DAB Button Functions

POWER BUTTON

Press POWER to turn the power ON. Press again to turn the power OFF.

Note: Whenever the power is turned ON, the station you were previously receiving will be selected automatically. The name of the station appears in the display.

All settings, and stored stations, will be retained in memory while the unit is turned off. On switch-on, the last band (DAB/FM) and station is remembered.

BAND

This button alternates the tuner between receiving DAB and FM stations

AUTO-TUNE

To update your tuner with locally available DAB stations Press the AUTO TUNE button. The tuner will search through all the ensembles and pick out all the locally available stations.

TUNE UP/DOWN

To select a station, press and hold down the “TUNE UP” or “TUNE DOWN” button to cycle up and down the list of receivable broadcasts in your area. When the required station is displayed press the SELECT button to listen

See the section on the PRESET buttons to store favourite stations for easy recall

PRESET UP and PRESET DOWN PRESET UP/DOWN buttons are used to select one of ten DAB preset memory locations. Press select when the desired preset is displayed.

STORE

It is possible to store favourite stations in preset memory locations using the STORE button as follows:

1Tune to the station required.

2Press PRESET UP/DOWN buttons until the desired preset. is displayed. Press the STORE to accept this preset. The display revert to the selected station

Note: this will overwrite any station stored previously on this preset.

Briefly pressing the button will display current preset without storing.

There are 10 presets available for programmes on the DAB band (in addition to the 10 provided for FM). Presets are remembered even if the unit is switched off.

MONO/STEREO(remote only)

This button has no function when in DAB mode

INFO

Displays the current broadcast information in the following order:

-DAB programme text

-Music Type

-Network name

-Date and time (as transmitted by network)

-Transmission mode and bit rate

-Ensemble and frequency

-Signal Strength

-Returns to top of this list

MENU (DAB options)

Press MENU to access menu options whilst in DAB mode.

Use the TUNE up/down buttons to cycle through the options, and the SELECT button to choose displayed option.

Menu options available for DAB are:

Manual Tune: Allows manual search of ensembles and DAB frequencies

Canadian L band: Enables Canadian L-Band

European L Band: Enables European L band

Service Base: Factory use only

Customer Version: Software version reference

System reset: RESETS all presets and performs a new scan of DAB band

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