TINY AUDIO C12 In-Car DAB+ Radio Receiver Instruction Manual

C12 In-Car DAB+ Radio Receiver
Instruction Manual

Safety Instructions

• Do not expose this radio to rain or moisture.
• Obey local traffic laws
• Clean with a dry cloth.
• Do not block any ventilation openings.
• Do not use near heater vents.
• Use accessories provided by the manufacturer.
• Do not leave your radio where excessive heat could cause damage.

Controls:

1. Rotary Encoder and Confirmation Button
2. Preset 4
3. Preset Buttons
4. Preset 3
5. Preset 1
6. Mode Buttons
7. Preset 2| 8. Power Supply Socket
9. DAB Antenna Connector
10. FM Antenna IN
11. FM Antenna OUT
12. MIC In Socket
13. Aux-In Socket
14. Line Out Socket
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Main Unit and Accessories:

1. Main unit Black Box
2. Active Antenna
3. FM transmission antenna
4. FM Antenna Out Cable
5. Audio Out 3.5mm Cable
6. Metal Holder| 7. Control Unit
8. Dash/window mounting bracket
9. Mic input Cable
10. Passive Antenna
11. Power Supply Cable
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**Radio Receiver:

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1. Mount the TINY AUDIO C12 In-Car DAB+ Radio receiver to the dashboard using the provided adhesive holder
2. Turn on the power, after the display panel is connected with the Host,Use the “MODE” button to select DAB+ mode.
3. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode. Select Auto Scan, then all available DAB+ radio channels will be scanned and saved until another “Auto Scan” is performed. During scanning, a scan status will be shown in the display to indicate the progress and the total number of channels received.
4. Once it is scanned, you can select any DAB+ radio channels by the Tuning Knob.

Selecting Audio Output – FM

Transmission
Select FM Transmitting frequency

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode. Use the Tuning Knob to search for “Tx FM” and press the “Rotary Encoder” button to select. Use the Tuning Knob to select “Yes” and exit the menu.
2. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode. Use the Tuning Knob to search for “Tx Freq” and press the “Rotary Encoder” button to select. Use the Tuning Knob to select any favorite FM transmission frequency and press the “Rotary Encoder” button again to confirm and exit the menu.
3. The selected favorite FM frequency will be shown at the top of the display, e.g. 87.50
4. Tune your car FM radio system to match the selected FM frequency for transmission of the audio signal from Tiny Audio C12 to your car stereo audio system.
5. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode. Use the Tuning Knob to search for “Tx FM” and press the “Rotary Encoder” button to select. Use the Tuning Knob to select “NO” to close the FM transmission.

Select Fm RDS Transmitting Mode:

1. In DAB+ mode, when playing station, short Press the “Rotary Encoder” button, and the current RDS MODE will be changed to display “Text information”.
2. In DAB+ mode, when playing station, short Press the “Rotary Encoder” and the current RDS MODE will be changed to display “station name”.

Remark: In this mode, you don’t have to disconnect the car AM/FM antenna but you need to use the supplied FM transmission antenna to insert into the FM out socket of the Tiny Audio C12 black box to act as an FM transmission antenna. This antenna can be hidden inside the glove box but need to be fully extended. This mode is only valid in DAB MODE, the RDS PSN is “DAB MODE”, and the Radio Text is SN or DLS. when in BT MODE the RDS PSN is “BT MODE”, and in AUX MODE the RDS PSN is” AUX MODE”, the RDS Text is NULL.
Selecting Traffic Announcement

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode. Use the Tuning Knob to search for “Traffic Announcement” and press the “Rotary Encoder” button to select.
2. Then Use the Tuning Knob to select “On” to turn on the traffic announcement function.
3. To turn off the traffic announcement function, repeat step 1, and Use the Tuning Knob to select “Off”.

when the traffic announcement function is turned on, if a traffic announcement is coming, it will automatically change to traffic station and play, the “SF” display will change to “TA” when the traffic announcement ends, and it will automatically return to the previous station, the “TA” display will change to “SF” if SF is turned on.
Selecting Service Following

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode. Use the Tuning Knob to search for “Service Follow” and press the “Rotary Encoder” button to select.
2. Then Use the Tuning Knob to select “On” to turn on the service following function.
3. To turn off the service following function, repeat step 1, and Use the Tuning Knob to select “Off”.
4. When we turn on the service following function, the screen will show “SF”, or else the “SF” don’t display.

DAB+ Service Information
Relevant service information data broadcast by the DAB+ radio station will be displayed with scrolling text on the OLED display Tiny Audio C12.
While listening to DAB+, the display will show the following if applicable:

1. Channel Name
2. DAB+ Icon
3. Signal Strength

Preset Stations

Storing Preset Stations:
To program and store your favorite DAB+ preset stations:

1. Use Tuning Knob to select your favorite DAB+ stations for Preset
2. Short Press the Preset button to enter Preset View mode.
3. Use Tuning Knob to select the position to store. Then press and hold “Rotary Encoder” to store your favorite preset station.

