Roberts CRD-26 User manual

CRD-26
DAB digital clock radio
Please read this manual before use
ROBERTS
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Controls ........................................................................... 2-3
Using the clock radio for the first time .................................4
Operating your clock radio ..................................................5
Selecting a station ...............................................................6
Secondary services .............................................................6
Display modes.....................................................................7
Finding new stations............................................................8
Manual tuning......................................................................9
Signal strength display ........................................................9
Presetting stations.............................................................10
Recalling a preset station ..................................................11
Setting the alarm time ..................................................11-13
Switch alarm on or off........................................................14
To view alarm/s time..........................................................14
Cancelling alarms..............................................................15
Snooze function.................................................................15
To set snooze time ............................................................15
Sleep function....................................................................16
Station order......................................................................17
Favourite station order ......................................................17
Contents
Alphanumeric station order ...............................................17
Active station order............................................................18
Trim stations ......................................................................18
Transfer favourites to presets ............................................18
Dynamic range control (DRC) settings..............................19
System reset .....................................................................20
Software version................................................................20
Clock display .....................................................................21
Auto dimmer ......................................................................21
Headphone socket ............................................................22
Line out socket ..................................................................22
Specifications ....................................................................23
Circuit features ..................................................................23
General..............................................................................24
Notes .................................................................................25
Guarantee .........................................................................26
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Controls (Top)
1. Volume Up button
2. Volume Down button
3. On/off button
4. Sleep button
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5. Alarm button
6. Snooze button
7. Menu button
8. Preset button
9. Display button
10. Select button
11. Tuning Down button
12. Tuning Up button
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Controls (Front)
13. Auto Dimmer
14. LCD display
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15. DAB wire aerial
16. Line out socket
17. Headphone socket
18. DC jack socket
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Controls (Rear)

