TIN-NIK DAB-398S User manual

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USER MANUAL
DAB-398S Multi-Language DAB+/DAB/FM
mini Radio
IMPORTANT:
Please read the manual carefully before using the product and keep it for future reference.

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Contents
USER MANUAL........................................................................................................................................... 1
Unpacking ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Charge Up..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Earpiece Usage............................................................................................................................................ 5
DAB-398S Key Instruction.......................................................................................................................... 6
OLED Display ............................................................................................................................................... 7
Operation Language Setting ...................................................................................................................... 9
1. Using for the first time or After Resetting DAB-398S ................................................................. 9
2. Changing Language While Using DAB-398S.............................................................................. 9
Clock Setting............................................................................................................................................... 10
Key Lock...................................................................................................................................................... 11
DAB-398S DAB Radio Operation ......................................................................................................... 11
1. Scan the DAB Radio Stations................................................................................................... 11
2. Save Your Favourite List Of The DAB Radio Stations .......................................................... 12
3. Play The Favourite DAB Radio Station: .................................................................................. 13
4. Exit The Favourite Mode ........................................................................................................... 13
5. Pause or Play the DAB Radio .................................................................................................. 14
6. Read Scrolling Messages From DAB Station......................................................................... 14
FM Radio Operation .................................................................................................................................. 15
1. Listen To FM Radio .................................................................................................................... 15
2. Scan FM Radio Station.............................................................................................................. 15
3. Manual Tune................................................................................................................................ 16
4. Pause or Play FM Radio............................................................................................................ 16

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Reset The DAB Radio Stations................................................................................................................ 17
Safety Information...................................................................................................................................... 17
Product Specifications............................................................................................................................... 18
WARNING: For safety do not operate DAB-398S while driving

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Unpacking
Thank you for purchasing our product DAB-398S Radio
The pack should contain:
¾1 pc DAB-398S radio
¾1 pc User manual
¾1 pc USB cable charger
¾1 pc stereo earpiece
Charge Up
Please charge the DAB-398S for 2 hours before using it for the first time.
Please plug the charging cable into the socket of the radio and a 'click' sound will be heard, and the red charge light will be on until the
radio is full charged.
Red charge light

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Earpiece Usage
The earpiece is used as an antenna, so please plug in the cable before using the device and keep the cable as straight as possible for
good reception:
Note: *The original earphone is specially made for DAB-398S. We do not guarantee that other brands of earphones will work well with DAB-398S.
The earpiece is used as
an antenna for receiving
DAB signal.
DAB Stations

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DAB-398S Key Instruction
ON / OFF: Switch radio on and switch off. ( press one time to switch on, Press & hold 3sec. to switch off )
: Asanenterkey.
To choose either DAB mode or FM mode.
Enter the menu options
Previous Key: To select the last station
Scan for the available and FM radio stations.
Choose the previous DAB and FM radio stations.
Set the clock.
Charging
socket OLED Display
Earpiece Socket
On / Off
Volume+ DAB / FM / Menu /Enter
Next Key
Previous Key
Volume - / Lock

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Fine tune FM frequency
Next Key：To select the next station
Scan for the available FM radio stations.
Choose the next DAB and FM stations.
Set the clock.
Fine tune FM frequency.
Volume + ：To increase the volume level
Volume - : To decrease the volume level
To lock and unlock the radio
OLED Display
DAB
F0 01DBC
DAB Signal
Battery Indication
My Favorite Mode
DAB Mode
The first favourite
DAB Channel
DAB Station Name

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FM
M7 105.5MHz METRO FINANCE
*Note: Minor interference may occur while OLED is on. OLED will turn off automatically after a short while, resume display by pushing any key.
07DBC
We channel
DAB Station name
Scrolling
FM Signal
FM Mode
The 8th Stored FM
Channel
FM Frequency RDS Station Name

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Operation Language Setting
1. Using for the first time or After Resetting DAB-398S
When using DAB-398S for the first time, the user has to choose and set the operation language. The OLED will display “Select Language”
automatically, press to confirm, then press orfor different languages (English, German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Danish , Swedish
and Spanish). For example choose “Deutsch” (German), then press to confirm. If no specific language has been chosen by the user,
DAB-398S will automatically set the default language as English after 10 seconds.
*(If you selected a wrong language and don`t know how to change to another language, please follow page 17 (Reset The DAB Radio
Stations) to reset the radio to initial state , then follow the above process again to select an appropriate language.)
2. Changing Language While Using DAB-398S
If the user hopes to change languages while using DAB-398S. First press the ON/OFF key to enter idle mode (showing clock), second press and
hold for 2 seconds to enter the “Select Language” menu. Then press once again to confirm, and press orto choose different
languages, press once again to confirm the chosen language. Wait for 10sec, DAB-398S will automatically go back to idle mode (showing
clock). If the user accidentally enters the menu mode, simply press or and choose “Exit” to exit.
Press“ ”
to confirm
Select Language Deutsch
First use to select language Choose “German”
DAB
DAB Suchlauf…
Press “ ”to confirm,
then press to select
Auto loading DAB radio

