View Quest Retro DAB User manual

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Retro DAB Operation Guide
Where to put your radio
It is important that you consider carefully in advance where your radio will be situated and make sure
that it is:
* On a flat and stable surface
* ithin 1.4metres of a power socket (if using mains power)
* here you can fully extend the telescopic aerial
* Away from bright sunlight or heat sources, such as a radiator
* Not in a humid or very damp place such as a bathroom
Setting up
Connect the mains power lead into the socket on the back of the radio (DC IN) and plug the power
adaptor into the mains power wall socket and switch on.
Fully extend the radio aerial in a vertical position to obtain the maximum signal strength.
hen switching on for the first time, slide the power switch on the back of the radio to “ON”, “ elcome
to Digital Radio” will be displayed. Then it will show the clock. If don’t do further operation, the backlight
will turn off and it enters into Standby Mode. Press button, it starts working.
Functions
1. Mode: DAB (BAND Ⅲ 5A-13F), FM (87.5MHz-108MHz), IPOD, AUX_IN.
2. LCD:2x16 dots matrix; black background white fonts, negative LCD
3. Power Supply: AC INPUT 100-240V ; DC_OUTPUT 5V/2A
4. Output Power: 1.5 X2
5. STANDBY MODE Show Clock
Keys and controls
1. --- Standby Power ON or OFF
2. ---Scan stations
3. PRE ---Store stations selected
4. ---Scroll up
5. --- Confirm and pause
6. ---Scroll down
7. MODE ---Switch among different modes
8. INFO --- Information
9. ---Alarm/snooze//sleep （ multifunction button ）
10. VOL- --- Decrease volume
11. VOL+ --- Increase volume
DAB Operation
1. Connect the mains power lead into the socket on the back of the radio (DC in 5V) and plug the

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power adaptor into the mains power wall socket and switch on. Switch to DAB mode, press “MODE”
button repeatedly until the display shows “Switch to DAB”. Your radio will automatically begin to Quick
SCAN DAB stations. A progressive bar will show the progress of the scan and the number of stations
found during the scan will also be displayed. The stations scanned will be stored automatically when
the scan is complete. The number of stations scanned will also be displayed at the upper right corner of
the screen. If there’s no signal, “NO Signal” will be shown.
2. The first station available will be played automatically.
3. You can press “ ” or “ ” button to switch among stations stored.
3. DAB scan modes ， press ” ” shortly, it will Quick SCAN. Press it longer, it will FULL SCAN.
4. Press “PREV” and “NEXT” to scroll up or down to seek for your favorite stations.
5. Pess “VOL+” or “VOL-“ to adjust the volume.
6. To store the present station, press “PRE” button to activate store function. “Preset Empty 1” will be
displayed on lower line of the screen, and the number 1 will flash. Press “ ” and “ ” to scroll
through the numbered preset locations (1-10), press “ ” button to store the station. Frequency will
be displayed on the upper line. “Preset x Stored” will be shown on the lower line of the screen to
indicate if you store the station successfully. 10 stations can be stored in total. To tune to a preset DAB
station, press “PRE” button, then use “ ” and “ ” to scroll through the preset stations. Press
“ENTER” button to confirm when you see the station you would like to listen. The radio will tune to that
station and begin to play.
7. In DAB mode ， the radio will synchronize with the time and date of the station.
8. In DAB mode ， press “INFO” button, the information such as DLS, station name, time and date,
frequency, bit rate, signal quality will be displayed.
9. In DAB mode ， press “ ” button longer and enter into scan by manual. Press “ ” and “ ”
button to scroll through channel 5A-13F and select the stations you would like to listen. Press “ ”
button to confirm the channel, then press “ ” and “ ” to scroll through stations in this channel,
press “ ” button enter into the station you selected.
FM MODE operation
1. Press “MODE” button and switch into FM mode. At the first time FM frequency “87.5MHz.” will be
displayed on the screen.
2. Scan stations by manual, press “ ” or “ ” button shortly to adjust stations by 0.05MHZ until
you get your favorite stations.
