PURE 248479 Charcoal Elan DAB+ FM Bluetooth Portable Radio User Guide
- June 6, 2024
- Pure
Table of Contents
PURE 248479 Charcoal Elan DAB+ FM Bluetooth Portable Radio
Controls
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PRESETS
Long press button 1, or 2 to save your favorite station.
Short Press button 1 or 2 to recall either preset.
You can save up to 20 stations to the preset list by long pressing button 3+.
To recall stations from the preset list, press 3+ -
BACK
Press to return to the previous screen. -
MENU
Press to access the menu for the current source. Press again to leave the menu. -
SELECT/ VOLUME/MUTE/SNOOZE:
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Power
Press to turn on.
Long press to turn the radio off. -
Volume
Rotate the knob to adjust the volume up or down during playback. -
Mute
Press the knob to mute the music when playing. -
Select
Rotate the knob to scroll through a menu or station list. Press the knob to select the chosen option. -
Snooze
Press the knob to snooze when alarm sounding.
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SKIP BACK
Bluetooth: Press to select the previous track.
FM: Press to adjust the frequency in increments.
Long press to scan for the previous station. -
PLAY/PAUSE
Press to Play & Pause when playing from Bluetooth. -
SOURCE
Press to switch between different the different sources; DAB, FM & Bluetooth. -
SKIP FORWARD / STATIONS
Bluetooth: Press to select the next track.
DAB: Press to access the station list.
FM: Press to adjust the frequency in increments.
Long press to scan for the next station. -
INFO
View more information about the station or track playing. Press again to cycle through further information screens then return to the normal playing screen.
Display
The screen shows various menus, dialogues and displays as described below.
There are basically six types of screen:
Standby (clock)
Splash (mode)
Now playing
Dialogue
Information
Menu
The Standby screen shows the time, date and any active alarm times.
Now playing screens show information about the audio source and track now
playing, where available.
Dialogue screens are shown to allow the user to change settings.
Information screens give specific messages for a few seconds, then change
automatically to another screen
Menus
Elan DAB+ has basically three types of menu. Use the Select knob to step
through and select options.
Each source has a source menu, with options specific to that mode. See above
for the Digital radio menu an example.
System settings >
The ‘>’ indicates options leading to further menus.
The System settings menu allows access to system settings and information such
as Time/Date, Language and Software Update.
Menus with more options than will fit on one screen have a “>” on the right. Some menus, for example the System Settings menu, have several submenus.
Setting up
Elan DAB+ is easy to use. To play DAB or FM radio, all you need is a USB power source;
A. Place Elan DAB+ on a suitable surface.
B. Extend the telescopic antenna.
C. Connect the supplied USB cable between Elan DAB+ and a USB power adaptor*.
Not included
Time/date
The time and date can be updated manually or automatically.
Auto
Auto-update works with data sent over DAB, FM. The clock is only updated when
in a corresponding mode, so it is best to select a mode you use regularly.
Manual
If you set No update, the wizard now prompts you to set the time and date
manually. The date is displayed as DD-MM-YYYY and MM-DD-YYYY.
Sources
Digital Radio
To enter Digital Radio mode, press Source until the display shows Digital
Radio.
Scanning for stations
The first time you use Elan DAB+, or if the station list is empty, the radio
automatically performs a full scan to see what stations are available. You may
also need to start a scan manually to update the list of stations for one of
the following reasons:
New stations may become available from time to time.
If reception was not good for the original scan (for example the antenna was
not up), this may result in an empty or incomplete list of available stations.
If you have poor reception of some stations causing the audio to break up, you
may wish to list only stations with good signal strength.
To do a full scan Select Menu > Full scan.
Once a scan is complete, the radio returns to playing the previously-selected
station or first station on the station list.
To remove stations that are listed but unavailable Select Menu > Prune
Invalid.
Manual tune
As well as the normal method of scanning, you can also manually tune to a
particular channel / frequency. This can be useful for adjusting your antenna
to achieve the best possible reception and scanning a particular channel to
update the station list.
To manually tune Press Menu > Manual tune then use the select control button
to display a particular channel/frequency, press Select to tune to that
channel/frequency.
The display shows a live indication of the received signal strength on the
selected frequency.
Adjustments to your antenna will be manifested in the received signal strength displayed.
