Sangean DDR-31+ User manual

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Contents
Controls.................................................................................2-4
Mainsoperation.......................................................................5
Operatingyour radio...............................................................6
Selecting a station – DAB ...................................................... 7
Display modes – DAB ............................................................ 8
Finding new stations -DAB .................................................... 9
Secondary services –DAB .................................................... 9
Manual tuning –DAB ........................................................... 10
Dynamic Range Control (DRC) – DAB ............................... 11
Operating your radio – FM auto-tune ................................. 12
Manual tuning - FM ............................................................... 12
Display modes – FM ............................................................ 13
Presetting stations -DAB and FM ....................................... 14
Recalling a preset station -DAB and FM .......................... 14
Scan sensitivitysetting .........................................................15
Stereo / Mono setting – FM ................................................. 16
Clockdisplay .........................................................................17
Setting the time and the date manually ........................ 18-21
Setting the alarm times .................................................. 22-25
Stopthe alarm....................................................................... 26
Cancelingalarms .................................................................. 26
Sleeptimer............................................................................27
EQfunction............................................................................28
Treblecontrol.........................................................................29
Basscontrol...........................................................................29
Mutefunction.........................................................................30
Display backlight dimmer .................................................... 30
Factoryreset..........................................................................31
Softwareversion....................................................................32
USB socket for software upgrade ........................................ 33
Headphonesocket................................................................ 33
Auxiliaryinputsocket...........................................................33
LineOut socket...................................................................... 34
Cautions.................................................................................34
Specifications........................................................................35
Circuitfeatures......................................................................35

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Controls (front)
7.Advanced / INFO button
8. Infra-red sensor
9. Volume knob
10. On / StandBy button
11. Tuning control / Select knob
12. Preset buttons
1. Loudspeaker
2. Light button
3. Band button
4.Auto tune button
5. Alarm button
6. LCD display

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Controls (rear)
13. Telescopic aerial for DAB+ / FM
14. USB socket for software upgrade
15. DC power in socket
16. Headphone socket
17. Line Out socket
18. Auxiliary input socket

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Controls (remote control)
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K.
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Note:
For the sake of clarity, the instructions for the use of the
controls throughout this instruction manual show the buttons on the
remote control. The buttons on the clock radio can be used if you prefer.
Note:
The operations described below for the panel are the same as the
operations for the remote control.
1. Rotate the Tuning Knob on the panel is the same as pressing the
Tuning Up or Down buttons on the remote control.
2. Press and hold in the Tuning Knob on the panel is the same as
pressing and release the Select button on the remote control.
3. Press and hold in the Info button on the panel is the same as
pressing and release theAdvanced button on the remote control.
4. Rotate the Volume Knob on the panel is the same as pressing the
Volume Up or Down buttons on the remote control.
On / Standby button
Mute button
Preset button
Select button
TuningDown button
Advancedbutton
Auto tune button
Band /Auxiliary input Mode button
Alarm button
Infobutton
EQ button
Tuning Up button
Sleep button
Volume Up or Down buttons
Dimmer button

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Mains operation
1. Place your clock radio on a flat surface.
2. Plug the mains lead into the Socket located on the rear of your clock
radio ensuring that the plug is pushed fully into the socket.
3. Plug the other end of the mains lead into a wall socket and switch on
the wall socket.

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Operating your radio - DAB
1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. Fully extend the telescopic aerial
located on the rear of your clock radio. Place the telescopic antenna
so that it is as vertical as possible extending either above or below
the radio.
2. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the rear of your
clock radio. Plug the adaptor into a standard mains outlet.
The display will show “Welcome to Digital Radio” for a few seconds
and then the display will show “Time is not set”. (If the radio has been
used before the radio is to find a clock radio stations. After a while
the current time will appear on the display.)
3. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your
clock radio.
4. During the scanning process, the lower line of the display shows a
bar-graph indicating progress of the scan.
5. If the radio has been used before, the last used station will
be selected.
6. When the scanning is completed the first station (in numeric-alpha
order 0...9...A....Z) will be selected.
7. If this is the first time that the radio has not been used, then the first
station in the list of stations found during scanning will be played.
The display will show the station name on the display.
8. If the station list is still empty after the Auto tune your clock radio will
display “No DAB Station”.
9. If no signals are found it may be necessary to relocate your clock
radio to a position giving better reception.

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Selecting a station - DAB
1. The top line of the display shows the name of the station
currently selected.
2. Press the Tuning Up orDown buttons to scroll through the list of
available stations. Stop pressing the Tuning Up or Down buttons
when you find the station that you wish to hear.
3. Press and release the Select button to select the station. The display
may show “Now Tuning” while your clock radio finds the new station.
4. Adjust the Volume Up or Down buttons to the required settings.
Note:
If there is no sound after selecting a station, press and release the Info
button to check scrolling text, the display continues to show
“Service not available” it may be necessary to relocate your clock radio
to a position giving better reception.

