Sangean Sangean- RCR-3 User manual

RCR-3
Version 1
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Read and understand all safety and operating instructions before
the radio is operated.
Retain instruction: The safety and operating instructions should
be retained for future reference.
Heed warnings. All warnings on the appliance and operating
instructions should be followed.
Follow all operations and use instructions.
Water and moisture: The appliance should not be used near
water. Do not use near a bathtub, washbowl, laundry tub, kitchen
sink, wet basement, swimming pool, etc.
Unplug the radio from the AC power outlet before cleaning. Use
only a damp cloth for cleaning the exterior of the radio.
Do not place the radio on an unstable cart, stand, bracket or
table. The radio may fall, causing serious personal injury and
damage to the radio.
Ventilation: This radio should be situated so that its location
or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation. For
example, the radio should not be used on a bed, sofa, rug or
other soft surfaces that may block the ventilation openings. It
should not be placed in a built-in situation like a cabinet that may
reduce air ow through the ventilation openings.
Important safety instructions
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Power sources: The radio should be operated only from the
type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are
not sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your
radio dealer or power company.
Power cords: The power cord should be positioned so it is not
walked on, pinched, or items placed on top of it. Pay particular
attention to cords at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the
point where they exit from the unit. Unplug the power cord by
gripping the power plug, not the cord. Operate the radio using
only the current type of power source indicated. If you are not
sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your
dealer or local power company.
Do not overload wall outlets or extension cords. This can result
in a risk of re or electrical shock. Never insert objects of any
kind into the radio through opening. The objects may touch
dangerous voltage points or short out parts. This could cause a
re or electrical shock.
If the radio is left attended and unused for long periods of time,
unplug it form the wall outlet. This will prevent damage caused
by lightning or power line surges.
Do not attempt to service the receiver yourself. Removing the
cover may expose you to dangerous voltage, and will void the
warranty. Refer all servicing to authorized service personnel.
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Object and Liquid Entry-Never push objects of any kind into this
radio through opening as they may touch dangerous voltage
points or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric
shock. Never spill liquid of any kind of product.
The appliance should be serviced by qualified service
personnel when:
A. The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged.
B. Objects have fallen or liquid had been spilled into the radio.
C. The radio has been exposed to rain or water.
D. The radio does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a
marked change in performance.
E. The radio has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.
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Controls
Info / Menu button
Preset button
Tuning up / down button / Snooze button
Band / Select button
Nap button
Alarm 3 button
Alarm 1 button
Date set button
Time set button
Power button / Sleep timer
Display
Alarm 2 button
Alarm 4 button
Light button
Clock
Reset button
Alarm sound level control
Light level control
Headphone socket
Volume control
Tone control
Aux in socket
Main power socket
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Display
Time and frequency indicator
Radio-controlled time signal
RDS indicator
Stereo indicator
Alarm 1 with buzzer alarm indicator
Alarm 1 with radio alarm indicator
Alarm 2 with buzzer alarm indicator
Alarm 2 with radio alarm indicator
Alarm 3 with buzzer alarm indicator
Alarm 3 with radio alarm indicator
Alarm 4 with buzzer alarm indicator
Alarm 4 with radio alarm indicator
Sleep / Snooze indicator
Nap indicator
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Using the 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 straight as possible extending
either above or below the radio.
3. Insert the adaptor plug into the AC socket located on the rear of
your clock radio. The display will show "time zone" for a few
seconds and then the display will ask you to set your time zone.
To set the time zone, press the Tuning up/down button and the
Select button to conrm. The clock hands will then move to 12:00
and _ _: _ _ will show on the display. The radio will scan for signal
and if a signal is found and received completely it will then show
on the screen without ashing. Now the radio will show both
the current time and the clock hands will then move to show the
correct time.
4. If no signals are found, will be ashing on the display. It may
be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving
better reception.
IMPORTANT:
The mains adaptor is used as the means of connecting the clock
radio to the mains supply. The mains socket used for the clock
radio must remain accessible during normal use. In order to
disconnect the radio from the mains completely, the mains adaptor
should be removed from the mains socket outlet completely.
Characters appearing on the LCD display indicates the clock radio
is connected to and powered from the mains supply.

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Clock
Manual clock setting (only if automatic setting fails)
1. Press and hold the TIME button to enter the clock setting, and
the hour digits will ash on the display.
2. Press the TUNING up or down button to adjust the hours. Then
press the BAND / SELECT button to confirm the setting. The
minute digits will ash on the display.
3. Press the TUNING up or down button to adjust the minutes.
Then press the BAND / SELECT button to conrm the setting.
Now the clock setting is completed.
Manual date setting (only if automatic setting fails)
1. Press and hold the DATE button to enter the date setting and
then the year digits will ash.
2. Press the TUNING up or down button to adjust the year. Then
press the BAND / SELECT button to confirm the setting. The
month digits will ash.
3. Press the TUNING up or down to adjust he month. Then press
the BAND / SELECT button to conrm the setting. The date digits
will ash.
4. Press the TUNING up or down button to adjust the date. Then
press the BAND / SELECT button to conrm the setting. Now the
time setting is completed.

