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    RD-1 FM /DAB digital radio with Please read this manual before use ROBER TS Sound for Generations Gemini 1[...]

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    Controls ............................................................................... 2- 4 Battery operation .................................................................... 5 Using the AC adaptor ............................................................ 4 Operating your radio - DAB ................................................ 6 -7 Se[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Pause Rewind Play stop Record FM /DAB Digital Radio RD-1 Station Presets 1 2 3 4 5 6 Band Display Set-up 2 Controls 1. Record button 2. Play button 3. Rewind button 4. button 5. Preset buttons 6. On/Off and sleep button 7. Band button 8. Display button [...]

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    3 Controls (Left side) 9. DC input socket 10. Headphone socket 11. Telescopic aerial 12. RDI output socket 13. Digital audio output socket 14. Analogue audio 2 output socket 15. Analogue audio 1 output socket 12 11 10 9 13 14 15 2 1 LEFT DC IN 9~ 12V 2A RDI Aerial RIGHT Analogue Audio Out Digital Audio Out[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 4 TREBLE BASS Max Min VOLUME Press to select TUNING 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16. Bass control 17. Treble control 18. Volume control 19. Tuning control 20. SD card socket 21. Lock Switch 22. Battery compartment Controls (Right side)[...]

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    5 Battery operation 1. Remove the Battery cover on the rear of the unit by pushing the catches as shown. 2. Insert four LR20 (D size) batteries into the spaces in the compart- ment. Take care to ensure all batteries are inserted with the correct polarity as shown inside the battery compartment. Replace the battery cover. 3. Reduced power, distortio[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 6 Operating your radio - DAB 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. If this is the first time the radio is used the display will show DAB Auto Tune and a quick scan of UK Band III DAB channels will be [...]

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    7 Operating your radio - DAB 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. 3. Rotate the Tuning control until the station list appears. 4. Continue to rotate the Tuning control until the required station appears between the two black bars on the display. 5. Press in and release the Tuning control to sele[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 8 BBC Radio 1 P op Music BBC National DAB Signal: Battery: 09:05 18-May-2004 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I AUTO Display 1 BBC Radio 1 The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Chris Moyles - th[...]

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    9 Using your radio's Pause Plus feature - DAB How many times has your favourite radio station been interrupted by that phone call from a double glazing firm or someone selling that must have item? Sound familiar? Now with a single press of the button you can put your favourite station on hold while you answer that important call. After the cal[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 10 Pause Plus Rewind - DAB 1. As soon as you switch on your radio the feature is working silently in the background so, say for example, you want to hear a news item again press the Rewind button and rotate the tuning control clockwise to scroll back to[...]

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    Pause Plus Record (internal memory) - DAB 1. Your radio can record to its internal memory for typically 30 minutes but can be up to 1 hour depending on DAB storage settings (see page 13) and the programme you are listening to. 2. Press and hold in the Record button until the display shows Recording. 3. The display will show the recording duration t[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 12 Pause Plus - record (SD card) Your radio is supplied with a 32MB SD card which will give typically 30 minutes record time but can be over 1 hour depending on program type. 1. Insert the SD card into the slot located on the top right side of your radi[...]

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    13 Pause Plus storage settings - DAB Your radio's Pause Plus internal storage can be allocated to either Pause/ Rewind or to Record. By default the settings are 50% Pause/Rewind and 50% Record. The default settings are allocated so as to allow typically 15 minutes Pause/Rewind and 15 minutes Record but can be up to 30 minutes for each dependin[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 14 Pause Plus storage settings - DAB (cont.) 6. Rotate the Tuning control until the highlight appears on the Storage Control line. 7. Press in and release the Tuning control to select the Storage Control section. 8. Rotate the Tuning control until the h[...]

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    15 Pause Plus Storage settings - DAB (cont.) Your radio has three settings for Pause Plus storage. The settings are Off, On and On with AC. With the Pause Plus storage Off the battery life will be extended (typically 25 hours). 1. Press the Setup button to enter the Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the DAB section appears between the [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 16 Pause Plus Storage settings - DAB (cont.) 6. Rotate the Tuning control until the highlight appears on the Storage line. 7. Press in and release the Tuning control to select the Storage section. 8. Rotate the Tuning control to change the Storage to th[...]