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Using the clock radio for the first time
Your clock radio is supplied with a Mains Adaptor.
1. Place your clock radio on a flat surface.
2. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the rear of your
clock radio.
3. Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. The
wire should be fully extended and positioned for optimum reception.
4. Plug the adaptor into a standard 13 amp mains socket outlet.
5. When your clock radio is first switched on the display will show "Setting
Clock" and a station search will be performed automatically.
6. When stations have been found, the clock information will appear
on the display. When the unit is in standby mode you can press the
display button to toggle between showing the time only or showing
both the date and time.
7. If no stations have been found "clock not set..." will be displayed. It
may then be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving
better reception. You should then carry out an autoscan to find stations
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Operating your clock radio
1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio. The display
will show "Now tuning" for a few seconds.
2. If the clock radio has been used before, the last used station will be
selected.
3. The first station in the list of stations found will be played. The display
will show the station name in the first line of the display and other
information in the second line.
4. If no signals are found "No stations available" will be displayed and
it may be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving
better reception. You should then carry out an autoscan to find stations
as described on page 8.
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Selecting a station
1. The top line of the display shows the name of the station currently
selected.
2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to step through the list of
available stations.
3. Press and release the Select button to select the station. The display
may show "Now tuning" while your radio finds the new station.
4. Adjust the Volume control to the required setting.
Note: If after selecting a station the display shows "Not Available" it
may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better
reception.
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Secondary services
1. Certain radio stations have one or more secondary services associated
with them. If a station has a secondary service associated 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 you move through the tuning list.
2. Press and release the Select button to select the station.
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Display modes
Your radio has seven display modes:-
1. Press the Display button to cycle through the various modes.
a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such
as artist/track name, phone in number,
etc.
b. Programme type Displays type of station being listened to
e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc.
c. Multiplex Name Displays name of multiplex to which
current station belongs.
d. Time and date Displays current time and date.
e. Channel and frequency Displays channel number and frequency.
f. Bit rate and audio type Displays the digital bit rate and audio
mode.
g. Signal strength Displays the signal strength for station
being listened to.
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Finding new stations
As time passes new stations may become available. To find new stations
proceed as follows:-
1. Press and release the Menu button and press the Tuning up or
down buttons until "Autoscan UK" shows on the display.
2. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a scan
of the UK DAB frequencies. As new stations are found the station
counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations
will be added to the list
3. To carry out a full scan of the entire DAB Band III frequencies press
and release the Menu button and press the Tuning up or down
buttons until the display shows "Autoscan full".
4. Press and release the Select button. As new stations are found the
station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and
stations will be added to the list.
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Manual Tuning
Manual tuning allows you to tune and add the various DAB Band III
channels to your station list. UK DAB stations located in the range 11B
to 12D. This function can be used to assist the positioning of the an-
tenna or your clock radio to obtain the optimum reception for a specific
channel / frequency.
1. Press the Menu button the display will show "Alarm settings".
2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until the display shows "Manual
tune".
3. Press and release the Select button.
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the required DAB
channel.
5. Press and release the Select button the open bar in the middle shows
you the minimum signal strength needed for good DAB reception. The
signal strength bars will go up and down showing the changing signal
strength as you adjust the wire aerial or your clock radio position.
6. Press the Select button to return to normal service.
Signal strength display
1. Press and release the Select button the display will show signal
strength. Press the Select button to exit signal strength display.
2. Position your clock radio and fully extend the wire aerial for best
reception using the signal strength display as a guide. Move your
clock radio around and position so as to give maximum number of
black rectangles on signal strength display. The clear unfilled rectangle
indicates minimum signal level required for satisfactory reception.
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Presetting stations
There are 10 memory presets available.
1. Press the On/off button to switch on the clock radio.
2. Tune to the required station as previously described.
3. Press the Preset button, the display will show "Empty preset 1" if
there are no presets stored.
4. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset
number under which you wish to store the station.
5. Press and hold down the Preset button until the display shows e.g.
"Preset 1 saved". The station will be stored under the chosen preset
button. Repeat this procedure for the remaining presets.
6. Stations stored in preset memories may be overwritten by following
the above procedure.
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Recalling a preset station
1. Press the On/off button to switch on the radio.
2. Press the Preset button.
3. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset
number and press the Select button. Your clock radio will tune to the
station stored in the preset memory.
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Setting the alarm time
Your clock radio has four separate alarms which can be set to wake you
to either radio or beep type alarm. Each alarm can be set to sound once,
daily, weekdays and weekends. The alarms can be set with the radio in
the on or the off position. In the event of a power interruption your clock
radio has a built in memory chip that will maintain all your alarm settings
when the power is restored.
Note: If no buttons are pressed for 5 seconds the clock radio will
exit the alarm setup.
To exit the alarm menu at any time press the Menu button.
1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio.
2. Press the Alarm button and "Set alarm" will appear on the display.
3. Press the Select button to enter the alarm setup. If there are no alarms
set the display will show "Alarm not in use".

