soundmaster RCD1870 DAB Plus UKW Radio Mit CD/MP3 USB Instruction Manual

soundmaster RCD1870 DAB Plus UKW Radio Mit CD/MP3 USB

Product Information

Specifications :

• Model: RCD1870
• Country of Origin: Germany
• Power Source: C/LR14 Batteries or AC Power
• Input: 3.5mm AUX-IN, USB

Product Usage Instructions

Getting Started:
To operate the device on battery power:

1. Remove the battery compartment cover.
2. Insert 4 x C/LR14 batteries.
3. Ensure the battery compartment cover is securely closed.

Basic Operation :
To turn on the device, press the /STANDBY button. Use the MODE button to select different functions.

Clock Setting :
Set the clock by navigating to the clock settings in the menu and adjust as needed.

• DAB/FM Radio:
  Perform a search for DAB stations to store them in the preset list. For FM stations, save and recall them using the appropriate buttons.

• CD Playback:
  To play CDs, insert a disc and use the controls to start playback. Programmed playback is also available.

• USB Operation :

• Connect a USB device to play audio files stored on it.

• AUX Input:

• Use the 3.5mm AUX-IN jack to connect external devices for audio input.

• Sleep Function:

• Set the sleep timer to automatically turn off the device after a specified time.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Q: How do I dispose of the batteries?
  A: Follow local regulations for proper disposal of batteries. Do not expose lithium batteries to high temperatures and ensure contacts are covered before disposal.

• Q: Can I set alarms on this device?
  A: Yes, navigate to the alarm settings in the menu to set up alarms.

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 recyclable according to their labeling. By reusing materials or other forms of recycling old devices and packaging, you are making an important contribution to protecting our environment. If necessary, remove batteries and personal data before disposal free of charge and ask your local authority about the responsible disposal point.

WARNING

Risk of electric shock
Do not open!
Caution : To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover (or back). There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

• ****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.
• 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

1. Antenna

2. PRESET 1-3 Preset button 1-3

3. Display

4. PRESET 4-6
   Preset button 4-6

5. /STANDBY On / standby

6. MODE
   Function selection

7. MENU/INFO
   Menu / info button

8. OK/SCAN/
   Confirm scan and play/pause button

9. SNOOZE (Zzz)
   Snooze stop and back button

10. Skip and tune for/ backwards

11. CD door

12. +10/ PRESET
    Titel +10 and preset button

13. ALARM/PROG
    Alarm and Title program button

14. SET TIME/ REPEAT
    Time setting and repeat button

15. CD door open

16. VOLUME -/+
    Volume adjustment

17. 3.5mm AUX-IN jack

18. 3.5mm Headphone jack

19. USB socket

20. DC jack

21. Battery compartment

GETTING STARTED

DAB/FM AERIAL

• Before using your radio for DAB or FM reception, pull out the telescopic antenna. You may need to adjust the position of the telescopic antenna for maxing signal strength.

• CONNECTING POWER
  This unit is supplied with an AC adaptor.

  1. Connect the DC cable to the DC socket at the rear of unit.
  2. Plug the provided AC adaptor into a household power socket and switch the power on .

BATTERY OPERATION

1. Remove the battery compartment cover carefully.
2. Install 4 x “C” size batteries (UM-2 or equivalent) while observing the correct polarities. There is an engraved diagram showing battery installation directions inside the battery compartment.
3. Replace the battery compartment cover. Only adults should handle the batteries. Do not allow a child to use this product unless the battery cover is securely attached to the battery compartment

• The adaptor cable must be detached from the DC socket of the player for the batteries to power the unit.
• Leaking batteries may damage the battery cabinet and the player as a whole, so they should be removed from the cabinet when becoming flat or when the player is not to be used with batteries for some time.

BASIC OPERATIONS

1. Press    STANDBY” to switch the unit on
2.  Press  STANDBY” to switch the unit in standby.

SELECTING MODES C
During playing, press “MODE” repeatedly to switch between the modes.

ENERGY SAVING/ ERP2 REGULATION

• The unit will turn off automatically after about 15 – 20 minutes in standby mode if there is no audio signal. This is regulated by an EU-standard and is NOT A MALFUNCTION.
• To turn on the unit again press the  STANDBY” button.

MENU NAVIGATION

• Press and hold “MENU/INFO” 2 seconds to enter menu then use   to select the requested option and confirm with “OK”.
• Press to previous step or “MENU/INFO“ to exit menu.
• ADJUST SOUND [VOLUME/EQUALISER]
• During playing, you can adjust volume and adjust sound impression.
• VOLUME
• Press “VOLUME +/– “ for increase or decrease volume level.
• BASS / TREBLE CONTROL
• In the [System] menu select [Equalizer] and choose [Treble] or [Bass] for adjusting the sound impression.
• *Increase Bass level may cause CD skipping or sound distorted.
• Try to reduce Bass level if occurred problem.
• SETTING THE CLOCK
• The clock on your radio is automatically set when first used from the time signal broadcast with DAB radio stations.
• If a DAB station is not available, the clock may be set manually via the menu system. (Please refer to TIME page).