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Clock Setting
In DAB station mode, the clock is usually synchronized with the DAB stations. If the clock does not show the correct time, follow the instructions
below to adjust it:
First press the ON/OFF key to enter idle mode (showing clock). During idle mode, press and hold the key for 2 seconds, then press or 
to choose “Set Time” to reset the time. After that press to enter the time setting mode. OLED will display the time with the hour digits flashing,
press the or key to adjust the hour digits, confirm by pressing . After adjusting the hour digits the minute digits will flash, press the or
key to adjust the minute digits, confirm by pressing again. Wait for 10sec, DAB-398S will go back to idle mode (showing clock).
Press to confirm
wait 10 sec
Press &
hold 2 sec
Select Language
Deutsch
DAB 12: 00
Digital Radio
Idle mode showing clock Choose “Select Language” Choose “German”
Press to confirm
then Press to select
DAB 12：00
Digital Radio
When completed the
clock is showed
Minute Setting
Press or for setting
then press to confirm
DAB 14：10
Digital Radio
Press or for setting
then press to confirm
wait 10sec
14:10
Set Time
Time Setting Mode
Set Time
DAB 12: 00
Digital Radio
Idle mode showing clock
Press for 2 Sec
then Press to
select
Press
to confirm
Hour Settin
g
14:00
Set Time
This number is flashing This number is flashing

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Key Lock
To enable key-lock：
Press and hold the Volume – key for
2 seconds, the word “LOCKED” will
show on the OLED screen.
To disable key-lock:
Press and hold the Volume – key for
2 seconds, the word “UNLOCK” will
show on the OLED screen.
DAB-398S DAB Radio Operation
1. Scan the DAB Radio Stations
¾Auto scan: When you switch on the radio for the first time, the OLED screen will display the words “DAB Loading”, it will then
automatically scan for local DAB radio stations, then it will show “DAB Scanning…”
DAB
Locked
DAB
Unlock
Shows it is locked
Any Situation
Press & hold
“–“ for 2sec
Any Situation
Press & hold
“–“ for 2sec
Shows it is Unlocked
Lock / unlock:
press and hold “-”for 2
seconds
Loading DAB Station Scanning DAB Stations Found 4 DAB Stations Playing DAB 01DBC Channel
DAB
DAB Loading…
DAB
DAB Scanning…
DAB
Found: 04
DAB
01DBC

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¾Manual scan: In DAB radio mode, press and hold the key for 2 seconds, to enter “Store mode, press or and choose “Rescan”,
it will then show “DAB Scanning…”When scanning is completed, the OLED screen will display the number of the available DAB
radio stations (eg. “FOUND: 04”). After that, it will play the last available DAB radio station. If no stations are found, the words “NO
Signal” will appear on the OLED screen.
When scanning has completed, DAB-398S radio will play the last available DAB radio station through searching. Press the key to choose
the previous station or press the key to choose the next station. The name of the DAB radio station will appear on the OLED screen, (eg:
01DBC)
2. Save Your Favourite List Of The DAB Radio Stations
If you listen to certain stations regularly, you can save these as your favourite stations. There are 10 favorite stations that you can save.
In DAB radio mode, press the or key to choose the station that you want to save, press and hold the key for 2 seconds, the words
“ Store Mode” will appear on the OLED screen, then press the key once to select the stored position and OLED will show “Store TO FX?”
(X is a number, from 0 to 9), then press or to select the favorite list (F0-F9), after that press the key once to complete the saving,
the word “Stored” will appear on the OLED screen. Repeat these steps to save other stations.
Press
to confirm
Press & hold
for 2 sec
DAB
02DBC Press or 
to choose
DAB
Store mode
DAB
Rescan
DAB Situation Enter menu mode Enter rescan mode
DAB
DAB Scanning…
Scan DAB Stations
DAB
01DBC
DAB
Found: 04
Found 4 DAB Stations Play “01DBC” Channel

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*Note: During the "No Signal" status, please do not save favourite DAB radio stations.
3. Play The Favourite DAB Radio Station:
To select favourite mode, press and hold the key during DAB radio mode for 2 seconds to enter the menu option, then press the or
to enter the “Favourite mode”, press once again to confirm the favourite mode, press the or key to choose the favorite station.
OLED will show “FX Empty” if no stations have been saved (x means 0~9). If the user accidentally enters the menu, press the or key
and choose “Exit” to exit.
4. Exit The Favourite Mode
In favourite mode, press and hold the key for 2 seconds, OLED will display “Normal Mode”, press the key once again to confirm
exiting Favourite Mode.
Press & hold
for 2 secs
To sa ve “0 1DB C”
station as a favorite Enter Store Mode Asking station saving position Choose “ F1” as the
storing position
Press & hold
for 2 sec
Press again
to confirm
DAB
Store To F1?
Press to
select position
Press again
to confirm
“01DBC” station has
been saved to “F1”
DAB
01DBC
DAB
Store mode
DAB
Store To F0?
DAB
Stored
DAB
Stored
DAB
01DBC
Under DAB mode
Press to
reconfirm again
press to select
favourite mode
DAB
Favourite mode
Choose favorite mode
DAB
F0 01DBC
Choose F0 as favorite station No channel stored in F1
Pressto choose
next channel
DAB
F1 Empty

