hold
to display menu options.
PRESET button
Press and hold to enter 'save list', press SELECT to
save a station as a preset, or press to enter the
'save list', then press SELECT to recall a saved
preset station.
- CHANNEL +
Press to enter 'station list', or press to select options.
SELECT button
- VOLUME + button
Press to increase/decrease the volume.
2.4 Rear View
DC-In socket
Used to connect the DAB Digital Radio to the mains
power supply
Headphone socket
Used to connect the headphone to the DAB Digital
Radio
Battery Pack
Use 4pcs x AA battery to operate the DAB Digital
Radio.
3 Quick Setup
1. Connect the power cable to the DAB Radio and mains supply, or insert 4 x AA batteries into
battery compartment.
2. Raise and extend the aerial.
3. Turn radio on by pressing the POWER button
4. The first time the radio is switched on, it will start up in DAB mode. It will automatically scan for the
available radio stations.
5. In DAB mode, the CHANNEL button allows you to navigate between different stations. Press
SELECT to choose the one you want to listen to.
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4 Features
POWER button
4.1 Turn ON/OFF/STANDBY
1. Turn on the DAB Digital Radio by pressing the POWER button. The
first time the DAB Digital Radio is switched, it will start up DAB mode.
It will automatically scan for the available radio stations to fig.1.
2. When your DAB Digital Radio is using power adapter, press POWER
button to switch ‘on’ and ‘standby’ to fig.2. Unplug the power adapter
to turn off your Digital Radio completely.
3. When your DAB Digital Radio is using batteries, press POWER button
to switch ‘on’ and ‘off’.
DAB/FM button
4.2 Switching to DAB/FM mode
1. The first time the DAB Digital Radio is switched, it will start up DAB
mode.
2. If the DAB Digital Radio is in DAB mode, press the DAB/FM button
repeatedly until FM is shown on the display.
3. Once in FM mode, your DAB Digital Radio will tune to the start of the
available FM range (87.50MHz) or the last FM station listed to fig.3.
4. To manually change the FM frequency, make sure that you have not
selected any other sub-menus. Turn the –CHANNEL+ to change the
frequency by 0.05MHz.
INFO/MENU button
4.3 Changing the DAB display information
1. If the DAB Digital Radio is in DAB mode, press INFO/MENU button to
select different info to show on the display, such as DLS (Dynamic
Label Segment), signal strength, PTY (Programme Type), ensemble,
frequency, signal quality, bitrate codec, time, date.
2. If the DAB Digital Radio is in FM mode, press INFO/MENU button to
select different info to show on the display, such as radio text, PTY
(Programme Type), PS (Programme Service), stereo/mono, time,
date.
Scaning...
Standby
87.50MHz
[No RadioText]
Fig.1
Fig.2
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4.4 DAB mode – choosing menu options
1 If the DAB Digital Radio is in DAB mode, press and hold INFO/MENU
button to enter the menu list to fig.4. Press the –CHANNEL+ button to
select option through the list of menu. Then, stop at your preferred
option and press the SELECT button to confirm. The menu options
are: full scan, manualtune, DRC, prune, system.
2. Full scan – under menu list, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select
“Full scan“ through the list of menu, press SELECT button to confirm
and full scan starts automatically to fig.4. Once a scan is completed,
the radio returns to play the previously-selected station or first station
on the station list.
Note: if no radio station found, it shows “No DAB Station”. For a better
reception, extend the antenna or do the full scan again in another
place.
3. Manual tune – as well as the normal method of scanning, you can also
manually tune to a particular channel/frequency. This can be useful for
adjusting your antenna to achieve the best possible reception and
scanning a particular channel to update the station list.
Under menu list, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select “Manual tune”
throughthe list of menu, press SELECT button to confirm. Then press
the –CHANNEL+ button to select a particular channel/frequency and
then press SELECT button to confirm the setting to fig.5.
