soundmaster DAB112 Digital Radio User Guide

soundmaster DAB112 Digital 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 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

• 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.
  Safety, Environmental and Setup Instructions

• 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. Flashlight switch
2. Speaker
3. MENU/INFO button
4. CAN/ SELECT button
5. VOL – button
6. TUNE-, PREVIOUS) button
7. VOL + button
8. TUNE+, SKIP) button
9. SOS button
10. Display
11. LED indicator
12. MODE button
13. Hand strap hook
14. Reading light
15. Flashlight
16. Battery compartment
17. Power generator
18. Antenna
19. Solar panel
20. DC IN 5V jack (USB-C), DC OUT 1A jack (USB), 3.5mm headphone jack

INSTALLATION

CONTENT OF DELIVERY

• Main unit
• Instruction Manual
• USB-C cable
• Hand strap

CHARGE BUILT-IN RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
You have three ways to charge the built-in LI-ION battery.

Charge through USB socket
Connect a supplied USB cable to (DC IN 5V) USB type-C socket of the portable radio and 5V USB adaptor (not supplied).
Note: It takes approx. 6-8 hours to fully charge the battery.

Charge through power generator (hand crank)

In emergency situation, you can charge the built-in battery through the power generator.
Pull out the POWER GENERATOR, then rotate it quicky.
The generated power is stored in the built-in battery.

Note:
The INPUT LED indicator (RED) will light.
Rotate the hand crank for 5 minutes to activate the built-in battery for initial use.

Charge through solar panel
It is difficult to fully charge the radio with solar panel, which mainly used for maintaining the built-in battery life.
Place solar panel directly under sunlight.

LED INDICATOR:

Note:
You can use the device while it is charging. However, this will increase the charging time.

INFORMATION ON RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

• Depending on environmental conditions, volume, etc., the playback time is approx. 6–8 hours (at 50% volume).
• To preserve the rechargeable battery’s full capacity for as long as possible, you should fully recharge the battery every 2 to 3 months, even if you do not use the radio.
• Charge the battery in an environment between 0°C and +40 °C.
• The battery will best hold its charge at room temperature. The lower the surrounding temperature, the shorter the playback time.
• The battery needs to be charged if the “flat” battery symbol
  ( Note: During battery recharge may affect to FM/ DAB+ reception.

SWITCHING THE DEVICE ON/OFF AND INTO STANDBY

1. Pull the telescopic antenna all the way out.
2. Press and hold the “ ” button until the device switches on.
3. To switch the device to standby, press and hold the “ ” button until the time and date appears in the display.
4. To switch the device on again from standby mode, press “ ” button once briefly.
5. To switch the device off totally from standby mode, press and hold the “ ” button until the display goes dark.
   Note:
   After approx. 15 minutes with no signal reception, the device will automatically switch to standby mode.

SETTING THE VOLUME
Press “VOL +/-“ button until the volume level appears in the display. Volume range: 0 to 32

SETTING THE LANGUAGE
To set the device to your language …

• Press and hold “MENU/INFO” button to open system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

• Press “ LEFT/RIGHT” until “Language” is shown and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

• Press “ LEFT/RIGHT” until your desired language is shown and “SCAN/SELECT”.
  Note:
  If you don’t press any button for a number of seconds then the display will revert back to the previously selected mode.
  The settings that are not confirmed are not saved.

• To quit the menu, briefly press the “MENU/INFO” button.

DAB

SELECTING THE OPERATING MODE
Briefly press the button repeatedly to switch between the DAB, FM radio and BT (Bluetooth®) modes.

TUNING IN DAB+ MODE
Switching to DAB mode will automatically retrieve the station last selected.

1. Briefly press “ LEFT/RIGHT”. The full list of stations will open.

2. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select the desired station and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   Note:

   • You will also find the complete list of stations in the system menu under “Station List”. Here you can also start a full manual “Scan”.
   • You can select specific frequencies/frequency blocks under “Manual Tune” in the system menu.
     The signal strength of the chosen frequency block will be shown as bars on the display.

There are no setting options. Press “MENU/INFO” button to quit the system menu.

• Not all stations are on the air at all times; many that were once on the air have since disappeared; or you have received stations in another region that you can no longer receive in your new location: To clean up the station list, you can remove these stations in the system menu with “Prune Invalid”.
• Press “MENU/INFO” repeatedly to view different information about the station, the music etc., depending on the station.

