soundmaster SCD8100 DAB Plus Radio User Manual

: June 4, 2024
: soundmaster

Table of Contents

soundmaster SCD8100 DAB Plus Radio
Safety, Environmental and Setup Instructions
LOCATION OF CONTROLS
INSTALLATION
BASIC OPERATIONS
DAB
- DAB menu
FM
CD
USB / SD-CARD
BLUETOOTH®
ALARM
SYSTEM SETTINGS
References
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soundmaster SCD8100 DAB Plus Radio

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Do not dispose of this product with the normal household waste at the end of its life cycle. Return it to a collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic devices.
This is indicated by the symbol on the product, user manual or packaging
The materials are reusable according to their markings. By reusing, recycling or other forms of utilization of old devices you make an important contribution to the protection of our environment.
Please contact your local authorities for details about collection points.

This symbol indicates the presence of dangerous voltage inside the enclosure, sufficient enough to cause electric shock.

This symbol indicates the presence of important operating and maintenance instructions for the device

Used batteries are hazardous waste and NOT to be disposed of with the household waste! As a consumer you are legally obligated to return all batteries for environmentally responsible recycling – no matter whether or not the batteries contain harmful substances*)

Return batteries free of charge to public collection points in your community or shops selling batteries of the respective kind.
Only return fully discharged batteries
*) marked Cd = cadmium, Hg = mercury, Pb = lead

Only use mercury and cadmium-free batteries.
Used batteries are hazardous waste and NOT to be disposed of with the household waste!!!
Keep batteries away from children. Children might swallow batteries.
Contact a physician immediately if a battery was swallowed.
Check your batteries regularly to avoid battery leakage.
Batteries shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like.
CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced
Replace only with the same or equivalent type

CAUTION – INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPENING THE COVER OR PRESSING THE SAFETY INTERLOCK. AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE LASER BEAM.

To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods

Use the device in dry indoor environments only.
Protect the device from humidity.
This apparatus is for moderate climates areas use, not suitable for use in tropical climates countries.

Safety, Environmental and Setup Instructions

No objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.
The mains plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect devices shall remain readily operable.
Connect this device to a properly installed and earthed wall outlet only. Make sure the mains voltage corresponds with the specifications on the rating plate.
Make sure the mains cable stays dry during operation. Do not pinch or damage the mains cable in any way.
A damaged mains cable or plug must immediately be replaced by an authorized service center.
In case of lightning, immediately disconnect the device from the mains supply.
Children should be supervised by parents when using the device.
Clean the device with a dry cloth only.
Do NOT use CLEANING AGENTS or ABRASIVE CLOTHS!
Do not expose the device to direct sunlight or other heat sources.
Install the device at a location with sufficient ventilation in order to prevent heat accumulation.
Do not cover the ventilation openings!
Install the device at a safe and vibration-free location.
Install the device as far away as possible from computers and microwave units; otherwise radio reception may be disturbed.
Do not open or repair the enclosure. It is not safe to do so and will void your warranty. Repairs only by authorized service/ customer center.
No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the unit.
When you are necessary to ship the unit store it in its original package. Save the package for this purpose.
In case of malfunction due to electrostatic discharge or fast transient (burst), remove and reconnect the power supply.
If the unit is not using for a long period of time, disconnect it from the power supply by unplugging the power plug. This is to avoid the risk of fire.

LOCATION OF CONTROLS

FRONT VIEW

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soundmaster SCD8100 DAB Plus Radio 2

soundmaster SCD8100 DAB Plus Radio 3

INSTALLATION

CONTENT OF DELIVERY

Main unit
Instruction Manual
AC power cable

POWER SUPPLY

Ensure that the voltage is the same as that indicated on the main unit identification plate.
Connect the supplied AC power cable to a properly installed safety power socket and theplug of the cable into the AC socket at the back side of the unit.

BATTERY OPERATION

Open the lid of the battery compartment at the bottom of the unit.
Insert 8 batteries of type LR20 (“D” size/UM-1) 1.5 V. Please ensure that the polarity is correct (see indicated in the battery compartment) (arrow 1).
Then close the battery lid (arrow 2).

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If the device is operated with batteries and is in standby mode, the batteries will still be discharged. To avoid this, we recommend removing the batteries or connecting the device to the mains.
When the unit is powered by batteries, in order to play longer time, it is better not adjust the volume to max.

ERP power management
The unit will turn off automatically after 15 minutes in standby mode if there is no audio signal. To turn on the unit again press the “ / SOURCE” button.