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Display modes –DAB
Your clock radio has a range of display modes:-
1. Press and release the Info button to cycle through the various modes.
Displays scrolling text messages such as
artist/track name, phone in number etc.
Displays a graph showing the signal
strength for the station being received.
Displays the type of station being listened
to e.g. Pop, Classic, News etc.
Displays the name of DAB multiplex to
which the current station belongs.
Displays the frequency and channel of the
DAB multiplex for the station listened to.
Displays the digital bit rate & audio type
for the station being listened to.
Displays the current time.
Displays the current date.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
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g.
h.
Scrolling Text
Signal Strength
ProgramType
MultiplexName
Channel & Frequency
Bit Rate &Audio Type
Time
Date

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Finding new radio stations – DAB
As time passes new stations may become available. To find new
stations proceed as follows:-
1. With the radio switched on and in DAB mode, press and release the
Auto Tune button. The display will show “Scanning...” and your clock
radio will perform a scan of the Band IIIDAB channels.As new radio
stations are found the station counter on the right-hand side of the
display will increase and the radio stations will be added to the list
stored in the radio.
Secondary services - DAB
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 press the Tuning Up or Down buttons
to clockwise.
2. Press and release the Select button to select the station.
3. When the secondary service shuts down, your clock radio will
automatically switch back to the main radio station
(or primary service) if it is available.

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Manual Tuning – DAB
Manual tuning allows you to tune your clock radio to a particular
DAB frequency. Any new stations found will be added to the station list.
Note that DAB stations are located in the range of 5A-13F.
1. With the radio switched on and in DAB mode, press and release the
Advanced button, the display shows “Manual tune“.
2. Press and release the Select button to enter manual tuning mode.
3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to select the desired
DAB channel.
4. Press and release the Select button to tune to the chosen frequency.
If a signal is present then the channel number and the first part of
DAB multiplex name will be displayed. Any found stations will be
added to the stored list in the radio.
5. Press and release the Select button again to return to the normal
DAB tuning mode.

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Dynamic Range Control (DRC) - DAB
TheDRC facility can make quieter sound easier to hear when your radio
is used in a noisy environment.
There are three levels of DRC compression,
DRC off: DRC is switched off, broadcast DRC will be ignored.
DRC high: DRC is set as sent by broadcaster.
DRC low:DRC level is set to 1/2 that sent by broadcaster.
With the radio switched on and in DAB mode,
1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your
clock radio.
2. Press and release the Advanced button. The display will show
“Manual tune.”
3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the display shows “DRC”.
4. Press and release the Select button to enter the adjustment mode.
5. Press the Tuning Up orDown buttons to select the required
DRC setting (the default is off).
6. Press and release the Select button to confirm the setting.
7. Press and release the Info button, the display will return to normal
tuning mode.
Note:
Not all DAB broadcasts are able to use theDRC function. If the
broadcast does not supportDRC, then theDRC setting in the radio will
have no effect.

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Operating your radio – FM auto-tune
1. Fully extend the aerial located on the rear of your clock radio.
Place the antenna so that it is an straight as possible,
extending either above the radio.
2. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your
clock radio.
3. Press and release the Band button to select the FM band.
4. Press and release theAuto Tune button, display will show scanning
and your clock radio will scan from low frequency to high frequency
(or in the direction last scanned). It will stop automatically when it
finds a station of sufficient strength.
5. After a few seconds the display will update. The display will show the
frequency of the signal found. If the signal is strong enough and there
is RDS data present then the radio will display the station name.
6. To find additional stations, press and release the Auto Tune button
as before.
7. To scan the FM band in a upward or downward direction
(low frequency to high frequency or high frequency to low frequency),
i.e. clockwise or counter-clockwise, press and hold down the Tuning
Up orDown buttons for 0.5 seconds and then release the Tuning Up
or Down buttons to tune to a station, and then press and release the
Auto Tune button, the frequency will continue following the last
Tuning Up orDown buttons in a upward or downward direction.
8. Adjust the Volume Up or Down buttons to the required setting.
9. To switch off your clock radio press and release the
On / Standby button.
Manual tuning – FM
1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your
clock radio.
2. Press and release the Band button to select the FM band.
Carefully extend the telescopic aerial fully for FM reception.
3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to tune to a station. With each
click of the control the frequency will change up or down by 50 kHz.
4. When the waveband end is reached the radio will recommence tuning
from the opposite waveband end.
5. Set the Volume Up orDown buttons to the desired settings.
6. To switch off your clock radio press and release the
On / StandBy button.