Fast Storing Preset Stations:

1. Use Tuning Knob to select your favorite DAB+ stations for Preset.
2. Press and hold the “1” button to store your first favorite preset station.
3. Repeat step 1, then press and hold the “2” or “3” or “4” button to store your favorite preset station.

Selecting Preset Stations:
To select your favorite DAB+ preset stations:

1. Short press the Preset button to enter Preset View mode.
2. Use Tuning Knob to select the favorite preset to play. Then Short press “Rotary Encoder” to recall your favorite preset DAB+ station.

Fast Selecting Preset Stations:

1. Short press the 1 button to recall the first preset DAB+ stations.
2. Press and hold the “1” button to store your first favorite preset station.
3. Repeat step 1, then press and hold the “2” or “3” o“4” button to store your favorite preset station

Selecting Preset Stations:
To select your favorite DAB+ preset stations:

1. Short press the Preset button to enter preview mode.
2. Use Tuning Knob to select the favorite preset to play. Then Short press “Rotary Encoder” to recall your favorite preset DAB+ station.

Fast Selecting Preset Stations:

1. Short press the 1 button to recall the first preset DAB+ stations.
2. Repeat the same procedure for the second, third, and fourth preset stations by pressing the 2, 3, and 4 buttons

Delete Preset Stations:
To delete your favorite DAB+ preset stations:

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode.
2. Use Tuning Knob to search for Delete All Presets and press the “Rotary Encoder” button to select.
3. Then use Tuning Knob again to select YES or NO and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.

Select Preset sort:
To select your favorite DAB+ preset sort:

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode.
2. Use Tuning Knob to search for Preset Mode and press the “Rotary Encoder” button to select.
3. Then use Tuning Knob again to select Unsorted or Alphabetical and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.

When we select Alphabetically, the preset station will be sorted in Alphabetical order. The preset station position will be changed!
Bluetooth Pairing

1. Press the “MODE” button until you scroll the screen to “Bluetooth” mode
2. When under no incoming call, press and hold the PRESET button to enter pairing mode, then it can pair with our phone
3. In pairing mode, a short pressing of the PRESET button can cancel the pairing process.

Manage Phone Calls:

1. When there is an incoming call, the TINY AUDIO C12 rings with a ringtone, press the “PRESET” button to answer a call, and talk time will be displayed on the screen.
2. Press and hold the “PRESET” button to decline a call
3. To end a call, press the “PRESET” button.

Bluetooth ON/OFF Control:

1. Press the “MODE” button until you scroll the screen to “Bluetooth” mode
2. In “Bluetooth” mode and under no incoming call, press and hold the “MODE” button to turn On the Bluetooth function. A “Bluetooth On” will be displayed on the screen and a Bluetooth icon will appear on the display. Repeat the same procedure to turn Off the Bluetooth function and a “Bluetooth Off” will be displayed On the screen. The Bluetooth icon will also disappear from the screen.

Antenna installation

A. Amplifier
B. Antenna
C. The sticker of the amplifier
D. The sticker of the antenna

1. Tear off the protection film of the sticker of the Amplifier.
2. Stick the amplifier on the A-pillar.
3. Tear off the protection film of the sticker of the antenna.
4. Stick the antenna according to the shape of the A-pillar. (the end of the Antenna and the car body should have a gap that is above 20mm.)
5. Complete installation.

Settings

Language Selection

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode.
2. Use the Tuning Knob to select Language and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.
3. Then use Tuning Knob again to select your desired Language and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.

Factory Reset

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” to enter menu mode.
2. Use the Tuning Knob to select Factory Reset and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.
3. Then use Tuning Knob again to select YES or NO and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.

Software Version

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode.
2. Use the Tuning Knob to select Version and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.
3. You will then be able to check the software version of the unit. Press and hold the MODE button to exit the menu.
4. Repeat step 1, Use the Tuning Knob to select DSP Version or BT Version to check the DAB version and Bluetooth version.

Backlight setting

1. Press and hold the “Rotary Encoder” button to enter menu mode.
2. Use the Tuning Knob to select Backlight and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.
3. Then use the Tuning Knob to select the backlight time and confirm by pressing “Rotary Encoder”.

Technical Specifications

FM Transmitter 87.5-108MHz
Power Source| +12V, VCC, GND
DAB Antenna| Passive /Active antenna
Audio Out| 3.5mm Stereo Jack
Dimensions| Black box: 69 x 59 x 26 mm
Control Unit: 71 x 54 x 27 mm
Net Weight| Black Box: 97g
Control Unit: 68 g

*Information of this user manual is subject to change without prior notice.

Tiny Audio is distributed by TT Micro AS –
support@ttmicro.no
www.ttmicro.no

References

• TT Micro AS - På lufta med DAB Radio

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