3. To autoscan stations, press “ ” button to search stations upward. If station signal is available,
scan will stop automatically and play this station. Make press “ ” button longer, it will search
stations downward. If station signal is available, scan will stop automatically and play this station.
4. If you know which frequency you going to listen to, you can press “ ” button to search stations
upward quickly to get targeted frequency. It will stop scanning if you stop pressing and play the stations
selected.
5. Press “ ” button to search stations downward quickly to get targeted frequency. It will stop
scanning if you stop pressing and play the station selected.
6. To store the currently played station, make a long press of “PRE” button to activate store function.

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“Preset Empty 1” will be shown on the lower line of the screen, and number “1” will flash. Press “ ”
or “ ” to select numbered location to store, then press “ ” to store the station. Frequency will be
displayed on the upper line of the screen, and “Preset x Stored” will be displayed on the lower line. 10
stations can be stored in total. Press “PRE” to activate the function of listening stations stored. Then
press “ ” or “ ” to select numbered locations. After pressing “ ” button to confirm, the station
selected will be played.
7. In FM mode, press “INFO” button to display the information such as RDS, audio type, station
frequency, time and date, signal quality, program text, program type.
8. In FM mode, press “ ” button to switch among audio types, you can select between Stereo and
Mono.
9. In FM mode, when received RDS information, the radio will synchronize with the time and date of the
station automatically.
10. Press “VOL+” or “VOL-“ to adjust volume.
IPOD MODE OPERATIO
1. Press “MODE” to switch into IPOD mode. If there’s no iPod or iPhone connected, “iPod
Disconnected” will be displayed on the screen. Insert iPod or iPhone into the 30 Pin connector, the
screen will show “iPod Connected” and begin to display music in your iPod or iPhone.
1. Press “ ” or “ ” to play previous or next track.
2. Press “ ” button to pause or play the track.
3. Press and hold “ ” button to search the current track using high speed rewind. It will stop and
play again when you release the button.
4. Press and hold “ ” button to search the current track using high speed forward. It will stop and
play again after you release the button.
5. Press “VOL+” or “VOL-“ to adjust volume.
AUX-I MODE OPERATIO
1 ． Press “MODE” button to switch into AUX-IN mode, plug the aux-in cable into the 3.5mm AUX-IN jack
at the back of the radio. It will play the music from external audio devices.
2 ． Press “VOL+” or “VOL-“ to adjust volume
SYSTEM OPERATIO
1 ． Factory reset. In working mode, make a long press of “MODE” button, “Press Enter Key to Reset”
will be displayed on the screen. Then press “ ” to confirm the factory reset until “System Reset OK”
shows up.
2. In working mode, make a long press of “INFO” button to check the software version.
Alarm clock function
This unit can set two alarms. In working or standby mode, make a short press of “SNOOZE” button.
Press once shows ALARM1. Press twice shows ALARM2, alarm will ring 1 hour. It can wake up to
DAB,FM,IPOD,BEEP Tone1, BEEP Tone2. SNOOZ lasts 5 minutes.
1. Setting the alarm in standby mode
a. Make a short press of “SNOOZE” button to activate ALARM 1. After activated ALARM1, ”ALARM 1:
BEEPER1” (the alarm type) is displayed on the upper line of the screen. “OFF” will be shown and

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flashes on the lower line. Press “ ” or “ ” and choose “ON”. Then press “ ” to confirm your
selection and enter into time setting, current time will be displayed on the left side of the screen. Alarm
time “00 ： 00” shows on the right side. Time setting is divided into hour setting and minute setting. It’s 24
hour time system. Set the hour firstly, the “00” will keep flashing, then pess “ ” or “ ” and set
hour quickly. Press “ ” to confirm and enter into minute setting. hen “00” keeps flashing, then
pess “ ” or “ ” and set minute quickly. Press “ ” to confirm and enter into alarm type
selection by pressing “ ” or “ ”. You can choose from “DAB,FM,IPOD,BEEP Tone1, BEEP
Tone2” five modes. After your selection, press “ ” to confirm. Alarm setting is complete, the mark
will show on the screen. hen alarm rings, you can press “ ” button to close the alarm. The
unit will enter into Standby mode and show clock.
b. The alarm 2 setting is the same operation as the alarm 1.
