AZATOM Blackfriars B2 DAB, DABplus, FM Radio with BT Wireless Audio User Manual

: June 9, 2024
: AZATOM

AZATOM Blackfriars B2 DAB, DABplus, FM Radio with BT Wireless Audio

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PRODUCT

Specifications

Max Output power 30 Watts
S/N ratio :≥70dBA
Distortion: ≤1%
Frequency Response : 100HZ-18KHZ
Audio input mode : DAB, FM, BT, AUX
Adjustment form : knob & button adjustment
Speaker size : 70mm Internal magnetism (4 ohms)
Input power : 5V / 2000mAh lithium-ion battery
DAB receive input sensitivity : -95dBm
FM receive input sensitivity : -105dBm
Working temperature : -10ºC-+50 ºC
Storage ambient temperature : -20ºC ~ +70 ºC
Unit size : 180mm x 130mm x 95mm (HxWxD)
Weight : About 860 g

Box contents

Blackfriars B2 Radio
Remote Control
Power Adapter
User Manual
Warranty Card

Button position

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Product Key

POWER ON / STANDBY
Press and hold POWER button until the display turns ON. After powered on you can short press for STANDBY. Press and HOLD again to power off.
MODE
Press MODE button to change to modes DAB, FM, AUX, Bluetooth.
PRESET
Press and hold PRESET button until “Preset store” appears. Press once the PRESET button so “Preset recall” appears
PRESET 3/4
Press and hold to store Press once to play stored preset.
PRESET 1/2
Press and hold to store Press once to play stored preset.
SCAN / PLAY / PAUSE
DAB/ FM mode. Press SCAN button for station scan and store. Bluetooth mode. Press Play/pause when music playing.
MENU
ALARM 1/2
Press ALARM 1/2 button to set alarms Press and hold ALARM 1/2 button to deactivate / activate alrams
SLEEP
Press SLEEP button for “15,30,45,60,90, OFF”
VOLUME – +
Press for BRIGHTNESS CONTROL
ENTER
Press for ENTER BACK << FORWARD >> SNOOZE Press for SNOOZE
USB
– C 5V-1A
AUX in
RESET BUTTON
HEADPHONE
ANTENNA
BASS PORT

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POWER ON/STANDBY Short press for standby. Press and hold for power off.
SCAN Press for full scan of availalbe stations.
ALARM Press once to enter the alarm setting. Press and hold to disable alarm / enable alarm
SNOOZE Press to SNOOZE.
MENU Press to enter the menu settings
INFO Press for station information 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,22,24,26 PRESET Press and hold to store. Press once to play
0 Press to make preset 10.
SKIP BACK Press — move the station list back Press and hold—to move back fast
MUTE button Volume ON/OFF
MODE button: Switch between DAB / FM / Bluetooth /AUX
PLAY/PAUSE Play and pause Bluetooth.
SLEEP Press for 15,30,45,60,90, off minutes
ENTER ENTER
BACK Press when in menu and you want to go back
BRIGHTNESS 4 LEVELS, High, Medium, Low, Off
Volume +
Volume –
PRESET Press and hold for Preset Store Press once for Preset List.
SKIP FORWARD Press — move the station list forward Press and hold—to move forward fast

Switch on your radio

How to power On/Off & use your DAB radio for the first time:

Carefully extend the telescopic aerial.
Press the POWER button to switch on your radio. The display will show “AZATOM Digital radio”.
If this is the first time the unit goes into DAB Mode, it will automatically start an ‘Auto Scan’ to search for available stations. ( If DAB Mode has been used before, the radio will automatically select the previously played station).
Press SCAN at any time will automatically start an auto scan. During the scanning process, the lower line of the display shows a bar-graph indicating progress of the scan and found number of stations.
When the scanning is completed the first station (in alphabetic order) will be selected. The clock will automatically set to the current time.
If the station list is still empty after the scan your radio will display “Service not available”.
If no stations are found, please ensure the aerial is extended and test the reception by doing another auto scan in a different location.

STANDBY:
When the Blackfriars is already powered on and playing you can press the POWER button to go into “Standby”. In standby mode, Press the POWER button again to power the unit on.

POWER OFF:
Press and hold the POWER button until the radio says “Power off”.

CHARGING:
The Blackfriars can be charged while either powered on or off, It is recommended to use either a PC USB port or the supplied charger (The input charge is DC5V, >1000mA). You can use the Blackfriars and charge it at the same time.

