Oakcastle HIFI200 Manual

Instruction GuideENHIFI200 Hi-Fi Micro-System

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Instruction Guide
Register your product for a FREE 3-Year warranty at www.oakcastle.co.ukContents3YearWarrantyEN Turning The Unit On/Off
Setting The Clock
Sleep Timer System Reset
DAB+ OperationDAB Display Modes
FM OperationFM Display Modes CD /USB Operation
BT Operation Preset EQ Mute Using The Auxiliary Input Specifications Warranty + Support Safety Information
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Remote control 1ENWhat is in the Box?Box ContentsOakcastle HIFI200
Power Adapter
Instructions Guide

2ENFront View/Control ButtonsControls & Functions1.Open/Close CD compartment
2.Volume Control
3.LCDDisplay
4.IR Remote Control Receiver
5.Power ON/Standby
6.Source
7.Time Set/Memory
8.Menu/Info
9.Select / Mono/Stereo
10.CD: Stop /BT Pair
11.Play/Pause / Scan
/ Tune –
/ T une +
12.Rewind/Skip Previous
Fast Forward /Skip Next
13.Aux Input Jack
14.USB input

15.Speaker Output Connector
16.Headphone Jack
17.DC Power Input
18.Antenna 3ENBack View/Control ButtonsControls & Functions
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Controls & FunctionsControls & FunctionsControls & Functions
1. ON/Standby
2. MODE
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Memory
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Previous / Tuner down
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Equalizer
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Repeat
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X-bass
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DAB/FM Info
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DAB/FM Scan
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CD/USB Stop
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Clock set
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Timer
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Sleep
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Folder +/Pre-sets Channel
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Enter
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Next / Tuner up
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Folder -/Pre-sets Channel -
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Random/Intro
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Mute
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DAB/FM Menu
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Remote ControlVolume +
Volume –
CD/USB Play/pause
Numpad
DAB/FM Turn down
DAB/FM Turn up
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Instruction Guide
5ENInstruction GuideTURNING THE UNIT ON/OFFSETTING THE CLOCK1. In standby mode, push POWER/STANDBY on the main unit
or remote control to turn the unit ON. The unit will turn on,
the last selected input mode icon will show on the LCD display.
After plugging the DC power adapter into the unit for the first time,
“00:00:00” will appear on the LCD display. If you can receive a DAB+
signal at your location, the unit will synchronize to the current local time.
After approximately one minute, the unit will switch into standby mode.
To set the time manually:
1.Press the STANDBY button to switch the device to standby mode.
2.Press and hold the CLOCK SET button on remote control or TIME SET
button on the unit until TIME SETUP is shown on the display.
3.Press the CLOCK SET button to set 12 or 24 hour format.
4.Use the or buttons to select the desired format and press CLOCK SET to
confirm.
5.Then use the or buttons to select SET CLOCK on the display.
6.Press the CLOCK SET button to confirm.
7.The hour display flashes. Press the or buttons to set the hour.
8.Press the CLOCK SET button to confirm.
9.The min The minute display flashes. Press the or buttons to set the
minutes.
10.Press the CLOCK SET button to confirm.
2. To turn the unit OFF (into standby), push POWER/STANDBY
on the main unit or remote control again. The LCD DISPLAY
will go dim and show the current time. The standby mode
indicator lights.

6ENInstruction GuideSLEEPNOTE: The following is only functional by using the remote control.
The sleep timer allows you to turn the unit off automatically after a
preset time is reached.
1. To activate the sleep timer, turn the unit on and press the SOURCE
button to select RADIO, CD, USB, BT or AUX IN.
2. Press the SLEEP button on the remote control. “SLEEP SET” appears
on the display.
3. Repeatedly press the SLEEP button to select a sleep time. The unit
will turn off after 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 or 90 minutes. Wait for 3
seconds after your selection for the unit to confirm the selection,
the unit will play for the selected length of time then automatically
shut down.
4. To cancel the sleep timer, press the SLEEP button repeatedly until the
timer on the display shows “OFF”. To turn the unit off before the selected
length of time, press the POWER/STANDBY button at any time.
NOTE: To check the remaining sleep time, press the SLEEP button once.
If you are falling asleep to music from an external device connected to
the AUX input, the sleep timer will shut off the power to this system but it
will not turn off the external device.

