Sangean Pocket Radio R16 User manual

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Version 1
Pocket Radio R16
DT-160

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Controls
Earphone jack
Memory button 1/Time setting button
Memory button 2/STEP button
Memory button 3
Memory button 4/Mono/Stereo button
Memory button 5/DBB button
POWER/BAND button
LCD display
TUNE/SET jog wheel
Strap holder
Volume button
Lock switch
Battery compartment
Display
Selected band
Battery power indicator
Signal level indicator
FM stereo indicator
90 minutes auto shut off
Key lock function
Memory presets
SET indicator
DBB indicator
NARR indicator
Frequency and time display
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Battery Installation
The Battery cover is located on the back of the unit. Slide the
cover downwards to gain access to the battery compartment.
Insert two AA (UM-3) batteries into the compartment. Make
sure that the battery is positioned in accordance with the
indicated diagram. Replace cover.
Press and release the POWER/BAND button will turn on the
radio.Press and hold the POWER/BAND button until “off”
symbol appears on the LCD display. The radio will turn off.
Note:
1. You can always monitor the battery power from the LCD
display battery icon when battery power becomes very low
and unable to operate the radio. The low battery indicator
icon will ash together with an “E” appearing on the LCD
display. The radio will shut off.
2. Make sure to replace the batteries within 3 minutes. This
will prevent any memory presets from being lost during the
battery replacement.
Time setting
Press in the TUNE/SET jog wheel, the “SET” symbol will appear
on the LCD display. Press and release the Time setting button.
Hour will ash, turn the jog wheel up/down to choose your desired
time and then press the Time setting button to select the desired
hour. After completion of the hour setting the minutes digits will
then ash, follow the above setting steps to set the minutes.

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Antenna/Earphone
Insert the earphone into the earphone jack. The cord
connecting the earphone to the receiver acts as an antenna
during FM audio reception and should be extended as much
as possible to increase the sensitivity.
A built-in ferrite bar antenna is provided for AM reception,
it is only necessary to rotate the radio for maximum signal
strength during AM listening.
Note:
To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at
high volume levels for long periods.
Volume Control
Use the volume control to adjust volume level. Display will
show the changes when you operate the volume control.
Tuning the radio
Band AM
Frequency 522-1710 kHz (9 kHz)
520-1710 kHz (10 kHz)
Antenna Internal/rotate radio for best reception
Band FM
Frequency 87.50-108 MHz
Antenna External/Make sure the earphones are
plugged into earphone jack

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AM/FM Bandwidth narrowing
In order to obtain better reception of weaker AM/FM stations,
your radio has a function to narrow the AM/FM bandwidth to
reduce high frequency noise.
1. Select the AM or FM band by pressing the POWER/BAND
button.
2. Press in the jog wheel, the “SET” symbol will appear on the
LCD display. Press Volume up button, display will appear
“NARR” symbol to enter the auto bandwidth narrowing adjustment
for improved sound quality. Press in the jog wheel, the “SET”
symbol appears again, then press Volume up button will
cancel the “NARR”.
Note:
Sangean suggests activating the “NARR” when listening to
talk Radio programs. This may improve sound quality. Please
note that activation of the "NARR" may cause Stereo invalid
and produce mono sound.
90 Minutes auto shut off feature
For saving battery power, this radio is designed to auto shut
off after 90 minutes of operation. The LCD display will show
icon when pressing the POWER/BAND button to turn on the
radio.
For continuous listening if necessary, pressing the POWER/
BAND button for more than 2 seconds when the radio is in
power off mode. The icon will disappear.

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Scan Tuning
Turn on the radio, select the required band by pressing the
POWER/BAND button. Turn and hold the jog wheel up/down
for more than half a second and release the jog wheel
to commence Scan Tuning. The radio will scan and stop
automatically when a station is found.
Manual Tuning
Turn on the radio, select the desired band by pressing the
POWER/BAND button. Desired station may be selected by
turning the jog wheel up/down repeatedly until the desired
station is reached.
Memory Tuning (Station preset)
Turn on the radio by pressing and releasing POWER/BAND
button. Select the required band by pressing POWER/BAND
button. Tune to the desired station using the Scan or Manual
tuning steps described above. When the desired station is
reached, press and hold Memory button (1-5) for more than
2 seconds until display M x stops flashing followed with a
beep (via earphone). You may store 5 memory stations in
each band (AM, FMI, FMII). Stations which are already stored
in the presets may be over written by following the above
procedure.

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Recall memory stations
Turn on the radio, select the required band, then simply press
and release the Memory station button. The LCD display will
show the Memory preset and radio frequency.
Stereo/Mono switch
The radio is designed to receive FM stereo broadcastings.
For weak FM signal, press in the jog wheel, the “SET” symbol
will appear on the LCD display. Then press MO/ST button
to switch Stereo/Mono to Mono position. The LCD display
Stereo icon will disappear.
DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost)
Press in the jog wheel, the “SET” symbol will appear on the
LCD display. Press and release DBB button to activate the
Deep Bass Boost function to have stronger bass sound, the
display will appear the “DBB” symbol. Press in the jog wheel,
the “SET” symbol will appear again, pressing the DBB button
will cancel the DBB function.
Note:
Sangean suggests activating the DBB when using earphones.

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Software version
The software display cannot be altered and is just for your
reference.
1. Press in the jog wheel, the “SET” symbol will appear on the
LCD display. Press and hold the STEP button when your
radio is in power off mode, the screen will show the software
version (e.g. A03).
2. Continue pressing and holding the STEP button and the
radio will enter FM/AM step setting.
FM/AM step setting
3. The screen will show FM tuning step (i.e. FM1 50 or 100).
Turn the jog wheel up/down to choose between 50 kHz or
100kHz and then press the STEP button to confirm your
setting.
4. After your completion of FM tuning step, the screen will show
AM tuning step (i.e. 9 or 10). Turn the jog wheel up/down to
choose between 9 kHz or 10 kHz and press the STEP button
to conrm your selection.
Important:
Resetting the frequency range and tuning step will erase all
the preset stations stored in your radio.
North America FM: 100 KHz
AM: 10 KHz
Rest of the World FM: 50 KHz
AM: 9 KHz

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Key Lock Function
The key lock function is used to prevent unintentional
operation of the radio. The Key Lock switch is located on the
rear of the radio. When the key lock is set to LOCK, every
button will be disabled and a key lock icon will appear on
the screen. To disable the key lock function, switch the key
lock button to the off position. The key lock function will be
disabled.
Reset the radio
If your radio fails to operate correctly or some digits on the
display are missing or incomplete, reset the product as
described below to resume normal operation. The system
reset can be carried out while the unit is powered off.
1. Make sure your radio is switched off.
2. Press in the jog wheel, the “SET” symbol will appear on the
LCD display. Then press and hold the Volume down button
more than 2 seconds, the “dEF”symbol will appear and ash.
Continue holding down this button until all the icons show
on the display. Now all conguration settings will be stored
to their defaults, preset stations will be erased and the clock
will be reset.