Note: The division in the signal strength bar indicates the audio quality
threshold – if the signal strength, as indicated by the solid rectangles,
falls below this threshold the audio quality will deteriorate.
When a channel/frequency is selected Elan DAB+ also scans for any DAB stations
on the selected frequency and updates the station list with any new stations
found. To listen to any stations found return to the Now playing
Now playing information
While a station is playing, the screen shows its name and DLS (Dynamic
Label Segment) information broadcast by the station such as programme name,
track title and contact details.
Slideshow
The normal now playing screen shows a thumbnail of the currently available
slideshow image. (If no slideshow image is available a default DAB thumbnail
image is displayed). A long press of the ‘Info’ button cycles through the
following slideshow displays.
- Slideshow image and DLS text being broadcast by the current station.
- Full screen slideshow
- Normal now playing screen.
To view further information Press Info .
Each time you press Info , the next set of information is displayed,
cycling through: DLS text, DL Plus information (this is only displayed if
broadcast by the station), programme type, ensemble name, channel
number/frequency, signal strength, Bit rate, power status and date.
Other settings: Dynamic range compression (DRC)
This function reduces the difference between the loudest and quietest audio
being broadcast.Effectively, this makes quiet sounds comparatively louder, and
loud sounds quieter.
Select Menu > DRC > The options available are: DRC high | low | off.
FM
To enter FM mode: Press Mode until the display shows FM Mode.
Selecting stations
The first time you select FM radio, Elan DAB+ is set to the lowest frequency
in the FM band. On subsequent selections the last used frequency/station is
displayed.
To scan for a station in FM mode press and hold the skip forward or skip back
button. Elan DAB+ scans up through the FM band frequencies, showing the
current frequency on the screen display.
Alternatively, you can short press the skip forward or skip back button to
tune in 50 kHz steps.
Now playing information
While FM radio is playing, the screen shows its frequency, or if RDS
information is available, station name and any further RadioText’ information.
If no information is available, just the frequency and a No RadioText message
is shown.
To view further information about the broadcast press Info. Each time you
press Info, the next set of information is displayed, cycling through:
RDS radio e first program type Frequency
Mono/stereo
Power status
Date.
Settings
Scan settings
By default, FM scans stop only at stations with good signal strength .To
change the scan settings, to stop at all stations select Menu > Scan setting >
All Stations’. This may include poor quality audio from weak stations.
Audio settings
By default, all stereo stations are reproduced in stereo. For weak stations,
this may result in poor quality audio. The audio quality can be improved using
mono.
Options: Stereo allowed | Forced mono
To play weak stations in mono Select Menu > Audio setting > Forced mono.
Bluetooth
To enter Bluetooth mode: Press source to choose Bluetooth mode.
BT Pairing
To connect a Bluetooth capable device. Use your Bluetooth capable smart device
to pair and connect with the Elan DAB+.
Display information
The screen displays either Bluetooth Disconnected or Bluetooth Connected
depending on the connection state.
Alarms snooze and sleep
As well as a clock/calendar, there are two versatile wake-up alarms with snooze facility, and a sleep function to turn the system off after a set period of time. The alarm sound for each alarm can use a buzzer or a Digital Radio or FM Station.
To set the clock/calendar
The settings for the internal clock and setting Alarm, Snooze and Sleep
function are all accessible via the Systems Setting menu.
Alarms
Note: Alarms will only function when the Elan DAB+ unit is On or in
Standby mode.
An active alarm is indicated by its icon in the bottom line of the display.
To set alarms
Press Menu then use the Select control button to select System Settings –
Alarm and then select the required Alarm 1 or 2.
To exit alarm setting mode, press Menu or Back (alternatively, the Alarm
display will timeout and automatically return to the Now Playing screen after
a short time).
The alarm setup prompts you for the following parameters. Select a value for
each parameter in turn by turning the select control button and press Select
to confirm and move on to the next parameter.
Parameters
Alarm – Off | On
Frequency – Daily | Once | Weekends | Weekdays
Choose the days on which the alarm is active.
Note : if you choose ‘Once’, you are prompted to enter the required date.
Wake Up time – hours and minutes
Source – Buzzer | Digital Radio | FM
If Digital radio or FM is chosen as the audio source a Preset Menu is
displayed which allows you to select the station.