SAVING STATIONS (PRESET STORE). IN DAB+

1. Set the station that you wish to save.
2. Press and hold “MENU/INFO” button to open system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
3. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select “Preset Store” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
4. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT”to select the desired memory preset and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   “Preset (number) stored” appears briefly in the display which then returns to the DAB or FM mode.
   Note: You have a choice of 40 memory presets

CALLING UP SAVED STATIONS (PRESET RECALL) IN DAB+

1. Press and hold “MENU/INFO” button to open system menu, select “Preset Recall” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
2. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select the desired station and confirm with “SCAN/ SELECT”.
   The display will jump back to DAB+ or FM mode.
   Memory “P01” will be shown on the display

FM

SELECTING THE OPERATING MODE
Briefly press the “ /MODE” button repeatedly to switch between the DAB, FM radio and BT (Bluetooth®) modes.

TUNING IN FM MODE
Switching to FM mode will automatically retrieve the station last selected. If that station cannot be received at that time, then the device will automatically search for the next station which can be received.

• Briefly press “ LEFT/RIGHT” to search for a station in 0.05 MHz steps.
• Press and hold “ LEFT/RIGHT”to start a station scan.
• The scan stops once the first receivable station is located.
• In the system menu under “Scan Setting” you can select whether “All Stations” or only “Strong Stations” will be included.

SAVING STATIONS (PRESET STORE). IN FM
Same as “DAB+”

CALLING UP SAVED STATIONS (PRESET RECALL) IN FM
Same as “DAB+”

BLUETOOTH

In the Bluetooth® mode you can connect your Bluetooth®-enabled mobile device and play saved music files via the radio.
Note: Always refer to the instruction manual for your mobile device. The device cannot connect to a Bluetooth® speaker or headphones

ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION

Switch on the Bluetooth® function on your mobile device.

1. Briefly press the “ ” button to select the BT mode.
2. The display shows Disconnected flash while the device is searching for a Bluetooth® signal. The BT LED indicator will light up in blue.
3. Start the device scan on your mobile device.
4. Select “DAB112OR” on your mobile device and connect the devices as usual.

PLAYING MUSIC
The radio can play music in all conventional file formats supported by your mobile device.

• First start playback on your mobile device.
  You can also perform these functions directly on the DAB radio:

• Press “SCAN/SELECT” to start and pause playback.

• To return to the start of the track or to skip to the previous track, press once or twice.

• Skip to the next track with .

• Press the VOL +/- button to adjust the volume.
  Note:
  If the volume is too low, adjust it on your mobile device.

DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE
There can only be one device connected to the radio via Bluetooth® at any time. If you would like to connect another device, you must first disconnect the current device. Proceed as follows:

• Unpair the devices on your mobile device.
• The devices will also unpair if you move them outside the Bluetooth® range.
  Note: If you switch off the radio, it will automatically connect with the Bluetooth® « device again once it is switched back on, provided it is close by and switched on and the BT function is activated.

USING HEADPHONES

Listening to music at a high volume on a regular basis can lead to hearing damage. Set the volume to a low setting before starting to play music through the radio. Then you can set the volume higher if you want.

1. Lower the volume.
2. Use a 3.5mm jack plug to connect an earphone or headphone to the headphone port.
3. If necessary, increase the volume. This mutes playback via the speaker.
   Note: Earphone with line-control is not compatible to this radio.

ALARM AND SLEEP FUNCTION

ALARM FUNCTION
Here you can preselect a time for the device to wake you.

1. Press and hold “MENU/INFO” button to open system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

2. Use“ LEFT/RIGHT” to select Alarms and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

3. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select Alarm 1 or Alarm 2 and confirm with “OK”.

4. Use”LEFT/RIGHT “to select Alarm and use “SCAN/SELECT” to switch between On and Off.

5. Use”LEFT/RIGHT ” to select Time and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

6. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” and to set the hour and the minute, then confirm each with “SCAN/SELECT”.

7. Use”LEFT/RIGHT “to select Source and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

8. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select between FM, DAB and Buzzer and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

9. Use”LEFT/RIGHT “to select Repeat and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

10. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select between Once, Daily,
    Weekends and Workday and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

11. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select Volume and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

12. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select duration and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

13. Quit the menu with “MENU/INFO” button.
    The alarm symbol 1 or 2 lights up in the display.

14. Switch the device to standby with “ ” if necessary.
    The selected alarm signal will sound at the set time.
    Press any button to snooze the alarm 5 minutes. (Except Flash light and SOS buttons)
    Display will show snooze timing counter.
    Press “ ” to deactivate the alarm signal completely.

