Sony ICF-C263 Presetting Your Favourite Station, Setting the Sleep Timer, Setting the Clock, Setting the, Brightness of the, Backlight, Changing AM, Channel Step, Reception

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Presetting Your Favourite Station

—Preset Tuning

You can preset up to 10 stations in FM (5 stations in FM1, 5 stations in FM2), and 5 stations in AM.

Presetting a Station

1Follow steps 1 to 4 in “Playing the Radio” and manually tune into the station you wish to preset.

2Hold down the preset button you wish to preset for more than 2 seconds.

Example: Display window when you set FM 90 MHz in the PRESET TUNING 2 button for FM2.

BSetting the Buzzer Alarm

1Perform steps 1 to 5 in “To set the Alarm Time”.2Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to select “BUZZER” alarm mode.

3Press ALARM SET A or B.

Two short beeps will confirm the setting.

Setting the Alarm Mode

Before setting the alarm mode, be sure to set the alarm time (See “Setting the Alarm”).

Press ALARM MODE repeatedly until the desired mode is selected.

Each press of ALARM MODE changes the indication on the display as follows:

No alarm	or	or
Indication	or	or
Indication

Setting the Sleep Timer

You can enjoy falling asleep to the radio using the built-in sleep timer that turns off the radio automatically after a preset duration.

Press SLEEP.

The radio turns on. You can set the sleep timer to duration of 90, 60, 30, or 15 minutes. Every press changes the display as follows:

OFF 90 60

15 30

Two short beeps sound when the display returns to “90”.

“ ” will appear in the display when the duration time is set.

The radio will play for the time you set, then shut off.

To turn off the radio before the preset time Press SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF or OFF•ALARM RESET.

SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF

The PRESET TUNING 3

button has a tactile dot.

AC power cord

FM wire antenna

VOLUME

There is a tactile dot beside volume to show the direction to turn up the volume.

The preset number “2” and “	” flash in the
display.
Two beeps sound, and “2” and “	” stop
flashing.

To preset another station, repeat these steps.

To change the preset station, tune into the desired station and hold down the PRESET TUNING 1 to 5 button. The new station will replace the previous station on the preset button.

Tuning into a Preset Station

1Press RADIO ON/BAND to turn on the radio.2Press RADIO ON/BAND to select the band.3Press the desired preset button.4Adjust the volume using VOLUME.

After a few seconds, the display will return to the current time but the preset button number will remain.

Note

Holding down the desired PRESET TUNING button for more than a few seconds in step 3 will replace the previous station on the PRESET TUNING button with the station you tuned into.

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If the same alarm time is set for both radio and buzzer alarm (ALARM A and B), the radio alarm (ALARM A) takes priority.

To Doze for a Few More Minutes

Press SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF.

The radio or buzzer turns off but will automatically come on again after about 10 minutes. Every time you press SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF, the snooze time changes as follows:

10 20 30 40 50 60

The maximum length of the snooze time is 60 minutes.

The display shows the snooze time for a few seconds and returns to show the current time. When you press SNOOZE/SLEEP OFF after the current time appears, the snooze time starts from 10 minutes again. The alarm setting indicator keeps flashing the whole time.

To Stop the Alarm

Press OFF•ALARM RESET to turn off the alarm. The alarm will come on again at the same time the next day.

To Use Both Sleep Timer and Alarm

You can fall asleep to the radio and also be awakened by the radio or buzzer alarm at the preset time.

1Set the alarm (See “Setting the Alarm”) .2Set the sleep timer (See “Setting the Sleep Timer”).

Setting the Clock

1Plug in the unit.

“AM 12:00” flashes on the display.

2Press CLOCK SET for a few seconds until a beep sounds.

The hour starts to flash on the display.

3Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – until the correct hour appears.

To set the current time rapidly, hold down TUNE/ TIME SET + or –.

4Press CLOCK SET once.

The minute starts flashing.

5Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set the minute.

Two short beeps sound, and the counting of the seconds starts.

If you quit during the clock setting, after about 65 seconds the previous display will return.

To set the current time from zero seconds, press CLOCK SET with the time signal in step 5.

Setting the

Brightness of the

Backlight

Press BRIGHTNESS to select high, middle or low for the display according to your preferences.

Changing AM

Channel Step

The AM channel step differs depending on area.

The channel step of this unit is factory-set to 9 kHz or 10 kHz to change the setting as shown below to be able to listen to the radio.

Area	Channel step
North and South America	10 kHz
Other countries/regions	9 kHz

1Press OFF•ALARM RESET to turn off the power.

2Press PRESET TUNING 1 and

SLEEP at the same time for more than 5 seconds.

Two short beeps will sound, and the AM channel step will be changed. If you proceed to step 2, the channel step will change again.

Notes

•When the AM channel step is changed, the preset stations for AM will be initialized.

•When the AM channel step is changed, the FM channel step also will be changed.

Playing the Radio

—Manual Tuning

1Press RADIO ON/BAND to turn on the radio.

The display shows the band and frequency for a few seconds and then changes back to the current time.

2Press RADIO ON/BAND to select the band.

Each press changes the band as follows:

AM FM1 FM2

When using FM1 or FM2 preset mode, you may listen to the radio on either mode (See “Presetting Your Favourite Station”).

3Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to tune into the desired station.

Two short beeps sound when the minimum frequency of each band is received during tuning.

4Adjust volume using VOLUME.

To check the station being received

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – lightly. The display shows the band and frequency for a few seconds and then returns to the previous display.

To turn off the radio, press OFF•ALARM RESET.

Improving the

Reception

FM: Extend the FM wire antenna fully to increase reception sensitivity.

AM: Rotate the unit horizontally for optimum reception. A ferrite bar is built into the unit.

Do not operate the unit over a steel desk or metal surface, as this may lead to interference of reception.

Setting the Alarm

This clock radio is equipped with 2 alarm modes— radio and buzzer. Before setting the alarm, make sure to set the clock (see “Setting the Clock”).

To Set the Alarm Time

1Press ALARM SET A or B for a few seconds.

After one beep, “RADIO” or “BUZZER” and the hour will flash on the display.

2Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – until the desired hour appears.

To set the hour rapidly, hold down TUNE/TIME SET + or –.

3Press ALARM SET A or B.

After one beep, the minutes will flash.

4Repeat step 2 to set the minutes and press

ALARM SET A or B.

After one beep, the alarm mode is entered.

5Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – until the desired alarm indicator flashes.

You can choose one mode among “RADIO” and “BUZZER.” Set the alarm mode as follows:

–RADIO: see “ASetting the Radio Alarm.”

–BUZZER: see “BSetting the Buzzer Alarm.”

ASetting the Radio Alarm

For the radio alarm, the station you specified as the wake-up station is played.

1Perform steps 1 to 5 in “To set the Alarm Time”.

2Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to select “RADIO” alarm mode.3Press ALARM SET A or B to select the desired wake-up station.

After one beep, “WAKE UP” appears and the preset number flashes on the display.

4Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to select the desired wake-up station.

Preset number changes in the order as follows:

P- AM P1 to 5

FM2 P1 to 5 FM1 P1 to 5

“P–” is the last received station.

You can directly select the desired wake-up station by pressing RADIO ON/BAND or the PRESET TUNING button while the indication “P–” is not displayed.