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4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired alarm
1-4.
5. Press the Select button to enter the alarm hour. The display will show
the current time in 24 hour format. The hour digit will be selected.
Note: Alarm times are set using 24Hr format e.g. 2:30PM is
entered as 14:30
6. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to set the correct hour.
7. Press the Select button to enter the alarm minutes. The minute digit
will be selected.
8. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to set the correct minutes.
9. Press the Select button to enter the alarm day option. Your alarm
can be set to sound once, daily, weekdays and weekends.
Once - Will sound at one time only.
Daily - Will sound every day.
Weekdays - Will sound only on weekdays.
Weekends - Will sound only on weekends.
10. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select either once, daily,
weekdays or weekends.
• If setting alarms to daily, weekdays or weekends proceed to point
18 (Setting alarm mode).
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11. If selecting the alarm to once you will need to set the year, month and
day options as described below.
12. Press the Select button to enter the alarm year option.
13. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct year.
14. Press the Select button to enter the alarm month option.
15. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct month.
16. Press the Select button to enter the alarm day.
17. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct day.
18. Press the Select button to enter the alarm mode, the alarm mode
can be set to either DAB (Radio) or BUZZER.
19. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select either DAB or BUZZER
alarm mode option.
20. Press the Select button to confirm alarm settings. The display will
show the alarm settings.
21. Press the Menu button to exit the menu options.
Note: The alarm/s will not sound if the alarms have not been
activated and set to the On position. (see page 14)
When the alarm is set to wake by radio your clock radio will switch
on to the last used station. When alarm activates, volume will
start from minimum and increase in level every 2-3 seconds.
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Switching alarm/s on or off
1. To activate the alarm/s press the Alarm button and enter the alarm
setup menu. The display will show "Set alarm".
2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "alarm On/off" shows on
the display.
3. Press and release the Select button. The alarm settings will be
displayed.
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until the required alarm is
reached 1-4.
5. Press the Select button to switch the required alarm on. The
display will show a bell symbol when the alarm is set to on.
6. To switch off the alarm permanently, press the Select button to switch
the required alarm off. The bell symbol will disappear from the
display.
7. Press the Menu button to exit the alarm setup. The alarm/s will sound
at the selected times. The alarm will sound for 90 minutes unless
cancelled.
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To view alarm time
1. Press the Alarm button to enter the alarm setup.
2. Press the Select button then press the Tuning up or down buttons
to view alarms 1-4.
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To set snooze time
1. To set the snooze to the desired snooze time, press the Menu button
to enter the menu setup.
2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "alarm settings" appear on
display. Press the Select button.
3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "Snooze" appears on the
display. Press and release the Select button.
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired snooze
setting 20>15>10>5 minutes.
5. Press the Select button to select desired time. The radio will exit
the menu options and return to radio play mode.
Cancelling alarms
Whilst an alarm is sounding it can be cancelled for 24 hours by
pressing the Alarm button. 1
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Snooze function
When the radio or beep alarm sounds, pressing the Snooze button will
silence the alarm for the selected number of minutes. The Snooze setting
can be adjusted between 5 and 20 minutes in 5 minute increments.
The radio or buzzer alarms can be silenced for a set time by
pressing the Snooze button.

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Sleep function
Your clock radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed.
The sleep setting can be adjusted between 5 and 90 minutes in 5 minute
increments.
1. To set the sleep to the desired sleep time, press the Sleep button
to enter the sleep setup. "Sleep" will appear on the display.
2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select desired sleep time
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minutes or to OFF to permanently cancel the sleep function.
3. Press the Select button. The display will show "Sleep activated"
and then exit the sleep options.
4. Your radio will switch off after the preset sleep time has elapsed.
5. To cancel the sleep function before the preset time has elapsed, press
the On/off button.
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Station order
This function enables you to choose how the stations are arranged when
selecting a station. There are 5 options available favourite station, alpha-
numeric, active stations, trim stations and preset stations.
Note: Your clock radio default station order is numeric-alpha order.
1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio.
2. Press the Menu button to enter the menu setup.
3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "Station order" appears on
the display. Press the Select button.
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to choose between favourite
station, alphanumeric, active stations, trim stations or presets. Press
and release the Select button to select desired station order.
Favourite station
When this setting is switched on, after a period of time the most listened
to stations will move to the top of the station list and will be marked with
the heart symbol . Your ten favourite stations will be displayed.
Alphanumeric
When this setting is switched on your clock radio will now select
stations in alphanumeric order 0...9 A...Z.
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Active station
When this setting is switched on the display will show only those that a
signal can be found for.
Trim stations
Some DAB services may stop broadcasting or you may not be able to
receive a station. Trim stations will delete the DAB stations from your
station list that can no longer be received.
When this setting is switched on your clock radio will delete the stations
that are not currently being received.
Transfer favourites to presets
This option is only available when favourites has been previously selected
on the station order.
When this setting is switched on your favourite stations will be transferred
to the preset station memories.
Note: This will overwrite any stations already stored in presets.

Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings
DRC can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in
a noisy environment.
1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio.
2. Press the Menu button to enter the menu setup.
3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "DRC value" appears on
the display. Press the Select button. The display will show the current
DRC value on the top line.
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the required DRC
setting. Default is 0.
DRC 0 DRC is switched off, Broadcast DRC will be ignored.
DRC 1/2 DRC level is set to 1/2 that sent by broadcaster.
DRC 1 DRC is set as sent by broadcaster.
5. Press and release the Select button to confirm the setting. The display
will return to radio mode.
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