DAB

1. Press „MODE“ button repeatedly to select the DAB.
   The unit automatically perform full scan at first switch on.
   If no stations found, DAB menu will be displayed.

2. Press “SCAN“ to perform scanning.
   This product automatically stores radio stations with sufficient signal strength.
    After the search is complete, the first stored radio station is broadcast automatically.

3.  Press repeatedly to select a station for listening

FM

1. 1. Press “MODE “ repeatedly to select FM.
   2. Press and hold “TUNE+ / – “ for 2 seconds.

   • [Scanning…] is displayed.
   • The unit tunes to a station with strong reception automatically.

2. Repeat step 2 to tune to more stations.

MANUAL TUNING
Press “TUNE+ /-“ repeatedly until you find better reception.
Each press increases or decrease the radio frequency by 0.05 MHz.
AUTO SCANNING & STORING
You can program a maximum of 40 pre-set FM radio stations.

1. In FM mode
2. Press and hold “SCAN” for 2 seconds to perform auto scanning.
   •  The unit stores all the available FM radio stations.
   • The first stored radio station is broadcast automatically.
3. DAB / FM PRESET STORING & RECALL

STORING

1. Tune to desired radio station.
2. Press and hold the 1-6 button to store the preset station or press “PRESET” for 2 seconds to enter [Preset Store] option.
3. Press repeatedly to allocate a number (1 to 40) to this radio station, then press “OK” . The [Preset “#” stored] are displayed.
4.  Repeat the above of steps to store other stations.
   Note: To remove a pre-stored station, store another station in its place.

RECALL

1. Press 1-6 button to recall preset or press “PRESET” button to enable preset recall.
2. Press repeatedly to select a preset number or the preset station.
3. Press “OK” to confirm the selection.

STATION INFORMATIONS
Press “MENU/INFO” repeatedly to cycle through the following information (if available).

DAB : Dynamic label segment (DLS) → Signal → Program type (PTY) → Ensemble name → Frequency → Signal error rate → Bitrate codec → Date
FM : Radio text/ Program type (PTY) → Station Name → Mono-Stereo → Time → Date

DAB/ FM MENU

1.  Press and hold “MENU/INFO” 2 seconds to access menu.
2. Use  to toggle through the menus.

DAB menu

• [Full scan]: Scan for the DAB stations. [Manual tune]: Tune to a  frequency/station manually.
• [DRC]: (Dynamic Range Compression) off, high, low.
• [Prune]: No or Yes (Remove all the invalid station(s)
• [Announcement]: On, No TA, Only TA, Off
• [System]

FM menu

• [Scan setting]
• [All stations]: Scan all the available FM stations.
• [Strong stations]: Scan the strong FM stations only.
• [Audio setting]
• [Stereo allowed]: Stereo broadcast.
• [Forced mono]: to improve the reception, change to monaural sound
• [System]

Press “OK” to save or enter.

CD OPERATION

LOAD A CD

1. Press “ ” to open the CD door.
2. Load a CD DISC onto the CD tray with the label facing upwards.
3. Close the CD door.

PLAYING A CD

1. Select CD mode
2. The player reads the disc and shows the total number of tracks will be displayed.
3. Press “ ” once to begin playback. Press again to pause the music playback, the time track flashes on the display to indicate the player is in Pause mode. Pressing “ “ resumes playback.
4. Press  to stop music playback.

SELECT THE TRACKS

1. Press” ” to skip to the next track.
2. Press “ ” to the beginning of the current track or again for previous track.
3. Press “+10” to skip 10 tracks forward.

REPEAT PLAYBACK
During CD playback, press “REPEAT” repeatedly to enable different playback mode.
REP-1 (Repeat 1), REP-DIR (Repeat directory; only at MP3), REP-ALL (Repeat ALL),
SHUFFLE (Random).

CD RESUME FUNCTIONS

RESUME – continuing from where you have stopped.

1. During CD playback stop the CD playback
2. Switch off or change the source.
3. after switch on again the playback continues from where you have stopped.
4. To deactivate RESUME, open the CD door or press button in twice.  

CD PROGRAMMED PLAYBACK (MEM)
To program an alternative playback order of tracks follow the below steps.

1. Make sure the unit is not playing a disc.

2. Press “PROG” to activate programming.

3. Press “ ” to select the first track to be programmed.

4. Press “ PROG ” again to store and advance to the next programmed track.
   The program sequence indication changes to “P02” momentarily waiting for your next input.

