DAB SCANNING

When first used, your radio scanned the DAB band for available stations. The station services found were then stored in your radio’s memory.

You can re-scan the band at any time if you move to a different area or just to refresh the stored list of available stations.

To scan for DAB stations manually:

•Select the DAB band.•Press the SCAN button.

The scanning process will take a few minutes. The number of services found during the scan will be shown at the right side of the display.

After the scan, the radio will re-tune to the last station playing if it is available. Alternatively, you can continue to browse for another station as described on the previous page.

DAB DISPLAY MODES

DISPLAY MODE OPTIONS

The bottom line of the display can be switched to show different items of information that may be transmitted with a DAB station.

Choosing the information display:

Press the INFO button repeatedly to change the information displayed while playing a DAB radio station.

The full range of display options are shown below. Some stations may not broadcast all of these options.

DLS (Dynamic Label Segment): This is a scrolling message giving real-time information - song titles, news headlines, etc.

SIGNAL STRENGTH: This setting will display a signal strength bargraph. The longer the bargraph, the stronger the signal. Setting the display to show signal strength is useful when setting up the aerial for the strongest signal.

PROGRAMME TYPE: This describes the style of the programme being broadcast.

MULTIPLEX NAME: DAB Digital radio stations are broadcast in multiplexes. Each multiplex is a bundle of radio stations transmitted in a single frequency. There are national and local multiplexes; local ones contain stations specific to your area. This option displays the name of the multiplex name that contains the station you are listening to.

MULTIPLEX NUMBER/FREQ: This option will display the multiplex number and frequency that contains the station you are listening to.

Progress bar

Number of stations found

SIGNAL ERROR RATE: This option will display the level of signal errors in the current broadcast. The lower the number, the better the quality of the signal.

BIT RATE: DAB allows broadcasters to vary the BIT RATE (or the amount by which an audio signal can be compressed) depending on the type of broadcast. This enables the amount of stations on a multiplex to be maximised. Speech and News are often broadcast at a lower Bit Rate; music needs a higher Bit Rate for good fidelity.

TIME AND DATE:Time and date are updated by broadcasted information.

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