The display shows a live indication of the received signal strength on
the selected frequency. Adjustments to your antenna will be
manifested in the received signal strength displayed.
4. DRC (Dynamic range compression) – this function reduces the
difference between the loudest and quietest audio being broadcast.
Effectively, this makes quiet sounds comparatively louder and loud
sounds comparatively quieter. Options: off(default)/high/low
Under menu list, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select “DRC”
through the list of menu, press SELECT button to confirm. Then press
the –CHANNEL+ button to select a particular setting and press
SELECT button to confirm the setting to fig.6.
Note: DRC only works if it is enabled by the broadcaster for a specific
station.
5. Prune – this removes all invalid stations indicated in the station list with
a ‘?’ in front of the station name.
Under menu list, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select “Prune”
throughthe list of menu, press SELECT button to confirm to fig.7.
Then press the –CHANNEL+ button to select <Yes>, and press
SELECT button to confirm
DAB
<Full scan >
DAB
<Manual tune >
DAB
<DRC >
DAB
<Prune >
Fig.4
Fig.5
Fig.6
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6. System – the System menu options are: sleep, time, backlight,
language, factory, reset, SW version to fig.8.
6.1. Sleep – when listening to the radio you can set a period of time
before the radio enters ‘standby’ mode.
Note: the radio must be active and not in ‘standby’ mode already.
Under the system menu, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select
“Sleep” throughthe list of menu, press SELECT button to confirm to
fig.9. Then press the –CHANNEL+ button to select < sleep off /
15mins / 30mins / 45mins / 60mins / 90mins >, and press SELECT
button to confirm.
6.2. Time – if there are any DAB+ radio signal, the machine will
automatically update the time, there is no signal, can also be set
manually to fig.10.
*Set Time/Date: set hour / set minute / set month / set date>set year >
saved
*Auto update options: update from Any / update from DAB / update
from FM / no update
*Set 12/24 hour: 12hour/24hour
*Set date format: DD-MM-YYYY/MM-DD-YYYY
Cycle through Time menu by press the –CHANNEL+ button, select a
particular option, and press the SELECT button changes.
6.3. Backlight – this radio display has a backlight which can be
adjustable. You can select the time out of the display backlight of your
radio.
Under the system menu, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select
“Backlight” throughthe list of menu, press the SELECT button to
confirm to fig.11. You can now use the –CHANNEL+ button, then
press the –CHANNEL+ button to select < 10sec / 20sec / 30sec /
45sec / 60sec / 90sec / 120sec / 180sec / On >, and press SELECT
button to confirm.
6.4. Language – the language used for display messages can be
selected from below options: English | Francais | Deutsch | Norsk |
Nederlands
Under the system menu, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select
“Language” through the list of menu, press the SELECT button to
confirm tofig.12. Cycle through Language menu by press
the –CHANNEL+ button, select and stop at a particular language,
press the SELECT button to confirm.
DAB
<System >
System
<Sleep >
System
<Time >
System
<Backlight >
System
<Language >
Fig.9
Fig.10
Fig.11
Fig.12
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6.5. Factory Reset – this function clears all user defined settings,
replacing them with the original default values, so time/date,
preferences/settings, DAB station list and preset stations are all lost.
Under the system menu, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select
“Factory Reset” through the list of menu, press the SELECT button to
confirm to fig.13. Then, use the –CHANNEL+ button to choose <Yes>
and press the SELECT button to start the factory reset.
6.6. Software version – this is used to display the current software
version.
Under the system menu, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select
“Software version” through the list of menu fig.14, press the SELECT
button to confirm. Then, the existing SW version will be showed.
4.5 FM mode – choosing menu options
1. If the DAB Digital Radio is in FM mode, press and hold INFO/MENU
button to enter the menu list to fig.15. Press the –CHANNEL+ button
to select option through the list of menu. Then, stop at your preferred
option and press the SELECT button to confirm. The menu options
are: scan setting, audio setting, system.