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Change 12/24 hour clock format
1. Press and hold INFO/MENU button to enter the setting.
2. Press the TUNING up or down button until ‘CLOCK 24H’ is
highlighted on the display. Press the BAND/SELECT button to
enter the setting.
3. Press the TUNING up or down button to choose 12/24 hour
clock format. Press BAND/SELECT button to conrm the setting
D.S.T. (Daylight Saving Time)
1. Press and hold the INFO/MENU button to enter the menu setting.
2. Press the TUNING up or down button until ‘DST OFF’ is appeared
on the display. Press the BAND/SELECT button to enter the setting.
3. Press the TUNING up or down button to choose ‘+1H’ (activated
D.S.T.) or ‘OFF’. Then press the BAND/SELECT button to conrm
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Radio operation
Tuning into radio stations
There are 3 ways of tuning your radio:
A. Manual tuning
1. Press the Standby button to turn on your radio.
2. Press the BAND button repeatedly to select AM (MW) or FM
waveband.
3. Press the TUNING up or down button to change the frequency.
B. Scan tuning
1. Press the Standby button to turn on your radio.
2. Press the BAND button repeatedly to select AM (MW) or FM
waveband.
3. Press and hold the TUNING up or down button. Your radio will
scan in an upwards direction (low frequency to high frequency)
or downwards direction (high frequency to low frequency) and
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C. Presetting and recalling stations
Presetting stations:
1. Press the Standby button to turn on your radio.
2. Press the BAND button repeatedly to select AM (MW) or FM
waveband.
3. Tune into the station that you would like to preset.
4. There are 7 preset buttons from 1 to 7. Press and hold one of
preset buttons until the radio beeps, and the station frequency
will be saved into the chosen preset.
5. Repeat the procedure for the remaining presets. Your radio has
7 presets for each AM and FM.
6. The preset can be overwritten by following the above procedure.
Recalling stations:
1. Press the BAND button for AM or FM.
2. Press and release one of the PRESET buttons (from 1 to 7) and
the preset number and frequency will appear on the display.

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Setting up the tuning step increment
1. Press and hold the INFO/MENU button to enter the menu setting
when the radio source is in AM/FM mode.
2. Press the TUNING up or down button until FM xxkHz or AM xxkHz
appears on the display, and press the BAND/SELECT button to
enter the step increment setting.
3. Press the Tuning up/down button to select 50kHz/100kHz for
FM radio, and 9kHz/10kHz for AM radio. Then press the BAND/
SELECT button to conrm the setting.
Note:
If the unit is bought in Russian areas, FM step options will be
50kHz/10kHz.
Display modes - FM
Your radio has four display modes for FM radio. These data
provided by broadcasters which is commonly known as RDS.
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
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1. Press the Info button to cycle through the various modes.
a. Station name Displays the name of the station being
listened to.
b. Programme Type Displays the type of station being
listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc.
c. Radio text Displays radio text message such as,
new item etc.
If there is no RDS data available (or if the signal is too weak) then
the radio will display only the FM frequency.
Setting the clock time
Radio-controlled clock
There are three options to set up the clock time:
Radio-controlled clock, FM Radio Data System (RDS) and Manual
setting. When the unit is rst plugged in, the radio will automatically
synchronize its clock time with the Radio-controlled clock signal
received while the radio is in power off mode.
1. To set up the clock time using the Radio-controlled clock function,
press and hold the INFO/MENU button when the unit is in power
off mode.
2. Press the TUNING up/down button until a clock symbol appears
on the display. Press the BAND/SELECT button to enter the
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3. Press the TUNING up/down button until DCF77 (European version),
WWVB (US version) or JJY40/60 (Japan version) appeared on
the display. Press the BAND/SELECT button to conrm the setting.
And the clock time of the radio will set up automatically to the
Radio-controlled clock time.
4. If the radio-controlled clock signal is being received by the radio,
the radio-controlled time icon will flash on the display at an
internal of 1 second. If the radio is not receiving any radio-controlled
clock signal, the radio-controlled time icon will ash at an interval
of 3 seconds.
5. The radio will synchronize its clock time on the hour. If the radio
time has been synchronized with radio-controlled clock time, the
radio-controlled time icon will stay on the LCD display and the
radio will keep synchronizing its clock time every odd hour on
the hour. If the radio is receiving the radio-controlled clock signal
but is not yet synchronized to the radio-controlled clock time, it
will synchronize its clock time at every hour on the hour.
Radio Data System (RDS)
When you set the clock time using the RDS function, your radio will
synchronize its clock time whenever it tunes to a radio station using
RDS with CT signals.
1. When tuning to a station transmitting RDS data, press and hold
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2. Press the TUNING up/down button until a clock symbol appears
on the display. Press the BAND/SELECT button to enter the
setting.
3. Press the TUNING up/down button until RDS CT (or ‘RBDS CT’
In the US) appears on the display. Press the BAND/SELECT
button to conrm the setting. The clock time of the radio will set
up automatically according to the RDS data received.
4. When the action is completed, the RDS icon will appear on
the LCD display indicating the radio time is RDS clock time. The
radio cock time will be valid for 24 hour each time the radio time
is synchronized with RDS CT.
Manual setting
When choosing manual setting as the clock time setting of your
radio, the radio-controlled clock and Radio Data System (RDS)
function will both be disabled.
1. Press and hold the INFO/MENU button.
2. Press the TUNING up/down button until a clock symbol appears
on the left side of the display, then press the BAND/SELECT
button to enter the setting. Press the TUNING up/down button
until ‘MANUAL’ appeared on the display, then press the BAND/
SELECT button to select the setting.
3. Then follow the steps described in the section of ‘Manual clock
setting’ in P.8 to set the clock time manually.

