Roberts R9947 User manual

ROBERTS Sound for Generations
R9947
3-band PLL
Synthesised Stereo Radio

Controls ................................................... 2-3
Display ........................................................ 4
Inserting batteries ...................................... 5
Battery replacement ................................... 6
Setting the clock ........................................ 7
Setting the alarm time ................................ 9
Wake to alarm .......................................... 11
Operating your radio - search tuning ..... 12
Operating your radio -manual tuning ...... 13
MW (AM) tuning step size ....................... 14
Presetting stations ................................... 15
Recalling a preset station ........................ 16
Sleep timer ............................................... 17
Display modes .......................................... 18
Display backlight ...................................... 18
Lock switch ............................................... 19
Earphones ................................................ 20
Headphone socket ................................... 21
AC adaptor ............................................... 22
Mono button ............................................. 23
Troubleshooting/Reset button ................. 24
Specifications ........................................... 25
Guarantee ................................................. 26
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Contents

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1. Preset button
2. Display button
3. Mono/Alarm button
4. Band/Time set button
5. On/Off button
6. Light button
7. Tuning up button
8. Tuning down button
9. Preset buttons
Controls - front
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10. Volume control
11. Loudspeaker/Headphone switch
12. Headphone socket
13. DC input socket
14. Lock switch
15. Telescopic Aerial
16. Earphones
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Controls - left & right sides
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Display
A. Sleep time indicator
B. Alarm indicator
C. Stereo indicator
D. Key lock indicator
E. +5 indicator
F. Preset indicator
G. Low battery indicator
H. MHz/kHz indicators
I . Frequency/Time display
J . Waveband and AM/PM
indicators
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1. Position your radio face down.
2. Press the catch as shown and slide in the
direction of the arrow.
3. Lift up the battery cover
4. Insert 2 x LR6 (AA) size batteries as shown
in the diagram.
5. Close the battery cover.
6. The clock will start running when the 2 LR6
(AA) size batteries are installed. When
batteries are installed for the first time the
display will show 0:00. The seconds dis-
play will start to count as soon as batteries
are installed.
Inserting batteries
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1. The battery indicator will appear
and flash in the display when the batteries
are in need of replacement . After removing
the batteries, you have approximately 3
minutes to replace the batteries after which
clock and memory information will be lost .
Battery replacement

Note: the time can only be set with the radio
switched off.
1. Ensure that the radio is switched off.
2. Press and hold down the Time set button
until the hours digit begins to flash in the
display.
3. Whilst the hours digit is flashing adjust the
hours using the Tuning up/down buttons.
The clock uses a 12 hour display with AM/
PM indicators. Please ensure that the
correct 12 hour cycle is selected.
Setting the clock
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4. Press the Time set button, the minute
digit begins to flash in the display.
5. Whilst the minute digit is flashing adjust the
minutes using the Tuning up/down but-
tons.
6. Press the Time set button to complete
time setting
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1. Ensure that the radio is switched off.
2. Press and hold down the Alarm button
until the hours digit begins to flash in the
display.
3. Whilst the hours digit is flashing adjust the
hours using the Tuning up/down buttons.
Setting the alarm time
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4. Press the Alarm button, the minute digit
begins to flash in the display.
5. Whilst the minute digit is flashing adjust the
minutes using the Tuning up/down but-
tons.
6. Press the Alarm button to complete the
alarm time setting
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1. Set the alarm time as previously described.
2. Switch off your radio using the On/Off
button.
3. Repeatedly press and release the Alarm
button until the symbol appears in the
display.
4. At the preselected time the alarm will sound.
The alarm may be turned off for 24 hours by
pressing any button. The alarm will switch
off automatically after 3 minutes.
5. To permanently cancel the buzzer alarm
repeatedly press and release the Alarm
button until the symbol is removed
from the display.
Wake to alarm
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1. Switch on your radio by pressing the On/
Off button.
2. Select the required waveband by repeat
pressing of the Band button. The wave-
band selected will appear in the display. On
FM fully extend the Telescopic aerial. On
MW and LW rotate your radio for best
reception.
3. Press and hold down either the Tuning + or
- buttons until the frequency in the display
begins to change rapidly. Release the but-
ton.
4. Your radio will scan the selected wave-
band, stopping each time it finds a station
of sufficient strength. Adjust the Volume
control to the required level.
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Operating your radio - search tuning
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Operating your radio - manual tuning
1. Switch on your radio by pressing the On/
Off button.
2. Select the desired waveband using the
Band button. The waveband selected will
appear in the display.
On FM fully extend the Telescopic aerial.
On MW and LW rotate your radio for best
reception.
3. A single press on either the Tuning + or -
buttons will change the frequency up or
down. The frequency steps are:- FM 50kHz,
MW 9kHz and LW 9kHz. Adjust the Vol-
ume control to the required level.
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In Europe and other parts or the world MW
tuning steps are 9kHz, in America the MW
tuning step size is 10kHz.
To change the MW tuning step size from 9KHz
to 10KHz proceed as follows:-
1. Switch off your radio.
2. Press and hold down Tuning up button.
3. Whilst holding down the Tuning up button
press the On/Off button.
To change tuning steps from 10kHz back to
9kHz repeat the above using the Tuning
down button in step 2 instead of the
Tuning up button.
MW (AM) tuning step size
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You may store up to 10 stations on FM, 10 on
MW and 10 on LW giving a total of 30 preset
stations.
1. Press the On/Off button to switch on the
radio.
2. Tune to the required station using one of
the methods previously described.
3. Press and hold down the required Preset
button until the radio beeps (greater than 2
seconds) The station will be stored under
the chosen preset button.
4. Presets 6-10 are obtained by first pressing
the +5 button.
5. Stations stored in preset memories may be
overwritten by following the above
procedure.
Presetting stations
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1. Switch on your radio using the On/Off
button.
2. Select the desired waveband using the
Band button.
3. Press one of the Preset buttons 1-5 to
recall the station.
4. Presets 6 to 10 are obtained by pressing
the +5 button and Preset button 1 to 5. e.g
preset 7 can be recalled by pressing +5
button followed by Preset button 2.
Recalling a preset station
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Your radio can be set to turn off after a preset
time has elapsed.
1. Ensure that your radio is switched off.
2. Press and hold down the On/Off button
until the desired time is reached (maximum
90 minutes in 30 minute steps). The radio
will switch off after the sleep time has
elapsed.
3. To cancel the sleep function before the
preset time has expired, press the On/Off
button.
Sleep timer
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1. Whilst tuned to a station you can change
between station name/frequency, alarm and
normal time display by repeated pressing
of the Display button.
Display Modes
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Display backlight
1. Pressing the Light button will switch on
the display backlight and illuminate the
display for approximately 7 seconds. 1
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The Lock switch located on the right side of
your radio is used to prevent unintentional
operation.
1. Slide the Lock switch to the up 'locked'
position, the symbol will appear in
the display. The Power and all other but-
tons will be disabled. This will prevent acci-
dental operation when the radio is packed
in a suitcase. To release the Lock switch
move the switch to the down 'unlocked'
position, the symbol will be re-
moved from the display.
Lock Switch
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