2. Scan setting – by default, FM scans stop at any available station (All
stations). This may result in poor quality audio from weak stations.
Options: Strong stations only / All stations
Under menu list, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select a particular
option in “Scan setting”, then press the SELECT button to confirm the
change to new setting to fig.15.
3. Audio setting – by default, all stereo stations are reproduced in stereo.
For weak stations, this may result in poor quality audio. The audio
quality can be improved using mono.
Options: Stereo allowed | Forced mono
Under menu list, press the –CHANNEL+ button to select a particular
option in “Audio setting” to fig.16, then press the SELECT button to
confirm the change to new setting. It will automatically change to new
setting after 3 seconds.
4. System – Please refer to 4.4, point 6 “System”
System
<Factory reset >
System
<SW version >
FM
<Scan se ng >
FM
<Audio se ng >
Fig.13
Fig.14
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PRESET button
4.6 Preset 10 DAB stations and 10 FM favorite stations
1. Store a station to the preset list – to store a station, selected your
desired radio station, then press and hold the PRESET button for a
seconds until the LCD display “Preset store #:(Empty)” to fig.17, or“#:
saved radio station” to fig.18.
Either press the –CHANNEL+ button to select your desired station
preset number, press on the SELECT button to confirm your selection,
the display will show “Preset # Stored” to fig.19.
4.7 Recall a station from the Preset list
1. To recall a preset station, press the “PRESET” button once, either
rotate the –CHANNEL+ button to select presets station that you have
stored. When the display shows your desired preset number, press
SELECT button to confirm.
Note: If you choose a preset that hasn’t been allocated a station, then
“Empty” will be displayed.
–CHANNEL+ button
4.8 Choosing radio stations or options
1. If the DAB Digital Radio is in DAB mode, press –CHANNEL+ button to
cycle through the radio station list when you are listening. Or
press –CHANNEL+ button to cycle through the menu list for options.
2. If the DAB Digital Radio is in FM mode, press –CHANNEL+ button to
manual adjust the frequency by 0.05MHz. Or you can press and
hold –CHANNEL+ button to auto-scan station. Or press –CHANNEL+
button to cycle through the menu list for options.
–VOLUME + button
4.9 adjusting volume
1. Press – to decrease the volume, and press + to increase the volume.
Preset Store
<1: (Empty) >
Preset Store
<1: 87.5MHz >
Preset 1
sotred
Fig.17
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5. Troubleshooting
Problem What to do
There is no sound from my
radio
Check that the volume is not set to the minimum.
Make sure that the radio has been able to locate DAB/FM stations.
The display shows ‘NO DAB
STATION’ in DAB mode
Make sure that DAB coverage exists in your area.
Try adjusting the position of the aerial or location of the radio.
Poor reception
As with any radio service, there will be areas of weak signal that
may cause poor reception.
Follow the instructions for Manual Tuning on 4.4, point 6 and
adjust the aerial while monitoring the signal strength until the
optimum signal is obtained. If reception is still poor, try re-locating
the radio to another part of the room.
I cannot access secondary
services
At the time of publishing this manual not many secondary services
are available in the UK.
This will increase as more DAB stations start broadcasting. If a
secondary service station is available, the secondary indicator ‘>>’
will be displayed next to the station name.
Some of the buttons on the
DAB Digital Radio are not
working
This may be caused by electrostatic discharge.
Turn the DAB Digital Radio off, disconnect the mains plug and
reconnect after a few seconds.
6. Technical Specification
Model Number GMR1886DAB/CANVAS
Power Supply
230V AC ~ 50 Hz
Adapter: DC 5V, 1000mA
4 x AA Batteries
Speaker Output Power 1x1Wrms
Frequency Range FM: 87.5-108 MHz;
DAB: 174-240 MHz
LCD Display High resolution display
Max Power Consumption 5W
Dimensions 185mm (W) x 58m (D) x 110mm (H)
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