BASIC OPERATIONS

POWER ON / OFF
Press “ / SOURCE” button to turn the unit on.
Press and hold “ / SOURCE” button to turn off the unit in standby mode.

SELECTING MODES
During on mode, press the “ / SOURCE” button repeatedly to switch between the different modes.

ADJUSTING VOLUME
Rotate the “VOLUME“ knob to decrease or increase the volume.

DAB

Extend completely the telescopic antenna. Change the position to improve the reception.
Press repeatedly the “ / SOURCE” button, until “DAB” is shown in the display.
The radio will automatically start a full scan of DAB+ stations if the unit is powered on the first time. When the scan is complete, the stations are stored in alphabetical order. The first available station will be played.

Note:
If there is no DAB+ reception at any time, change the position of the unit or adjust the antenna. Press and hold the “ENTER / ” button for approx. 3 seconds to start a new search.

Select DAB radio station
Press the “” or “” or rotate the “TUNING” knob to select the desired radio station.
To confirm the selection, press the “ENTER / ” button.

Preset store

Select the desired radio
Press and hold the “ PROG ” button until “Preset Store” is shown in the display. Choose with “ ” or “ ” or rotate the “ TUNING ” knob to select the desired program station
Press to confirm the “ ENTER / ”.

Preset recall

Press the “ PROG ” button. “Preset Recall” is shown in the display. Choose with “ ” or “ ” or rotate the “ TUNING ” knob to select the desired program station
Press to confirm the “ ENTER / ”.

DAB information
Press repeatedly the “ INFO / “ button to show the following DAB information:
DLS, signal strength, program type (PTY), ensemble name, frequency, signal error rate, audio bit rate, time, date.

The device must be in DAB mode. To enter the DAB menu, press the “ MENU ” button. Select with the one of the following settings and press “ ENTER / ”. You can press the “ INFO “ button to go back to previous step or you press the “ MENU ” button to exit the DAB menu.

Full scan:
Starts the station scan. The DAB frequency band is scanned for stations.
Manual tune:
To do so you need to know the station frequency. This can be found on the internet site of the broadcasting service. Select individual frequencies and confirm with the “ENTER / ” button.
DRC:
Short for Digital Range Control (dynamic range). The term DRC describes the ratio between the quietest and the loudest sound. If the dynamic range is very high there are very soft sounds as well as very loud sounds.
Under some circumstances this may present a problem with playback. Let us assume that you are listening to a radio station in a relatively loud environment. By increasing the volume you can play the quiet sections louder.
This however has the disadvantage that the loud sections become uncomfortably loud. It makes sense here to reduce the dynamic range.

Select between the options:

DRC off: The dynamic range is not reduced.
DRC high: The dynamic range is sharply reduced.
DRC low: The dynamic range is slightly reduced

Prune:
It may be that you can no longer receive some stations after a station scan or change of location. With this function you can delete these stations from the reception list. Select “YES” and confirm with the “ENTER / ” button.

System:
See under “SYSTEM SETTINGS”.

FM

Extend completely the telescopic antenna. Change the position to improve the reception. Press repeatedly the “ / SOURCE” button, until “FM” is shown in the display.
There are two options to search for and preset radio stations.

Automatic scan:
Important! Any preset radio stations will be overridden.
Press and hold the “ENTER / ” button for approx. 3 seconds. The system scans the complete frequency band for radio stations. Any stations found will be preset from lowest to highest frequency.
Manual scan for audio stations:
Briefly press the “ ” or “ ” buttons or rotate the “TUNING” knob, until you have found the radio station which you are looking for. If you keep one of the buttons pressed down, the device will search to the previous, respectively next radio station.

Preset store
Is the same as in DAB mode.

Preset recall
Is the same as in DAB mode.

FM information
Press repeatedly the “INFO / ” button to show the following FM information:
Radio text, PTY, name, mono or stereo broadcast, time, date.

FM Menu
The device must be in FM mode. To enter the FM menu, press the “MENU” button. Select with the “ ” or “ ” one of the following settings and press “ENTER / ”. You can press the
“INFO / “ button to go back to previous step or you press the “MENU” button to exit the DAB menu:

Scan setting:
Select the desired option for automatic station search.
- All stations: Search for all stations that can be received. In this case, station search also stops for weak stations.
- Strong stations only: Only clear stations are searched.
Audio setting:
Select the MONO or STEREO for FM reception.
System:
See under “SYSTEM SETTINGS”.