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    17 Record Timer - DAB Note: Timer record is only available on DAB via SD card and is provided for personal use only. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup mode. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the Record Timer section appears between the two black lines on the display. 3. Press in and release the Tuning control to select the Record Timer sect[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 18 Record Timer - DAB cont. 10. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm selection. Rotate the Tuning control to select the required minute. 11. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm the selection. 12. Rotate the Tuning control un[...]

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    Record Timer - DAB cont. 20. Repeatedly press and release the Setup button until the display returns to show normal station mode. 21. Insert SD card with sufficient capacity for required recording (approx. 32MB per 30 mins at 128 kbits/sec - 1hour at 64 kbits/sec) the display will show SD card Inserted. 22. Press the On/Off button to switch off you[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) SD Card Format - DAB This formats your SD card erasing any previously recorded files. It also allows an SD card formatted on another device to be re-formatted for use on your radio. 1. Insert an SD card into the slot. Press the Setup button to enter the[...]

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    SD Card Format - DAB cont. 6. Rotate the Tuning control until the highlight appears on the Storage Control line. 7. Press in and release the Tuning control to select the Storage Control section. 8. Rotate the Tuning control until the highlight appears on the SDCard Format line. 9. Press in and release the Tuning control to enter adjust mode. 10. Ro[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 22 Programme Type - DAB Your radio can be set so that only one particular type of programme appears in the station list e.g. Rock , Pop , Classic , etc. The default setting is All . 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning con[...]

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    Favourites - DAB When this setting is switched on the most listened to stations will move to the top of the station list and be marked with the  symbol. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the DAB section appears between the two black lines on the display. Press in and release the Tuning control to c[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Manual Tuning - DAB Manual tuning allows you to tune directly to the various DAB Band III channels. UK DAB stations are located in the range 11B to 12D. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the DAB section ap[...]

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    Set-Up Buzzer Alarm Radio Alarm Record T imer AUTO Set-up 1 Press to select TUNING 2 Set-Up Record T imer Clock DAB Display Sleep AUTO Press to select TUNING DAB Programme T ype All Favourites Y es DRC Enable 0 T uning Range 11B-12D Manual T une ... More... AUTO Press to select TUNING DAB Audio 2 Optical output No RDI Enable No Storage On Storage C[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Service Status cont. 6. Rotate the Tuning control until the highlight appears on the Service Status line. 7. Press in and release the Tuning control to select the Service Status . 8. The display will show Multiplex name, Mono/Stereo mode, T-DAB channel [...]

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    Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings - DAB DRC can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment. Currently only BBC Radio 3 broadcasts a DRC level. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the DAB section appears between the two black lines on the display. Press in and re[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Tuning range - DAB Note: Changes to these settings should only be made if radio is to be used outside of UK. Should you take your radio to another country which also has Band III DAB broadcasts it may be necessary to change the default tuning range. You[...]

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    Digital output - DAB Your radio is equipped with a digital optical output (TosLink) socket which can be used to connect your radio to a Hi-Fi or mini disc for playback or external recording. The default setting for the Digital Output is Off (so as to conserve battery life). To switch On the Digital Output proceed as follows:- 1. Press the Setup but[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Radio Data Interface (RDI) output - DAB Your radio is equipped with an RDI optical output socket (TosLink) which can be used to connect your radio to an external data decoder. The default setting for the RDI optical output is Off (so as to conserve batt[...]

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    Audio outputs (analogue) Your radio has two analogue audio outputs:- Audio 1 outputs to your radio's loudspeaker and to Audio output socket 1. Audio 2 outputs to Audio output socket 2 and can be set to output a different station from Audio 1 providing it is within the same multiplex. Audio 2 setup - DAB 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Operating your radio - FM auto search 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. 3. Press the Band button to select the FM band 4. Press in and release the Tuning control the display will show Auto Search [...]

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    Operating your radio - FM manual tune 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. 2. Press the On/Off button to switch on your radio. 3. Press the Band button to select the FM band 4. Rotate the Tuning control a clockwise to tune up in frequency or rotate the Tuning control anti-clockwise to tune down in fre- quency. 5. Adjust the Volume, Bass and Trebl[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Presetting stations - DAB and FM There are 6 memory presets for each of the 2 wavebands. 1. Press the On/Off 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[...]