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7ENInstruction GuideTIMER
You can set a time when the device will switch on and off automatically
every day.
1. Switch the device to standby mode.
2. Press and hold the TIMER button on remote control until “ON TIMER”
is shown on the display, the hour digits flash.
3. Use the or button to set the required switch-on time. Select
the hours first and confirm by pressing ENTER.
4. Then use the or button to set the minutes and confirm again by
pressing ENTER.
5. ”OFF TIMER” appears on the display, the hour digits flash.
6. Use the or button to set the required switch-off time. Select the
hours first and confirm by pressing ENTER.
7. Use the or button to set the minutes and confirm again by
pressing the ENTER button.
8. Then use the or button to select the mode to be used when
device is switched on: DAB, FM, CD, USB, BUZZER
(alarm tone) and press ENTER to confirm.
9. Use the or button to set the required volume and press ENTER
to confirm.
Timer setting is now complete. When done successfully, the symbol
is shown on the display. To switch off the timer, proceed as follows:
1. In standby mode, briefly press the TIMER button. The symbol
on the display turns off.
2. You can activate the timer with the previously configured settings at
any time by pressing TIMER again.

8ENInstruction GuideNOTE:If “Wake to CD/USB” is selected but a CD or USB drive are not inserted,
the alarm will default to the Beeping Alarm automatically when the alarm time
is reached. For ‘Wake to Radio”, the system will default to the last FM radio station
listened to prior to switching off. The alarm will increase to the volume
level you have set.
ACTIVATE/DE-ACTIVATE ALARM FUNCTION1. To activate the ALARM, press the TIMER button, and the alarm
icon will show on the LCD display.
2. Cancel the ALARM function by pressing the TIMER button again.
The alarm icon will disappear from the LCD display.
WAKE TO RADIO, CD/USB OR BUZZER ALARM
•When the alarm time is reached, the CD/USB, radio or beeping alarm will sound for 60 minutes, then shut off and reset itself
for the following day (without pressing the snooze button).
•To stop the alarm immediately after it sounds, press the POWER button on remote control or on main unit once. It resets
itself for the following day.
•To cancel the following day alarm, tap the TIMER button once, the alarm icon will disappear from the LCD display.

Instruction Guide
9ENInstruction GuideSYSTEM RESETThere may be times when you need to reset your unit back to the
factory settings especially when you have moved house. If you
experience reception problems you may want to reset and try again.
If you move to another part of the country and pick up the local and
national DAB+ signals in that area, your previously tuned channels may
no longer be available.
This setting will restore the factory default settings of the unit.
1. Press and hold the MENU button, press the or buttons to
select “System”. Then press ENTER to confirm.
2. Press the or buttons to select “Factory Reset”.
Then press ENTER to confirm.
3. Press the or button to select YES or NO
NOTE: After the system reset, all the tuned stations, FM/DAB+ preset
stations will be erased.

ENInstruction GuideDAB+ OPERATION 10If the unit is connected to the mains power and then switched on from
standby for the first time, the unit will automatically enter the DAB mode
and perform an automatic scan. During the scan, the display will show
“Scanning…” together with a slide bar that indicates the progress of the
scan and the number of stations that have been found so far. Once the
scan has finished, the unit will select the first alphanumerically found
station. To explore the found stations, press the or .
FULL SCANThe full scan will search for the entire DAB+ Band III channels. After the
scan has finished, the first alphanumerically found station will be
automatically selected.
1. To activate auto scan, press the SCAN button and “Scanning …” and
a progressing slide bar will be shown on display.
2. All the stations that have been found will be stored automatically.
To explore and listen to the found stations, press the or buttons
to select. Then press ENTER to confirm.
MANUAL TUNINGAs well as the auto tune function, you can opt to perform a manual tune. This
can help you when aligning your aerial or when adding stations that were missed
during auto tuning.1. In DAB mode, press MENU on the remote control to display the menu. 2. Press the or buttons to select MANUAL TUNE, confirm by pressing
ENTER.