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Alarm operation
There are four alarms which can each be set to wake you to AM/
FM radio or buzzer alarm. The alarms may be set while the unit
is in standby mode or while playing. When the alarm light is on, it
means the indicated alarm will active in 24 hours. Ensure that the
time is set correctly before setting the alarms.
1. Before setting an alarm ensure the clock time is set. Press and
hold any of the Alarm button to enter the alarm setting (e.g. Alarm 1
button to enter the alarm 1 setting).
2. The hour setting of alarm 1, for example, will begin to ash. Press
the TUNING up/down button to select the required alarm hour,
and press the BAND/SELECT button to conrm the setting.
Press the TUNING up/down button to select the required alarm
minute, and press the BAND/SELECT button to conrm the setting.
3. Then the display will show the frequency options for the alarm.
Press the TUNING up/down button to select the desired option
and press the BAND/SELECT button to conrm the setting.
The alarm options are as follows:
ONCE – the alarm will sound once
DAILY – the alarm will sound everyday
WEEKDAY – the alarm will sound only on weekdays
WEEKEND – the alarm will sound only at weekends

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4. Press the TUNING up/down to choose the required alarm type,
and then press the BAND/SELECT button to conrm the setting.
The alarm can be set to buzzer, FM or AM.
When radio mode is selected, the radio frequency and the preset
number on the display will begin to flash. Press the TUNING up/
down to adjust the required radio frequency or the required preset
number for the radio alarm, then press the BAND/SELECT button
to confirm the setting. The alarm has now been set. Symbol for
active alarm(such as or ) is shown on the display.
When the alarm sounds
When the buzzer alarm activates, the alarm will start softly and
gradually increase in level. It will sound for 1 minute and silence
for 1 minute in repetition for 60 minutes unless cancelled. When
the other alarm types are set, the radio will sound non-stop at the
selected time for up to 60 minutes.
When the radio alarm is activated, the alarm will go off in Humane
Waking System. It will increase its volume in 0.5increments from 0
to your set volume.
To cancel a sounding alarm, press the Standby button to cancel a
sounding alarm.
Disabling / cancelling alarm setting
To cancel the alarm setting, press and hold the corresponding
alarm button before the alarms sound off.

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Snooze
1. When the alarm sounds, press any button other than the Standby
button will silence the alarm for 5 minutes. “SNOOZE’ will appear
on the display.
2. To adjust the silence time for the snooze timer, press and hold
the INFO/MENU button to enter the menu setting.
3. Press the TUNING up/down until “SNOOZE X” shown on the
display, then press the BAND/SELECT button to enter the setting.
Press the TUNING up/down button to adjust the silence time.
There are 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes for the snooze timer.
4. To cancel the snooze timer while the alarm is suspended, press
the Standby button.
Sleep timer - radio auto shut off
Your radio can be set to turn off automatically after a preset time
has elapsed. The Sleep Timer setting can be adjusted between
15,30, 45, 60, 90 and 12 0 minutes.
1. Press and hold the Standby button to enter the Sleep Timer
setting. “SLEEP XX” will show on the display.
2. Keep holding the Standby button and the Sleep Timer options
will start switching on the display. Stop until the desired Sleep
Timer setting appears on the display. The setting will be saved
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3. Your radio will switch off automatically after the preset Sleep
Timer has elapsed. The Sleep Timer icon will show on the
display indicating an active Sleep Timer.
4. To cancel the Sleep Timer function before the preset time has
elapsed, simply press and release the Standby button to turn the
unit off manually.
Nap timer
1. Press and hold the Nap timer button to enter the menu setting.
Keep holding the Nap timer button and the options will start
switching on the display from 1 to 120 minutes. Stop until the
required Nap Timer setting appears on the display. The setting
will be saved and the LCD will return to normal display with the
‘NAP’ icon shown on the display.
2. To view the remaining time of an active timer setting, press the
Nap timer button. To cancel a sounding Nap timer, press Standby
button. If any button other than the Standby button is pressed
when the alarm sounds, snooze function will be activated.
To cancel the function when countdown is progressing, go to nap
timer setting menu and select ‘OFF’.