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    Clock settings Your radio's clock and date is by default automatically set when first tuned to a DAB station. The clock format (12/24hrs) and date format (dd- mmm-yyyy) may also be changed to suit your preferences. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the Clock section appears between the two black [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Clock settings cont. 8. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm the selection. Rotate the Tuning control to select the required minute. 9. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm the selection. 10. Rotate the Tuning control until t[...]

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    Clock cont. 15. Rotate the Tuning control until the 24-Hour Format line is high- lighted in the display. Press in and release the Tuning control to enter adjustment mode (default is 24 hours) 16. Rotate the Tuning control to select 12 or 24 hour format. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm the selection. 17. Rotate the Tuning control [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Alarms Your radio has two alarms - buzzer and radio. Both alarms have a Humane wake system whereby the alarms start at a low level and gradually work up to a high level. The radio alarm can be set so that you can wake to your favourite station on either[...]

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    Buzzer Alarm cont. 5. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm selection 6. Rotate the Tuning control until Days line is highlighted in the display. (default is all days active) 7. Press in and release the Tuning Control to select. Rotate the Tuning control to select required days. 8. Press in and release the Tuning contro l to confirm th[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Radio Alarm Note: Alarm time format (12 or 24 hour) is dependent on the clock settings made on page 37 (default is 24 hour) 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup mode. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until Radio Alarm line appears between the two black [...]

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    Radio Alarm cont. 6. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm selection 7. Rotate the Tuning control until Days line is highlighted in the display. (default is all days active) 8. Press in and release the Tuning Control to select. Rotate the Tuning control to select required days. 9. Press in and release the Tuning contro l to confirm the[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Radio Alarm cont. 14. Rotate the Tuning control until Mode line is highlighted in the display (default is Current ) 15. Press in and release the Tuning Control to select. Rotate the Tuning control to select required mode - choose from Current , FM or DA[...]

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    Snooze function 1. The radio or buzzer alarm can be silenced for 5 minutes by pressing Any button (except On/Off) . This sequence can be repeated during the 60 minutes alarm period. Sleep timer Your radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Set-up mode. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the Sl[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Press to select TUNING Sleep timer cont. 5. Rotate the Tuning control to set the Sleep time (max 1 hour 30 minutes in 5 minute steps). This now becomes new default sleep time. 6. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm the selection. 7. Repea[...]

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    Display settings Your radio has three user configurable display settings:- Display settings - Display saving Enables screen to be blanked when radio is switched off i.e. no Clock/ Date display. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the Display section appears between the two black lines on the display. Pr[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Display settings - Backlight This can be set to Off (always off), On (always on), On with AC (on when using AC adaptor) or Keypress (backlight switches on for 12 seconds following any key press). Note: If backlight is set to On (always on) battery life [...]

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    Display settings - Contrast This can be changed to suit lighting conditions (default setting is 12) 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the Display section appears between the two black lines on the display. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm the selection 3. Rotate the Tuning control un[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) KeyPress settings - Timeout The tuning display screen can be set to have a Timeout e.g. if no keypress within 5 seconds display will revert to previous screen. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the KeyPres[...]

  • Page 50

    KeyPress settings - KeyBeep Your radio can be set to provide an audible beep each time a key is pressed. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the KeyPress section appears between the two black lines on the display. Press in and release the Tuning control to confirm the selection 3. Rotate the Tuning cont[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Factory default This setting clears all station presets, service list and returns all variable settings to their factory defaults. 1. Press the Setup button to enter Setup menu. 2. Rotate the Tuning control until the Factory Default line is high- lighte[...]

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    Headphone socket 1. A 3.5mm Headphone Socket located on the left side of your radio is provided for use with either headphones or an earpiece. Inserting a plug automatically mutes the internal loudspeaker. 2. On the FM band if a station being received is weak some hiss may be audible. To reduce the hiss press and hold in the Tuning control until th[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 52 Specifications AC 230V 50Hz via adaptor. Batteries 4 x IEC size LR20 (D size) Battery Life Approx. 25hrs of listening when used for 4 hours a day at normal volume using alkaline batteries. (PausePlus storage and Backlight off) Frequency Coverage F M [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Guarantee This instrument is guaranteed for twelve months from the date of delivery to the original owner against failure due to faulty workmanship or component breakdown, subject to the procedure stated below. Should any component or part fail during t[...]

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