SLEEP FUNCTION

Here you can pre-select a time after which the device switches off automatically.

1. Press and hold “MENU/INFO” button to open the system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
2. Use”LEFT/RIGHT ” to select Sleep and confirm with SCAN/SELECT.
3. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select between 15 > 30 > 45 > 60 > 75 > 90 minutes and Off.
4. Briefly press “SCAN/SELECT” to confirm.
   The display shows “SXX” and “XX” means remaining sleep time.

SYSTEM SETTINGS

SETTING THE TIME/DATE MANUALLY
If you do not have any DAB+ reception, you can also configure the time and date manually.

1.  Press and hold the “MENU/INFO” button to open the system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

2. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select “Time/Date” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

3. Use”LEFT/RIGHT ” to select “Set Time/Date” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

4. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to set Day – Month – Year – Hour –Minute one by one and confirm each with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   The display will automatically jump one step back in the menu.

5. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select “Set Hour System” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

6. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select “24 hour system” or “12 hour system” and confirm with SCAN/SELECT”.
   The display will automatically jump one step back in the menu.

7. Use ” ” to select “Set Date Format” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

8. Use ” ” to toggle between dd-mm-yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy and yyyy-mm-dd, and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   The display will automatically jump one step back in the menu.

9. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select the “Clock style” (view on the standby display) and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

10. Use ”LEFT/RIGHT ” to select between “Analog” and “Digital” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
    The display will automatically jump one step back in the menu.

11. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select “Auto. Update” and confirm
    with “SCAN/SELECT”.

12. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select between “No Update” and “Update from Radio” (the DAB+ station will set the time automatically if reception is good enough) and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
    The display will automatically jump one step back in the menu.

SETTING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT

1. Press and hold “MENU/INFO” button to open the system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

2. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select “Backlight” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

3. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select “Timeout” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

4. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select between “Always On” and a switch-off time for the lighting between 10 and 180 seconds and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   The display will automatically jump one step back in the menu.

5. Use “ LEFT/RIGHT” to select Level and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

6. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select the brightness of the display between Low, Medium, High and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   The display will automatically jump one step back in the menu.

RESTORING FACTORY SETTINGS

1. Press and hold the “MENU/INFO” button to open the system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”..
2. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select “Factory Reset” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
3. Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select “No” or “Yes” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.

SOFTWARE VERSION
Here you can view the software version installed.

1. Press and hold the “MENU/INFO” button to open the system menu, select “system” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   Use “LEFT/RIGHT ” to select “System Version” and confirm with “SCAN/SELECT”.
   The currently installed software version is displayed.
   Press “MENU/INFO” to quit the menu item.

TURN THE FLASHLIGHT ON (3 MODES)
Briefly press “ ” button to select different light mode.

TURN THE READING LIGHT ON
Flip up the solar panel the reading light will auto switch ON or OFF by closing the solar panel.

USB OUT 5V

This portable radio can also serve as an emergency charger for your mobile phone. Do not use it as a normal power bank.
Note: Emergency Charger is only available in Standby or OFF mode
1. Open the USB rubber cover
2. Plug your mobile phone charging cable (not supplied) into USB OUT 5V socket, then plug into your phone.

Turn the SOS/ ALERT on

Press and hold the “SOS” button on front panel.
The very loud alarm sound on and flashlight will keep flashing.

Problems/solutions

Not working| •  Is the battery flat?

•  Is the mains adapter connected?

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No sound| •  Have you selected the correct mode of operation?

•  Is the volume set too low?

•  Are there headphones connected?

DAB: the station

selected has no signal

| •  Are any other devices, e.g.: microwave, motor, mixer, television interfering with the signal?

•  Is the radio signal too weak?

FM: The audio signal is| •  FM mode audio setting to Mono only.

•  Check the signal strength in DAB mode.

weak or poor in quality.| •  Adjust the position of the antenna or move the device to another location.

•  Disconnect USB-C input cable.

| •  Disconnect USB output cable.

The current version of the manual 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

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D 90556 Cadolzburg, Germany

Tel: +49 9103 71 67 0
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