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Display modes – FM
In FM mode the bottom line of the display can be set to any of the
following display options:-
1. Press and release the Info button to cycle through each of
the options.
Note:
Your clock radio will display “NO Radio Text” on the lower line of the
display if there is no scrolling text available and “NO PTY” if there is no
programme type information.
Displays the current time.
Displays the current date.
Displays scrolling text messages
such as artist / track name,
phone in number, etc.
Displays type of station being
listened to e.g. Pop, Classic,
News, etc.
Displays frequency of the station
being listened to.
Display shows Stereo or Mono.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Time
Date
Radio text (Scrolling text)
Program type
ProgramName / Frequency
Audio mode

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Presetting stations - DAB and FM
There are 5 memory presets on the panel for each of the 2 wavebands.
However, There are 10 memory presets on the remote control for each
of the 2 wavebands.
1. Press and release the On / StandBy button switch on the radio.
2. Tune to the required station as previously described.
3. Press and hold down the required Preset button until the display
shows e.g. “Preset 1 stored”. The station will be stored under
the chosen preset button. Repeat this procedure for the
remaining presets.
4. Stations stored in preset memories may be overwritten by following
the above procedure.
Recalling a preset station - DAB and FM
1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on the radio.
2. Select the required waveband by pressing the Band button.
3. Momentarily press and release the required Preset button, your radio
will tune to the station stored in preset memory.

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Scan sensitivity setting
Your radio will normally scan for FM broadcasts which are strong
enough to give good reception. However, you may wish the Scan
function to also be able to find weaker signals, possible from more
distant radio transmitters. Your radio includes a local / distant option for
the Scan function in the FM band.
1. Switch on your radio and select FM band by pressing Band button.
2. Press and release the Advanced button. The display will show
“FM scan zone”.
3. Press and release the Select button to enter FM Scan Zone set.
4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to switch between Local and
Distant options. The distant option will allow the radio to find weaker
signals when scanning.
5. Press and release the Select button to confirm your selection.
The Local or Distant setting is stored in the radio and remains in
force until changed or until a Factory Reset.
Note:
The local setting causes the radio to ignore weak signals.

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Stereo / Mono setting – FM
Your clock radio will play stereo broadcasts in stereo (via headphones)
so long as the received signal is of adequate strength. However, as a
stereo signal becomesweaker, the audio signal will become poorer.
It may be preferable to force the radio to play the station in mono in
order to reduce the level of audio noise.
1. Switch on your clock radio and tune to the required FM radio station
by pressing the Band button.
2. Press and release the Advanced button. The display will show
“FM scan zone”.
3. Press the Tuning Up orDown buttons to switch “Mono override” then
press and release the Select button to enter the Mono override menu.
Display will show “Override off “ if the radio is inAuto stereo mode.
4. Press the Tuning Up orDown buttons and then Press and release the
Select button to switch on the Mono override. While the setting
is stored, the radio will play the current station in mono whether
listening via headphones or the loudspeaker. Mono override is a
temporary setting and is applied to the currently tuned station only.
It is cancelled automatically by tuning to another radio station.
5. If you wish to cancel Mono override while listening to the currently
tuned radio station, press and release the Advanced button then
following above procedures to enter Mono override menu to allocate
Mono override On. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to allocate
Mono override off. Press the Select button to switch off the
Mono override. The radio will then play the current station in stereo
through headphones if the signal is sufficiently strong.
Note:
You can also directly press and release the Select button to switch on
the Mono or Stereo mode on the remote control or the panel.

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Clock display
1. When your clock radio is in Standby mode, the display normally
show the current time, date, month and year.
2. During StandBy mode the clock will receive updates from the last
station tuned to before entering StandBy mode. When in StandBy
mode your radios clock will automatically track Summer / Winter
time changes.

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Setting the time and the date manually
TheDDR-31 Plus will automatically set its clock when tuned to a
DAB radio station or to an FM station which is broadcasting the time
viaRDS.
If the clock cannot be set using DAB or FM radio then you will need
to set the time and the date manually before the alarm function can
be used. The time and the date may be set while the unit is in StandBy
mode or while playing.
If it becomes necessary to set the time and the date manually,
please follow these steps:
1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on the radio.
2. Select the required waveband by pressing the Band button.
3. Press and release the Advanced button. The display will show
“FM scan zone”.
4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to switch “System”.
5. Press and release the Select button to enter the Time menu.
6. Press and release the Select button to enter the “Set 12/24 hour“
menu.
7. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to switch the “Set 12/24 hour“.
8. Press and release the Select button to confirm your selection.
The 12/24 hour setting is stored in the radio.
9. Press the Tuning Up orDown buttons to switch the “Set Time/Date“.
10. Press and release the Select button to enter the “Set Time/Date“
menu.

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11. The hour digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or
Down buttons to change the hour digits as needed.
12. Press and release the Select button to confirm the hour setting.
13. The minute digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or
Down buttons to change the minute digits as needed.
14. Press and release the Select button to confirm the minutes setting.
15. The day digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or
Down buttons until the desired day is set.
16. Press and release the Select button to confirm the day setting.
17. The month will flash on the display. Press the Tuning Up or Down
buttons until the desired month is set.
18. Press and release the Select button to confirm the month setting.
19. The year number will flash on the display. Press the Tuning Up or
Down buttons until the desired year is set.