2. Setting alarm in working mode
a. You can set alarm in DAB,FM, IPOD,AUX four modes. Make a short press of “SNOOZE” button to
activate alarm function. After activation, “ALARM 1: BEEPER1” (alarm type) will be shown on the upper
line of the screen. “OFF” will be displayed and flashes on the lower line. Press “ ” or “ ” button
and choose “ON”. Press “ ” button to confirm the alarm function and enter into time setting. Current
time shows at the left of the screen. Alarm time “00 ： 00” shows at the right. Time setting is divided into
hour and minute. It’s 24 hour time system. Set the hour firstly, the left “00” will keep flashing, then pess
“ ” or “ ” and set hour quickly. Make long press of those two buttons can set the time more
quickly. Then press “ ” to confirm and enter into minute setting. hen right “00” keeps flashing,
then pess “ ” or “ ” and set minute quickly. Press “ ” to confirm and enter into alarm type
selection by pressing “ ” or “ ”. You can choose from “DAB, FM, IPOD, BEEP Tone1, BEEP
Tone2” five modes. After your selection, press “ ” to confirm. alarm setting is complete. the mark
will show on the screen. hen alarm rings, you can press “ ” button to close the alarm. The
unit will enter into the previous mode before you perform alarm setting.
b. The alarm 2 setting is the same operation as the alarm 1.
3. Alarm wake up:
a. when it wakes to DAB ， after that it will play DAB program. If there’s no DAB stations received, BEEP
Tone1 will ring.
b. when it wakes to FM ， after that it will play FM program.
c. when it wakes to IPOD, after that it will play iPod music directly. If no iPod is connected, BEEP
Tone1 will replace it to ring automatically. At the time of alarm ring, whatever iPod music or BEEP
sounds, take iPod away or insert iPod can close the alarm automatically.
d. when it wakes to BEEP(BEEP Tone1, BEEP Tone2), the backlight will flash too.
e. If two alarms are all set. hen alarm 1 is ringing, alarm 2 is also waken, the alarm1 will turn off
automatically. Only after the Alarm 1 is closed, can the Alarm 2 ring.
4. Alarm volume ：
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The volume of alarm waking to DAB, FM, IPOD ， BEEP Tone1, BEEP Tone2 is the half of the max
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5. Snooze ：
hen alarm rings, press “SNOOZE” button and enter into snooze function. The snooze lasts 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, press “SNOOZE” button again to go on snoozing if needed. In the standby mode, two
“Z” marks will be displayed at the right of the screen. But in working mode, there’s no these marks. If
ALARM 1enters into SNOOZEfunction, ALARM2 also enters into SNOOZE function after ring, the
SNOOZE function of the ALARM 1will be closed automatically. There’s only one ALARM can enter into
SNOOZE.
6. SLEEP
In working mode, make a long press of “SNOOZE” button to enter into sleep function setting, “Sleep
Timer” will be displayed on the upper line of the screen, “OFF” displayed the lower right and keeps
flashing. Then press “ ” or “ ” to select sleep time among “15min, 30min, 45min, 60min, 90min”.
After pressed “ ” to confirm, sleep time will be displayed on the upper right of the screen. If don’t
choose time, it will quit sleep setting automatically after 10 seconds. You can also press “ ” button
to quit.
7. Battery powered mode ：
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hen using battery to supply power, the unit function and operation is the same as that of using DC
power supply. But the unit won’t charge your iPod/iPhone.. when the battery has low power, there will
be lower power mark showing on the LCD screen. hen it is almost out of power, the unit will return to
standby mode.
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disposed of in general household waste. Take the product to a recycling facility that accepts electrical and
electronic products. Check with your Local Authority for your nearest recycling centre.
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