CD

Press repeatedly the “ / SOURCE” button, until “CD” is shown in the display.
Open the CD compartment and insert an audio CD with the printed side facing upwards on to the central cone so that the CD clicks into place. Then close the lid of the CD compartment.
The CD will start the playback from the first title.
In order to remove a CD, please press the “INFO / ” button, open the CD door and lift the CD out carefully.

Keep always the CD deck closed.

NOTE:
If a disc is inserted with a wrong side face up, respectively if no disc is inserted, then the message “NO DISC“ appears in the display.

Control buttons:

To start or interrupt the playback, press the “ENTER / ” button.
To stop the playback, press the “INFO / “ button.
With “ ” button you can jump to the next track.
If the button is kept pressed down, the machine starts to search forwards through the tracks. The “ ” button can be used as follows:
Press once = This starts the current track again from the beginning.
Press twice = This jumps back to the previous track.
If the button is kept pressed down, the machine starts to search backwards through the tracks.
To skip tracks in 10 steps, press the “PRESET / +10” button.

Resume function
If you change the mode or turn off the unit and come back to the CD mode, the unit starts the playback from the last point.
If you press the “INFO / ” button and start the playback again, the unit starts with the first track (track 1).

Repeat function
During playback, press the repeatedly the “P.MODE” button to select the following repeat functions:

Audio CD:
1x = the normal play mode.
2x = the current track is repeated continuously. The display will show “REP-1”.
3x = the whole CD is played continuously. The display will show “REP-ALL”.
4x = all tracks will be played in random order. The display will show “RANDOM”.
5x = back to the normal play mode.

MP3-CD:
1x = the normal play mode.
2x = the current track is repeated continuously. The display will show “REP-1”.
3x = the selected folder is repeated continuously. The display will show “REP- DIR”.
4x = the whole CD is played continuously. The display will show “REP-ALL”.
5x = all tracks will be played in random order. The display will show “RANDOM”.
6x = back to the normal play mode.

Programmed Play
This can be used to program any desired sequence of tracks. For audio CD, you can program up to 20 tracks. For MP3-CD, USB or card mode, you can program up to 99 tracks.

Press the “INFO / ” button.
Press the “PROG” button.
With audio CD, “P01 T–001” flash in the display (P01 means the program number and T–001 the selected track).
With MP3-CD, USB or SD card mode, “P01 F–01 001” flash in the display (P01 means the program number, F–01 the selected folder and 001 the selected track).
Use the “ ” or “ ” buttons to select the desired track and press the “PROG” button again. The display “P01” change to “P02”.
Select the next track with the “ ” or “ ” buttons and press the “PROG” button again. Repeat the procedure until all the desired tracks are selected.
Note: Once the storage capacity of the tracks to be programmed has been reached, “FULL” will show in the display.
Press the “ENTER / ” button to start the programmed playback. The upper-left of the display will show “MEM”.
Press once the “INFO / ” button to stop the playback while retaining the program.
To play the programmed back again, press the “ENTER / ” button.
To delete the program, press the “INFO / ” button twice. The notification “MEM” will disappear.

USB / SD-CARD

This device has been developed in line with the latest technical advances in the USB field. The wide range of different USB storage devices or SD cards of all types which are currently on the market, unfortunately do not allow us to guarantee full compatibility with all USB storage devices or SD cards. For this reason, in rare cases there may be problems in playing back files from this storage devices. This is not a malfunction of the device.

Press repeatedly the “ / SOURCE” button, until “USB” or “CARD” is shown in the display.
Connect a USB storage device or SD card directly into the port. Playback will automatically start after a few seconds.

The control functions, repeat functions and programmed play are the same as in CD mode.

Note:

Always directly connect a USB storage medium to the USB port to prevent any malfunctions.
The USB port is not designed for charging external devices.

CAUTION: Switch the device to a different operating mode before you remove the USB storage device.

BLUETOOTH®

If you are using a Bluetooth® audio device, make sure the working distance is within 10 meters. Different environment may have effect on the working distance.

Press repeatedly the “ / SOURCE” button, until “Bluetooth” is shown in the display. If no Bluetooth® device is paired, “Not connected” will flash in the display.
Turn on the Bluetooth® function on your audio device and choose “SCD8100”. After your audio device is paired successfully, the “Bluetooth connected” will stay on.
Start the playback on your Bluetooth® device. With the “ENTER / ” button you can interrupt or continue the playback.
With the “ ” or “ ” button you can select the tracks.

Note:
If you can´t find “SCD8100” on your device, press and hold the “ENTER / ” button for 2 seconds to enter the pairing mode. “Not connected” is flashing in the display and start the search again.