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3. Press the or buttons to cycle through the DAB/DAB+ channels, which
are numbered from 5A to 13F.
4. After your desired channel number is selected, press the ENTER button to
confirm. The display will show the multiplex.
5. Press the MENU button again to add the selected
channel to the station list.
DRC (DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION)If you are listening to music with high dynamic range in a noisy environment,
you may wish to compress the audio dynamic range.
1.In DAB mode, press the MENU button on the remote control to display the menu.
2. Press the or buttons to select “DRC” and then press the ENTER button
on the remote control to confirm.
3. Press the or to select Off / High / Low.
4. Press the ENTER button on the remote control to confirm.
PRUNEYou may remove all unavailable stations from the list.
1. In DAB mode, press the MENU button on the remote control to display
the menu.
2. Press the or buttons to select “Prune” and then press the ENTER
button on the remote control to confirm.
3. Press the or to select <YES>, and then press the ENTER button on
the remote control to delete the unavailable stations.
4. You can press the or to select <NO>, and then press the ENTER
button on the remote control to cancel.

ENInstruction Guide12SOFTWARE INFORMATION 1. In DAB mode, press the MENU button on the remote control to display
the menu.
2. Press the or buttons to select System.
To confirm press the ENTER button.
2. Press the or buttons to select “SW version”.
3. Press the ENTER button on the remote control to display the software version.
4. Press the MENU button to exit.
SECONDARY SERVICESYou may see a “>” symbol after the name of the station, this indicates that there
are secondary services available for that particular station. This means the
station contains extra services that are related to the primary station
(e.g. a sports station has added additional commentaries).
The secondary services are stated directly after the primary station in the station
list. To select the secondary station, press the MENU button when the “>”
appears in the display before the station name. When the secondary service
ends, the unit will automatically switch back to the primary station.
PRESET STATIONSNOTE: The following is only functional by using the remote control.
1. Press and hold the MEMORY button. The display will show
“Preset Store < 1:(Empty)>”.
2. Press or to select your desired preset station number. Then press
the ENTER button to confirm.
3. The station will be stored in a few seconds, the display will show
“Preset # Stored”.

13ENInstruction GuideRECALLING A STORED STATION (REMOTE CONTROL ONLY) 1. Once you have saved a station to one of the preset buttons, you can recall it
by pressing the MEMORY button.
2. Press the or until your desired station show on the display;
Press INFO on the device, the display will switch between multiple display modes.
The information of each display mode is displayed on the lower segment of
the display.
SIGNAL STRENGTH
The display will show a bar to indicate the signal strength. The stronger the signal,
the longer the bar will be from left to right.
PROGRAMME TYPE
This describes the “style” or “genre” of the program that is being broadcasted.
ENSEMBLE
This displays the name of the multiplex that contains the station you are listening
to. A multiplex is a collection of radio stations that is bundled and transmitted on
one single frequency. There are national and local multiplexes. Local ones contain
stations that are specific to that area.
NOTE: DAB (+), unlike normal radio, groups together several stations and transmits
them on one frequency.
FREQUENCY
This displays the frequency of the present station, such as “11C 220.352MHz”.
Then press the ENTER button to confirm into stations.
You also can recall the pre-set channels directly by pressing the CH+ or CH-
Button on remote control repeatedly.
DAB DISPLAY MODES

ENInstruction Guide13SIGNAL ERROR
This displays a number showing the error rate. If the number is 0,
it means the signal received is error free and
the signal strength is strong. If the error rate is high, it is
recommended to reposition the aerial or unit.
AUDIO BIT RATEThe display will show the digital audio bit rate being received. TIME / DATEThis displays the current time and date provided automatically
by the broadcaster.
DLS (DYNAMIC LABEL SEGMENT)DynamicLabel Segment is a scrolling message that the
broadcaster may include with their transmissions. The message
usually includes information, such as program details.
FM OPERATIONTo switch the unit to FM mode, press the SOURCE button.
AUTO SCANPress SCAN/ on until the tuner starts searching for a station. To scan down the
frequency band, press and hold the SCAN/ button. Once a station has been
found, the scanning will stop automatically.
MANUAL SCANTo search for FM stations manually, press or repeatedly until your desired
frequency is reached.