5. Repeat the steps above to program more tracks. A maximum of 20 for CD/ 99 for MP3 tracks can be programmed.

6. Press “   ” to begin the programmed playback in the preferred order.

7. Press “ ” to stop programmed playback.

8. To erasing a program, during stop mode press “ ” twice or open the CD door.

MP3 – ID3 TAG DISPLAY
Press “MENU/INFO” during MP3 playback to activate the ID3 display

USB OPERATION

1.  Connect your USB drive with the USB port
2. Switch the unit on and select USB mode.
3. The operation procedures are the same as CD operation.
   • Compatible storage device (up to 128GB, FAT32)
   • Always connect your USB flash drive directly to the USB port without USB extension cable.
   • Due to some USB drive manufacturer’s non-compliance with the full USB 1./2.0 standard. A small percentage (about 5%) of USB flash drive might not be compatible.

AUXILIARY INPUT
Connect an external audio source like an MP3 player using a 3.5mm audio cable (not supplied).

1. Connect one end of the cable to the external device headphone output and the other end to the AUX socket at the backside of the unit.
2. Switch the unit on and select AUX mode
3. Starts playback and adjust the volume on the external audio source e.g. MP3 player.

HEADPHONES

• There is a headphone output jack at the backside of the unit. If headphones are connected to this socket for private listening, the speakers will switch off.
• Note : Adjust the volume lever lower during the PHONES operation.
  To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods.

SLEEP

• This unit can switch to standby automatically after a preset period.
• When the unit is turned on, press and hold “MENU/INFO“ 2 seconds and enter to [System] menu, select [Sleep] then press “OK“ to access.
• Press “  “ button repeatedly to select the sleep timer period (Sleep timer Off, 15, 30, 45, 60,  90 minutes) and confirm with “OK”

TIME

1. Press and hold “MENU/INFO“ 2 seconds to enter menu to select [System] > [Time], then press “OK” button for confirm.
2. In the TIME menu, you select by using “ ” below options:
   • [Set Time/Date]: set the current time and date.
   • [Auto update]: Update from Any/ Update from DAB/ Update from FM/ No Update
   • [Set 12/24 hour]: Set 12/24 hour
   • [Set date format]: DD-MM-YYYY/ MM-DD-YYYY
3. Press “OK” to save setting, press “ ” button to previous step or press “MENU/INFO” to exit. Note: If the system is idle for 30 seconds, it exits time setting mode automatically.
   For time setting, during standby you can press and hold “ ” 2 seconds for open the time setting menu also.

ALARM

1. Press and hold “MENU/INFO” button to enter menu to select [System] > [Alarm], then press “OK” button for confirm.
2. In the alarm menu, press “ ” repeatedly you can select: [Alarm 1 Setup] / [Alarm 2 Setup], then press „OK“ button.
3. Press   repeatedly to choose and select below alarm options; always confirm the selected option with “OK”.
   • On time: Wake up time
   • Duration: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90
   • Source: Buzzer, DAB, FM, CD, USB
   • Frequency: Daily, Once, Weekends, Weekdays
   • Date: MM-DD-YYYY (if frequency set to Once)
   • Volume: Alarm sound level
   • Alarm: On/Off

Note : Press  or “MENU/INFO“ to exits the Alarm setup.

• Alarm 2 setup is same as Alarm 1 operation.
• When selected alarm source is not available, the system switches to the BUZZER source. FM and DAB are using the last used station as alarm source.
• In standby mode, press “ “ repeatedly to enable/disable alarm 1/2 or press and hold “ ” for 2 seconds to open alarm setting.
• When the Alarm is enabled, Alarm 1 or 2 icon(s) appears.
• When the ALARM sounds, press “ “ or “  “ button to turn off the alarm sound or press “SNOOZE“ button to temporarily stop the alarm from sounding for 9 minutes on each press.

SYSTEM MENU
During Standby mode, press and hold “MENU/INFO” button 2 seconds then press “OK” to enter System menu.

Select by using the or “ ” the option you want to adjust and press “OK” for confirm.

• [Alarm]
• [Time]
• [Backlight]: Low, Medium, High.
• [Language]: English, Deutsch, Italiano, Francais, Nederlands.
• [Factory Reset]: Reset the product to factory default status.
• [Software upgrade]: Firmware upgrade from USB storage device
• [SW version]: Check the version of software.

The current version of the operating instructions can be downloaded from www.soundmaster.de
Technical changes and misprints reserved
Copyright by Woerlein GmbH, 90556 Cadolzburg, www.soundmaster.de
Duplication only with the permission of Woerlein GmbH

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

AC adapter| |
---|---|---
Model identifier|  | GJTL AK06WG-0590100VW
 Power input| | AC 100-240V~ 50/60Hz 0,2A
 Power output|  | 5.9V 1.0A 5.9W
Average active efficiency|  | 74,9%
No load power consumption|  | ≤ 0.1W
Battery operation|  | 6V 4x LR14/C (1.5V)
 DAB/FM range Plage|  | DAB Band III 174.9 – 239.2 MHz UKW/FM         87.5 – 108.0 MHz
Preset station|  |

• **** 40 DAB
• 40 UKW/FM

Audio power output|  | 2 x 2W RMS
Standby Power consumption in standby| | **** < 1W

HERSTELLER

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.

References

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