Duration – 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 90 | 120 minutes
If the alarm is not cancelled Elan DAB+ returns to standby after this time
period.
Volume – rotate the top control button to set the required alarm volume.
This is the volume the alarm will build up to. (Initially the alarm sounds at
a low volume and gradually gets louder to the set volume).
In all listening modes active alarms are indicated by displaying the relevant
Alarm 1 and/or Alarm 2 icons.
At the set time, the alarm will sound, quietly at first, then gradually
building up to the set volume. When an alarm sounds, the icon in the display
flashes.
To cancel a sounding alarm and switch the radio to standby long press the
Select button
Snooze
To temporarily silence a sounding alarm, short press the Select button.
You can change the snooze period by repeatedly pressing the select button.
Snooze periods are 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes.
The radio returns to standby for the set time period with a snooze countdown
displayed. When the countdown reaches 0 (zero) the alarm is triggered again.
Long press the ‘Select, button to fully cancel a sounding alarm and switch the
radio to standby.
Sleep
To set the sleep timer while the radio is playing use the select control
button to select Menu – System Settings – Sleep. You can choose the sleep
delay time in minutes from:
Sleep Timer Off | 15 |30 | 45 | 60 | 90.
Use select control button to cycle through the options then press Select to
choose the displayed option.
Once you select a sleep delay period, the display returns to the Now playing
screen displaying a Crescent moon icon and the remaining time, in minutes,
before the sleep time expires.
After the sleep delay period the radio switches to standby mode.
System Settings
The System Settings allow you to tailor the Elan DAB+ with a variety of
options to suit you.
To access system settings from any mode Select Menu >System Settings >, then
choose from the various options as described in the menu as below.
The System Setting Menu options are:
- Sleep
- Alarm
- Equaliser
- Time/Date
- Backlight
- Language
- Factory Reset
- Software Update
- Software Version
To navigate through the menus
The following controls are used to move about the menu tree to choose and
select the required settings:
Select – (pressing the Select control button) this selects the currently
displayed option, if the option has a further sub-menu the first option of the
sub-menu is displayed. If the option is a setting value, the displayed value
is selected and either the next setting is highlighted or, if there are no
further settings, the display returns to the parent menu for that setting.
Select control button – cycles forwards and backwards through the current
menu or setting options.
Back – jumps back to the parent menu of the currently displayed menu or
setting.
Menu to return to the Now Playing screen.
Equalizer
This presents a My Equaliser option to allow you to create your own equaliser
settings.
- Normal
- Classic
- Jazz
- Pop
- Rock
- Speech
- My EQ
My EQ setup
This option allows you to set a bias in the treble and bass audio frequencies
and turn ‘Loudness’ On or Off. Values can be set between -5 (Minus 5) and +5
(plus 5).
Treble – (Use the select control button to choose a bias value between -5
and +5)
Bass – (Use the select control button to choose a bias value between -5
and +5)
Loudness – No or Yes. (When Yes, low-level high and low frequency sounds
are boosted to give a ‘fuller’ sound.)
Time/Date
The time and date can be updated manually or automatically With auto-update,
the time and date are automatically broadcast over DAB and FM (when
available).
You can also select the display format for the time and date.
The Time menu contains the following options:
Set Time/Date – (see below)
Auto update – Update from Any | Update from digital radio | Update from FM |
No Update
Set 12/24 hour – 12 | 24
Set date format – DD-MM-YYYY | MM-DD-YYYY.
Set time/date
This option is for manually setting the time and date displayed.
The date displays as DD-MM-YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY depending on your choice of date
format (see above).
Adjust each value using the select control button and press Select to confirm.
The next value then becomes active and flashes. The time values follow and are
set in the same way.
The time displays as hh:mm, with the first value, hh, active (flashing).
Backlight
The Elan DAB+ has a backlight with three brightness settings, and adjustable
timeout (this is the time delay, in seconds, after which the display switches
to the Dim level).
There are three settings:
Timeout – On | 10 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 90 | 120 | 180 sec
On level – High | Medium | Low
Dim level – High | Medium | Low
Language
The default language is English. To change, select Menu > System settings >
Language >then select your language.
Factory reset
A factory reset clears all user defined settings, replacing them with the
original default values, so time/date,preferences/ settings and DAB station
list are all lost.
If you select Factory reset, you are asked to confirm by selecting “Yes”.
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