The PRESET TUNING 3 button has a tactile dot.
FM wire antenna
AC power cord
VOLUME
There is a tactile dot beside volume to show the direction to turn up the volume.
Jog lever
•To turn off the radio, press OFF/ALARM RESET.
•To check the station being received, press TUNING + or – or ON/BAND lightly. The display shows the band and frequency for a few seconds and then changes back to the current time.
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 in to the unit.
Do not operate the unit over a steel desk or metal surface, as this may lead to interference of reception.
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 desiredSTATION•SELECT/PRESET button until you hear two short beeps.
Example: To preset AM 1 260 kHz onto preset 2 button.
The display shows the frequency for a few seconds and then changes back to the current time.
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
1 Press ON/BAND to turn on the radio. |
ASetting the Radio Alarm
For the radio alarm, the station you specified as the
“WAKE UP STATION” appears in the display.
3Press ENTER/BRIGHTNESS.
After one beep, the preset number flashes in the display.
4Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to select the desiredPreset number changes in the order as follows:
You can directly select the desired
5Press ENTER/BRIGHTNESS.
Two short beeps will confirm the setting, and the ALARM A or B display will disappear.
BSetting the Sound Alarm
For the sound alarm, the sound you specified as the
1Perform steps 1 to 4 in “To set the Alarm Time.”
2Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to select “SOUND” alarm mode.“WAKE UP SOUND” appears in the display.
3Press ENTER/BRIGHTNESS.
The displayed
1: Buzzer
2: “Four seasons: Spring” Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
3: “For Eliza” Ludwig van Beethoven
5Press ENTER/BRIGHTNESS.
Two short beeps will confirm the setting, and the ALARM A or B display will disappear.
To Use the Radio and Buzzer Alarm
1 Set both alarm times for ALARM A or |
Using the NAP Timer (Count Down Timer)
The NAP timer sounds the buzzer after a preset time duration.
Press NAP repeatedly until the desired minutes are displayed.
Every press changes the display as follows:
You will hear two beeps when the display turns from “OFF” to “10”.
“” appears and the NAP time is displayed for a few seconds.
NAP timer starts counting down the NAP time. When selected NAP time has passed, the beep sound
comes on, and “ ” on the display flash.
The buzzer is turned off automatically after about 60 minutes.
To Stop the NAP Timer
Press NAP or OFF/ALARM RESET to turn off the buzzer.
To Deactive the NAP Timer
Press NAP.
“” goes off in the display.
Setting the Sleep Timer
You can fall asleep to the radio using the
The radio turns on. You can set the sleep timer to durations of 90, 60, 30, or 15 minutes. Every push changes the display as follows:
You will hear two beeps when the display turns from “OFF” to “90”.
“SLEEP” will appear in the display when the duration time is set.
The radio will play for the duration you set, then shut off.
•To turn off the radio before the preset time, press
SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF.To Use Both Sleep Timer and Alarm
Setting the Clock and Date
1Plug in the clock radio.The display will flash “AM 12:00”.
2Press CLOCK for a few seconds.You will hear a beep and the year will start to flash in the display.
3Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) until the correct year appears in the display.
4Press ENTER/BRIGHTNESS.
5Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set the month, day, hour, and minute.After setting the minute, press ENTER/ BRIGHTNESS to start the counting of the seconds, and you will hear two short beeps.
•To set the current time rapidly, hold down Jog lever v (up) or V (down).
•In step 5, when you press ENTER/BRIGHTNESS after the minute setting to activate the clock, the seconds start counting from zero.
•When the alarm setting mode is entered, the clock cannot be set.
Changing AM
Channel Step
The AM channel step differs depending on area. The channel step of this unit is
Area | Channel step |
North and South America | 10 kHz |
Other countries/regions | 9 kHz |
1Plug in the clock radio.
Press OFF/ALARM RESET to turn off the power.
2While holding down OFF/ALARM RESET, keep pressing ON/BAND for more than 5 seconds.
The AM channel step will be changed.
If you proceed to step 2 again, the channel step changes 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.
2 | Press STATION•SELECT/PRESET |
| where the desired station is stored. |
3 | Adjust volume using VOLUME. |
| After a few seconds, the display will return to the |
| current time but the preset button number will |
| remain. |
Setting the Alarm
You can choose from two types of alarm, Radio or Buzzer.
The alarm will come on at the same time everyday. The factory setting alarm time for the radio and buzzer is 12:00am.
Notes
•Set the current time before setting the alarm.
•Radio reception is interrupted while the alarm time is being set.
To set the Alarm Time
1 | Press and hold ALARM A or ALARM B |
| for a few seconds. |
| After one beep, the hour flashes in the alarm |
| display. |
2 | Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to |
ALARM B. (see above). |
2 Press ALARM A or B. |
The ALARM A or B display will be turned on. |
If the same alarm time is set for both Alarm A and B, Alarm A takes priority.
To Doze for a Few More Minutes
Press SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF.The radio or buzzer turns off but will automatically come on again after about 10 minutes. Every time you press SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF, the snooze time changes as follows:
The display shows the snooze time for a few seconds and returns to show the current time. When you press SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF after the current time appeared, the snooze time starts from 10 minutes again.
The maximum length of the snooze time is 60 minutes.
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.
You can fall asleep to the radio and also be awakened by the radio or buzzer alarm at a preset time.
1Set the alarm. (See “Setting the Alarm”.)2Set the sleep timer. (See “Setting the Sleep Timer”.)To display the year and date
Press SNOOZE/DATE/SLEEP OFF once for the date, and within 2 seconds press it again for the year. The display shows the date or year for a few seconds and then changes back to the current time.
To change the display to the daylight saving time (summer time) indication
Press D.S.T./SUMMER T.“ ” is displayed and the time indication changes to summer time.
To deactivate the summer time function, press
D.S.T./SUMMER T. again.To set the brightness of the backlight
If you cannot see the display clearly, press and hold ENTER/BRIGHTNESS to set the desired brightness (high, middle or low).
Playing the Radio
—Manual Tuning
1Press 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 ON/BAND repeatedly to select the desired 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”.)
3Use TUNING + or – to tune into the desired station.The FM frequency advances or reverses in 0.1 MHz channel steps and the AM frequency in 10 kHz channel steps.
Two short beeps sound when the minimum frequency of each band is received during tuning.
select the hour. |
To set the hour rapidly, hold down Jog lever v |
(up) or V (down). |
3 Press ENTER/BRIGHTNESS. |
After one beep, the minutes flash on the alarm |
display. |
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to set the minute. |
A beep sounds to confirm the time setting. |
“RADIO•SOUND” appears. |
You can choose between “RADIO” and |
“SOUND” modes. |
Set the alarm mode as follows: |
• RADIO: see “ASetting the Radio Alarm” |
• SOUND: see “BSetting the Sound Alarm” |
To Deactivate the Alarm
Press ALARM A or ALARM B.
The ALARM A or B display turns off.