Roberts CRD-51 User manual

CRD-51
FM RDS/DAB Digital Clock Radio
Please read this manual before use
ROBERTS
Sound for Generations

Controls ........................................................................... 2-3
Using your clock radio for the rst time ...............................4
Operating your clock radio - DAB........................................5
Selecting a station - DAB.....................................................6
Display modes - DAB ..........................................................7
Finding new stations - DAB autoscan..................................8
Manual tuning - DAB ...........................................................9
Dynamic range control (DRC) ...........................................10
Operating your radio - FM autotune ..................................11
Operating your radio - FM manual tune.............................12
Display modes - FM...........................................................13
Presetting stations.............................................................14
Recalling a preset station ..................................................15
Setting alarm times...................................................... 16-18
To view alarm times...........................................................19
Cancelling alarms..............................................................19
Snooze function.................................................................20
To set snooze time ............................................................20
Sleep function....................................................................21
Setting the clock ................................................................22
Contents
Clock display .....................................................................24
Dimmer..............................................................................24
Display backlight................................................................24
Headphone socket.............................................................25
Factory reset......................................................................26
Software version................................................................27
General..............................................................................28
Specications ....................................................................28
Circuit features ..................................................................28
Guarantee............................................................. rear cover
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Controls (Top)
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7. Snooze button
8. Preset button
9. Menu / Display button
10. Select button
11. Tuning Up / Down buttons
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1. Volume Up / Down buttons
2. Dimmer button
3. On / Off button
4. Sleep button
5. Alarm / Clock button
6. FM / DAB button

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Controls (left side)
24. Headphone socket
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Using your clock radio for the rst time
1. Placeyourclockradioonaatsurface.
2. Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio.
Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending
either above or below the radio.
3. Plug the mains lead into a wall socket and switch on the wall socket.
the display will show “ROBERTS” and after few seconds a station
scan search will be performed automatically. The display will show
progress of the station search e.g. “>>>> 18”. The number on the
right of the display is the number of stations that have been found.
The display will then show “SET CLOCK”, after a short time the current
time will appear on the display.
4. If no stations are found, “NO CLOCK” will be displayed. It may necessary
to relocate your clock radio to a position giving better reception. You
shouldthencarryoutanautoscantondstationsasdescribedon
page 8.
IMPORTANT: The mains plug is used as the means of connecting the
radio to the mains supply. The mains socket used for the radio must remain
accessible during normal use. In order to disconnect the radio from the
mains completely, the mains plug should be removed from the mains
socket outlet completely.
Characters appearing on the LCD display indicate that the radio is connected
to and powered from the mains supply.