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5. Pause or Play the DAB Radio
In DAB radio mode, press the ON/OFF key to pause the radio. The clock will then appear on the OLED screen (The clock will be adjusted by
the DAB radio station automatically). To resume play on the radio, press the ON/OFF key again.
6. Read Scrolling Messages From DAB Station
If there are any messages from local stations while a DAB channel is playing. The OLED will automatically show the message and the name
of the DAB station.
DAB
F0 01DBC
DAB
Normal mode
In favourite mode Choose normal mode
Press & hold
for 2 sec
Press & hold
to confirm
DAB
01DBC
Return to normal mode
DAB 12：00
Digital Radio
Show Time
Press one time to
pause or play the
radio

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FM Radio Operation
1. Listen To FM Radio
In DAB mode, press the key once to change to FM mode. The OLED will show “FM Loading…” then the FM radio frequency will appear
on the OLED screen. For example: M0 88.0MHz. Press to play the previous channel and press for the next channel.
2. Scan FM Radio Station
In FM radio mode, press and hold the key for 2 seconds to scan the previous FM station with the strongest signal, press and hold for 2
seconds to scan the next FM station with the strongest signal. The OLED will show “FM Scanning…”, it will then store the station after
scanning.
07DBC
We channel Scrolling message
Radio Name
FM
FM loading…
FM
M0 87.5MHz
Loading FM Stations Play the 1st Stored Channel
FM
M1 91.4MHz
Press to choose
next channel
Play the 2nd Stored Channel
DAB
01DBC
Press turn
to FM mold
In DAB mode

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3. Manual Tune
In FM radio mode, press and hold the key for 2 seconds until the “Manual Tune” icon is shown on the OLED screen, press key to
enter ,the word “TUNE" will be shown on the first line, press the and keys to adjust the radio frequency, to finish manual tuning, just
wait for 10 seconds and confirm.
4. Pause or Play FM Radio
In FM radio mode, press the ON/OFF key once to pause the radio. Then, the time will appear on the OLED screen. To resume the radio,
press the ON/OFF key again.
FM
M7 107.4MHz
Press & hold
for 2 sec
Scanning for the next
strongest signal FM stations
Under M7 channel frequency Found frequency 108.0
and saved to M7
FM
FM Scanning…
FM
M7 108.0MHz
Press or for setting
wait 10 seconds to
Press & hold
for 2 sec
Entering Manual
Tune Mode
FM
M0 88.0MHz
In M0 fre
q
uenc
y
channel
FM
Manual Tune
FM
M0 89.3MHz
Frequency turned
as 89.3MHz
FM TUNE
M0 88.0MHz
Press
once

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Reset The DAB Radio Stations
When the DAB-398S radio is switched off, press and hold the key first ,Then press and hold the ON/OFF key at the same time as the
key for a few seconds until the OLED shows a series of numbers, it means that all previously saved radio stations have been deleted. When you
switch on the radio again, it will automatically re-scan the new radio stations available.
Safety Information
1. Do not listen at extremely high levels of volume. Doing so can damage your hearing.
2. Do not expose the radio to extremely high or low temperatures.
3. Do not dispose the radio in a fire as it will result in an explosion.
4. Do not expose the radio to liquids, moisture or humidity as it is not waterproof.
5. Keep the radio away from sharp objects which may cause scratches and damages.
6. Do not attempt to take the radio apart as it does not contain replaceable components.
7. Do not store the radio in excessively dry, high or low temperatures, and dusty places.
8. Do not use chargers without the CE certification, it will affect the reception.
Press and hold the key first ,Then
press and hold the ON/OFF key at the
same time as the key for a few
seconds to reset

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Product Specifications
Multi-Language’s Support (English, German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Spanish)
Build-in Polymer-Li rechargeable battery (Charging time: 2 hours)
*DAB playing time: 7 hours
FM playing time: 7 hours
3.5mm plug in headset socket
Frequency range: (Band Ⅲ): 174 ~240 MHz
Frequency range: (FM): 87.5~108.0 MHz
Memory for saving 60 DAB stations
Memory for saving 10 FM radio stations
Dimension: 48 X 35 X 15 mm
Weight: 27 grams
* May vary with signal strength.
Correct disposal of this product
This marking indicates that this product should not be disposed with other household waste throughout the EU. To prevent
possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, recycle it responsibly to promote the
sustainable reuse of material resources. To return your used device, please use the return and collection system or contact the
retailer where the product was purchased. They can take this product for environmental safe recycling.