14ENInstruction GuideSCAN SETTINGThis is a setting to choose between letting the radio scan for all stations, or just for
stations with a strong signal.
1. Press the MENU button, then press or to select “Scan setting”.
Press the ENTER button to confirm menu choice.
2. Press the or buttons to select “All Stations” or “Strong Stations only”.
Press the ENTER button to confirm setting choice.
AUDIO SETTING
This unit will automatically switch between stereo and mono mode, but you
can override this and choose manually.
This can be helpful when having poor signal reception.
1. Press the MENU button, then press the or buttons to select
“Audio setting”. Press ENTER to confirm.
2. Press the or buttons to select “Stereo Allowed” or “Forced Mono”
and then press ENTER to confirm.PRESET STATIONS
You can store up to 30 of your favorite stations. This will enable you to access
your favorite stations more quickly and easily.
1. To store a preset, you must be listening to the station that you want to save.
Press and hold MEMORY. The display will show “Preset Store < 1:(Empty)>”.
2. Press the or buttons to select your desired preset station number and
press the ENTER button to confirm.
3. The station will be stored, the display will show “Preset #Stored”.
RECALLING A STORED STATION
1.Once you have saved a station to one of the preset buttons, you can
recall it by pressing the MEMORY button.
2.Press the or Button until your desired stations show on the
display; Then press the ENTER button confirm.You also can recall the pre-set channels directly by pressing the CH+ or CH-
Button on remote control repeatedly.

FM DISPLAY MODESCD /USB OPERATION ENInstruction Guide15Press the INFO button, the display will change between multiple display modes.
The information of each display mode is displayed on the lower segment
of the display.
RADIO TEXT
As with DAB, the broadcaster can include a scrolling text that displays information
about the current program.
PROGRAM TYPE
This describes the “style” or “genre” of the program that is being broadcasted.
FREQUENCY
Displays the frequency of the present station.
AUDIO TYPE
This displays if the station is in mono or stereo.
TIME / DATE
The broadcaster provides clock and date information automatically, so there’s
no need to manually set this information.
Press the SOURCE button repeatedly on the unit or MODE button on the remote
control to select CD mode.
1.Place an audio CD on the centrespindle with its label side facing out/up
towards the CD compartment door. Close the disc compartment.
2.Unit starts to read the disc, “CD READING” shows on the display. After a
few seconds, the total number of tracks and the total time of the CD will be
shown on the LCD DISPLAY for one second.
3.The first track of the CD/MP3 disc will start playing automatically.
If there is no disc inserted or the disc can’t be read, “NO CD” will be shown on
the display.

16ENInstruction GuideCONNECTING USB DEVICESUSB memory sticks can be inserted into the USB port, which enables music
tracks to be played from a USB memory stick.
START/PAUSE/STOP PLAYBACKPress the button in the CD/USB section of the remote control or press on
the main unit to start/pause playback.
Use the button in the CD/USB section of the remote control or on the device
to completely stop playback.
SKIPPING TO ANOTHER TRACKPress or to skip backwards to the beginning of the track/previous track or
skip to the next track.
Press and hold or to perform fast forward/rewind.
REPEAT PLAYBACK1. During stop or playback mode, press the REPEAT button once on the remote
control, “REP one” will show on the display. The CD will play the current track
repeatedly.
2. Press the REPEAT button twice, “REP ALL” will show on the display. The CD
will play all tracks repeatedly.
3. Press the REPEAT button once again, the REPEAT function will turn off.
FOLDER SELECTIONIf you are playing MP3 files, you can store them in different folders to make it
easier to keep an overview of the tracks.
Press either the FOLDER- button or FOLDER+ button to change folder on an
MP3 data medium

ENInstruction Guide17RANDOM PLAYBACKAll tracks on the disc can be played in a random order.
1. During playback, press the RANDOM button on the remote control.
The “RANDOM” indicator will show on the display. All tracks will be played
randomly.
2. Press the or buttons to play the next random track.
3. After all the tracks have played once, the playback will stop automatically.
4. To cancel random playback, press the RANDOM button during random
playback. Regular playback will resume.
PROGRAMME SETTINGNOTE: The following is only functional by using the remote control.
Use the programme function to create a music playlist by selecting tracks you
want to play. You can specify the order in which the list is played manually:
1. Press to stop playback.
2. Press the MEMORY button. Position “P01” is shown on the display, followed
by the selected track T--001.
3. Now press or to select a track.
4. Confirm by pressing the MEMORY button and save more tracks in the same way.
5. When all tracks have been added, start the programmed playback with
pressing .
6. You can delete a programmed track playing order by pressing for a second
time.
PROGRAMME CANCEL
To cancel, press the button twice, or open the disctray and then close it again.