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Operating your clock radio - DAB
1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio. The display
will show "TUNING" for a few seconds.
2. If your clock radio has been used before, the last used station will be
selected.
3. Therststationinthelistofstationsfoundwillbeplayed.Thedisplay
will show the station name on the display.
4. If no signals are found "OFF AIR" 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ndstationsas
described on page ??.
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Selecting a station – DAB
1. 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. When the desired station name appears on the display, press the
Select button to select the station. The display will show “TUNING”
whileyourradiondsthenewstation.
4. Press the Volume Up or Down buttons to the set the required volume
level.
Note: If after selecting a station the display shows “OFF AIR”, it may be
necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better reception.
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Display modes - DAB
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 Displays current time.
e. Date Displays current date
f. Frequency and Channel Displays frequency and channel number.
g. Bit rate Displays the digital bit rate.
h. Signal error Displays the bit error rate the for station
being listened to.
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Finding new stations - DAB autoscan
Astimepassesnewstationsmaybecomeavailable.Tondnewstations
proceed as follows:-
1. Press and hold down the Menu/Display button until the display shows
"MANUAL".
2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows “LOC
SCAN”.
3. Press and release 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.
4. To carry out a full scan of the entire DAB Band III frequencies, press
and hold down the Menu/Display button until the display shows
"MANUAL
5. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows
“FULLSCAN”
6. Press and release Select button. Your radio will perform a full scan of
the 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.
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Manual tuning - DAB
Manual tuning allows you to tune and add the various DAB Band III
channels to your station list. UK DAB stations are located in the range
11B to 12D. This function can also used to assist the positioning of the
antennaoryourclockradiotoobtaintheoptimumreceptionforaspecic
channel / frequency.
1. Press and hold the Menu/Display button for 2 seconds, the display
will show “MANUAL”.
2. Press and release the Select button.
3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to select the required DAB
channel.
4. Press and release the Select button to return to normal service.
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Dynamic range control (DRC)
DRC can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in
a noisy environment.
There are three levels of compression:
DRC 0 No compression applied. (default)
DRC 1 Maximum compression applied
DRC 1/2 Medium compression applied.
1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio.
2. Press the FM/DAB button to select the DAB band
3. Press and hold down the Menu/Display button until the display shows
"MANUAL
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until “DRC VAL” appears on
the display. then press Select button. The display will show the current
DRC value.
5. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the required DRC
setting. Default is 0.
6. Press and release the Select buttontoconrmthesetting.Thedisplay
will return to radio mode.
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Operating your radio – FM autotune
1. Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio.
Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending
either above or below the radio.
2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio.
3. Press the FM/DAB button to select the FM band.
4. Press and hold down the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the
frequency in the display begins to change. Your radio will scan the
FM waveband, stopping each time it nds a station of sufcient
strength.
5. After a few seconds, the display will update and show station name
if RDS informationis available.
6. To nd other stations, Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons as
before.
7. When the end of the waveband is reached, your radio will recommence
tuning from the opposite end of the waveband.
8. Press the Volume Up or Down buttons to the set the required volume
level.
9. To switch off your clock radio press On/Off button.
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Operating your radio – FM manual tune
1. Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio.
Place the wire antenna so that it is as straight as possible extending
either above or below the radio.
2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio.
3. Press the FM/DAB button to select the FM band.
4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to tune to a station. The
frequency will change in steps of 50 kHz.
5. Press the Volume Up or Down buttons to the set the required volume
level.
6. To switch off your clock radio press On/Off button.
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Display modes – FM
Your radio has four display modes for FM listening:-
The Radio Data System (RDS) is a system in which inaudible digital
information is transmitted in addition to the normal FM radio programme.
RDS offers several useful features. The following are available on your
clock radio:-
1. Press the Display/Menu button to cycle through the various
modes.
a. Frequency Displays the frequency of the station
being listened to.
b. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such
as artist/track name, phone in number,
etc.
c. Programme Type Displays type of station being listened to
e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc.
d. Time Displays current time.
e. Date Displays current date
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Presetting stations
There are 20 memory presets, 10 for DAB and 10 for FM.
1. Press the On/Off button to switch on the radio.
2. Press the FM/DAB button to select the desired waveband.
3. Tune to the required station as previously described.
4. Press and release the Preset button . The display will show “Empty
1” if there are no preset stations stored.
5. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset
station number under which you wish to store the station
6. Press and hold down the Preset button until the display shows e.g.
“P1 saved”. The station will be stored under the chosen preset button.
Repeat this function for the remaining presets.
7. 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 FM/DAB button to select the desired waveband.
3. Press the Preset button.
4. Press the Tuning Up or down buttons to select the desired preset
station.
5. Press the Select button. Your clock radio will tune to the preset station
stored in the preset memory.
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Setting alarm times
Your clock radio has two 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 only can be set when your clock
radio is switched on.
Note : If no buttons are pressed for 5 seconds, your clock radio will exit
the alarm setup.
1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio.
2. Press the Alarm button once. The display will show “SET ALM”.
3. Press Select buttontoenterthealarmsetup.“Alarm1”ashes.
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired alarm
number 1-2.
5. Press Select button to enter to alarm type mode.
6. Press Tuning up or down buttons to select WAKE >DAB, WAKE
>FM or WAKE >BUZ.
7. Press Select button to enter to activate mode, press Tuning up or
down buttons to select ON or OFF.
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Setting alarm times - cont.
7. 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.
8. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to set the correct hour.
9. Press Select button to enter the alarm minutes. The minute digit will
be selected.
10. Press the Tuning up or Down buttons to set the correct minute.
11. Press Select button to enter the alarm day option. Your clock radio
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.
12. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select either once, daily,
weekdays or weekends.
13. If selecting alarm to once, you will need to set the year, month and
day options as described below:
14. Press the Select button to enter the alarm year option
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Setting alarm times - cont.
15. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct year
16. Press the Select button to enter the alarm month option
17. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct month
18. Press the Select button to enter the alarm day option
19. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct day.
20. Press the Select buttontoconrmalarmsettingsandreturntonormal
radio mode.
21. Radio alarms are indicated in the display by the symbol and the
corresponding alarm number. Buzzer alarms are indicated in the
display by the symbol and the corresponding alarm number.
Note: The alarms will not sound if the alarms have not been activated and
set to the ON position. When your clock radio is set to wake you by the
radio alarm, your clock radio will switch on to the last used station.
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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 or 2.
3. Press the Select button to cycle through the various settings for the
chosen alarm.
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Cancelling alarms
1. Whilst an alarm is sounding, it can be cancelled by pressing the On/Off
button.