AUX IN
Via this socket you can also hear the sound of other playback devices such as MP3 players, CD players etc. through the loudspeakers.

Please connect the external device with a 3.5mm stereo jack plug to the AUX-IN socket at the right side of the unit.
Press repeatedly the “ / SOURCE” button, until “Aux” is shown in the display.
You will hear the sound playback from the external device through the loudspeakers. You may adjust the volume with volume buttons. The CD buttons are not functional.

Note: Please always turn the volume level to the maximum on the external device. Otherwise, the main unit will switch to standby mode as no or less audio signal input. This is not a malfunction!

EQUALIZER
In on mode, press repeatedly the “EQ” button to select a sound effect: FLAT, ROCK, POP, JAZZ, CLASSIC

SLEEP TIMER
This unit can switch to standby automatically after a defined period.

Set the sleep timer

When the unit is turned on, press the “MENU” button, select the point “SYSTEM” with the “ ” or “ ” button and press “ENTER / ” to confirm.
Select the point “SLEEP” and press “ENTER / ”.
Select with the “ ” or “ ” button the desired sleep timer period (Off, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90) and press “ENTER / ” to confirm.

Note: When the sleep timer is activated, the upper-right side of the display shows the sleep time counter.

Deactivate the sleep timer

Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to enter the sleep timer menu.
Select with the “” or “” button the setting “Off” and press “ENTER / ” to confirm.
When the sleep timer is deactivated, the sleep time counter disappears.

ALARM

You can setup Alarm 1 and Alarm 2.

When the unit is turned on, press the “MENU” button, select the point “SYSTEM” with the “ ” or “ ” button and press “ENTER / ” to confirm.
Select the point “Alarm” and “ENTER / ” to confirm.
Select “Alarm 1 Setup” or “Alarm 2 Setup” and press “ENTER / ” to confirm.
Set the alarm time and press the “ENTER / ” button again.
Set the duration time (15, 30, 45, 60, 90 minutes) with confirm with the “ENTER / ” button.
Select the wake up source (DAB, FM, CD, USB, CARD or buzzer) and press again the “ENTER / ” button.
Select the wake up frequency (Daily, Once, Weekends, Weekdays) and confirm the selection with “ENTER / ”.
NOTE: If you have select “Once”, set the date for wake up and press “ENTER / ”.
Now adjust the volume level with the “” or “” button and press “ENTER / ”.
If you want to activate the alarm, set “Alarm on”. If you want to deactivate the alarm, set “Alarm off”. When the alarm is activated, the alarm icon is shown in the display.

Deactivate sounding alarm tone
When the alarm sounds, press the “ / SOURCE” button to deactivate the sounding alarm tone.

Snooze
When the alarm sounds, press the “ENTER / ” button to snooze the alarm. The alarm sounds again after 9 minutes.

NOTE:
If CD, USB or CARD is selected as alarm source, but no disc, USB or card is connected, the unit switches to the “Buzzer” source automatically.
If DAB or FM is selected as alarm source, the unit plays the last tuned radio station.

HEADPHONE
To listen to music privately, use headphones with a 3.5mm stereo jack plug and connect them to the headphones socket on the right side of the system. The speakers will then be muted.

SYSTEM SETTINGS

When the unit is turned on, press the “MENU” button, select the point “SYSTEM” with the button and press “ENTER / ” to confirm.
Select with the button one of the following settings and press “ENTER / ” to confirm:

Sleep
See at point “SLEEP TIMER”.
Alarm
See at point “ALARM”.
Time
Set the time manually.
- “Set Time/Date”: Set manually time and date.
- “Auto update”: Update time from “Any” (DAB or FM), DAB, FM, No update.
- “Set 12/24 hour”: Set the time format
- “Set date format”
Backlight
Adjust the display brightness level and time-out.
Language
Select the menu language: German, English, French, Italiano, Dutch.
Factory Reset
Reset the product to factory default status.
Select with the “” or “” button “YES” and press “ENTER / ” to confirm.
Note: All settings and radio stations will be erased.
Software-upgrade
Install a new softwre via USB
SW Version
Show the current installed software version

Technical changes and misprints reserved.
Copyright by Woerlein GmbH, 90556 Cadolzburg, www.soundmaster.de
Duplication only with the permission of Woerlein GmbH

IMPORTEUR
Hereby, Wörlein GmbH declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2014/53/EU.
A copy of the declaration of conformity can be obtained from the above address.

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