MENU:

In various playback modes, Press and hold MENU button to go into the menu “settings”.
Turn the ENTER dial to highlight the sub-menu options.
Press ENTER button to go into sub-menu options if available.
Press ENTER button to confirm any highlighted option.
To return to the previous menu press MENU button.

MANUAL SET DATE AND TIME:
If the Blackfriars does not find a strong enough signal to auto set the date and time, you can manually set them using the Time/Date menu.

Press MENU button to show “Settings”. Press ENTER
Turn ENTER dial to find “Time/Date”. Press ENTER
Set time and date as required and Press ENTER after stage.

After you’ve set the date and time, the menu will automatically exit to the previous menu and save your manual time and date setting

Bluetooth

To pair your device via Bluetooth for the first time:

Select the BT mode by pressing the MODE button to see “BT”
After a few seconds, the speaker will automatically go into paring mode.
On your Bluetooth device (such as mobile phone) do a search and once available please select “Azatom Blackfriars”.
Once connected, the screen will say “Bluetooth connected”.

Alarm Clock

ALARM CLOCK SET:

Press ALARM 1/2 button.
Turn ENTER dial to choose “Alarm 1 or Alarm 2”. Press ENTER.
Turn ENTER dial to set hours. Press ENTER.
Turn ENTER dial to set minutes. Press ENTER.
Turn ENTER dial to set duration. Press ENTER.
Turn ENTER dial to set alarm sound source, from “Buzzer,, FM, DAB”
Turn ENTER dial to set whats days alrm sounds from “Once, Daily, Weekends, Weekdays.
Turn ENTER dial to set Alarm volume. Press ENTER.
Turn ENTER dial to set Alarm “ON or OFF” Press ENTER.

SNOOZE ALARM:
When Alarm is sounding press ZZZZ button to snooze from either “5, 10, 15, 30” minutes

DISABLE / ENABLE ALARM
If you want to keep Enable of diasable a already set alarm to use for a later date you can do the following. 1- Press and hold ALARM 1/2 button on radio or remote to cycle through.

Alarm 1 On
Alarm 1 Off
Alarm 2 On
Alarm 2 Off
Alarm 1 and 2 On
Alarm 1 and 2 OFF

DAB Radio

DAB Function
If the Blackfriars enters DAB mode for the first time, The radio will automatically search and store radio stations in your local area. If the radio has already searched and stored radio stations before, you can check your list of stations by turning the ENTER dial and Press ENTER to select and play any of the stations.

Press SCAN button to start a search for available stations.
Once the scan is complete you will see on the display the name of the station currently selected before the display reverts to showing the time. You can turn the ENTER dial at any time to go through the available stations which are in alphabetic order.
Press ENTER to play any of the selected stations.

Finding new DAB stations

Over time new stations may become available. To find new stations you can auto scan as follows.

Press MENU button until the display shows “Settings”. Press ENTER
Turn ENTER dial until you see “Full scan”. Press ENTER
The display will show “Scanning…” as your radio performs a scan. As new radio stations are found they will be added to memory.

Manual Tuning – DAB

Manual tuning allows you to tune your radio to a particular DAB frequency in Band III. This function is mainly used to assist the positioning of the aerial or the radio to optimise reception for a specific channel or frequency and see the signal strength on your display.

When in DAB mode, press MENU.
Turn ENTER dial to find “Manual tune”. Press ENTER
Choose the required DAB channel / Frequency. Press ENTER. When the radio has searched, the display will show the channel number with frequency(MHz) and the name of the multiplex found(if any). A bar graph shows the signal strength. Any new stations found will be added to the list already stored in the radio.
Turn the ENTER dial to choose a different frequnecy.
Press MENU to go back to the main menu

Auto Search Tuning – FM

Press MODE to enter “FM” mode.
Press SCAN button. Your radio will scan and save any FM stations with a strong signal in its memory. After the search is complete the display will show the frequency and play the first available station.
Turn and hold the ENTER dial to fast search to the next availble FM station.
Turn the ENTER dial once will fine tune the FM frequencey by 5mHz.

Prune – DAB

Prune : (To remove stations which are listed but unavailable).

In DAB MODE, press MENU.
Turn ENTER dial to find “Prune”, Press ENTER.
Turn ENTER dial to find “YES”. Press ENTER button to confirm to prune. Note: this removes all the invalid stations indicated in the station list with a “?” in front of the station name.

Preset Stations – FM and DAB

You can store your preferred DAB and FM radio stations to the preset station memories. There are 80 memory presets in your radio, 40 for DAB and 40 for FM.

Press MODE button to choose “DAB OR FM” Mode.
IMPORTANT : Make sure the station you want to preset is actually playing.
Press and HOLD the PRESET button for 2 seconds until you see “Preset store” not “Preset Recall”
Turn ENTER dial to choose which number preset you want to save your station into (Presets 1 to 40).
Press ENTER to confirm and store the playing station in your choosen preset number (1 to 40). For example, “Preset 01 stored”. Repeat this procedure.
TO FAST PRESET(RADIO) Use the numbered buttons 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6 on the radio. Play the station you want to “Preset”. Press and hold the numbered button until you see “Preset stored”. You can choose any of the preset number buttons. The maximum number of presets you can save this way is 6.
TO FAST PRESET(REMOTE) Use the numbered buttons 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 on the remote. Play the station you want to “Preset”. Press and hold the numbered button on the remote until you see “Preset stored”. You can choose any of the preset number buttons. The maximum number of presets you can save this way is 9.

Recalling Presets

Press MODE to choose “DAB OR FM” Mode.
Press once the PRESET button to see “Preset Recall” not “Preset Store”
Turn the ENTER dial to choose which number preset (1 to 40) you want to play from your saved presets. Press ENTER to play station.

Fast Preset Recall:
If you have already saved your presets you can choose which one to play with the fast recall buttons.

On Radio
1- Press 1/2 , 3/4, 5/6 at any time to play any of your stored presets.

On remote:
1- Press 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9 at any time to play any of your stored presets

Sleep Function

Your radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed. The sleep setting can be adjusted between 15 and 90 minutes. Ensure your radio is switched on.

Press SLEEP button to set sleep time.
Continue to press SLEEP button until you find the desired sleep time of 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes or SLEEP OFF which will cancel the sleep function.
Press SELECT to confirm the setting. The sleep timer indicator will show after 10 seconds. Your radio will switch off after the selected preset sleep time has elapsed.

Backlight Setting

As default, the display brightness is set to stay ON. You can change this settings to auto dim that saves the battery life when used on batteries.
To set the backlight auto dimmer,

Press the MENU button to find “settings” menu. Press ENTER
Use the dial to find “Backlight” on the display. Press ENTER
Choose “Backlight Auto” and press SELECT.
Choose between ON, 10,20,30,45,60,90, 120 and 180 seconds for auto dim. If you choose ON the dispaly wiull stay on all the time.

DIM LEVEL : Set dim brightness “HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, OFF” when set to auto dim after an elapsed time.

AUX-IN

Aux-in mode plays audio from an external source such as a smart phone.

Plug on end of 3.5mm audio cable (excluded) into the headphone or line out jack on your player, plug the other end of cable into the unit AUX-IN jack.
Turn on the external audio source and play your device.
Press MODE button to “Auxiliary Input” mode.
The volume level can be now controlled through the main unit.

Please ensure the cable is disconnected to listen to the radio in other modes such as DAB and FM.

Earphones (NOT INCLUDED)

Plug the earphones into the Earphone socket on the side of your radio.
Check that the Volume level is not too loud before placing the ear-pieces into your ears.

IMPORTANT : Do not switch on the radio with the earphones connected and inserted in your ear. Excessive sound pressure from earphones can cause hearing loss.

Languages

Press MENU button to “Settings”. Press SELECT to enter settings.
Scroll through the settings menu to find the language options.
Select which language you require from: English, Deutsch, Italiano, Francais, Espanol.

Factory reset

If your radio fails to operate correctly, or some digits on the display are missing or incomplete, it may be possible to restore normal operation by carrying out a system reset. This will restore the radio’s settings to their factory defaults. No presets will be stored, and the list of DAB radio stations will be empty.
If you have moved to a different part of the country and you wish to erase local DAB radio stations that are no longer available from the stored list, then you may carry out this procedure.

Press MENU to enter the “settings”. Press ENTER.
Choose “ Factory reset”. Press SELECT.
Choose YES. Press SELECT.
After a system reset an auto scan for stations will start.

If your radio locks at any time you can use the RESET button on the rear of the radio. Just press is once and it will reboot.

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