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    ROBER TS Sound for Generations Please read this manual before use R876 Multi-band digital preset stereo world radio[...]

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    Contents Features .............................................................. 1 Control locations ................................................ 2 Display information ............................................ 6 Installing batteries .............................................. 7 Battery replacement .........................................[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 1 ! Continuous gap free tuning of L W , MW and SW bands ! Large easy to read Liquid crystal display (LCD) show- ing station frequency , dual time, memory location and function status. ! Direct frequency entry by keypad allowing instant ac- cess to any [...]

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    2 1. Power on/off and sleep button. 2. Fine tune button. 3. Manual/auto scan tuning buttons. 4. Enter button. 5. Memory and time set button. 6. Frequency select button. 7. Cancel button. 8. Decimal point and zero set button. 9. 0 digit, 0 memory and SW metre button. 10. FM band, FM A TS and real/dual time button. 1 1. L W band, LW A TS and radio st[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 3 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 16 7 8 9[...]

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    17. Earphone socket. 18. DC input socket. 19. AM external aerial socket. 20. FM Mono/stereo and AM DX/Local switch. 21. T elescopic aerial. 22. V olume control. 23. Lock switch. 24. Folding stand. 21 4 19 17 18 24 22 23 20[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 26 25 27 28 25. Reset button. 26. 9/10kHz MW step switch. 27. Battery compartment. 28. Battery cover . 5[...]

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    17. Count down timer indicator . 18. Memory preset, battery strength and A TS scanning indicator . 19. Fine tune indicator . Display information 36 7 9 13 2 8 4 17 16 15 14 5 1. W aveband indicators. 2. T ime set status. 3. Zero second set indication. 4. Memory indicator . 5. SW Memory 10-18 indicator . 6. Sleep function indicator . 7. Lock switch [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 1. Position the radio face down. 2. Press the catch marked "OPEN" and slide in the direction shown. 7 This radio can be operated using:- 3 Alkaline LR6 (AA size) batteries. AC adaptor (supplied). Installing batteries[...]

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    8 3. Insert the 3 LR6 (AA) size batteries as shown in the diagram. 4. Replace the battery cover as shown in the diagram.[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 9 The battery indicator will display the battery condition for approx. 7 seconds after the radio is switched off. If the indicator falls below "2" the batteries should be replaced. After removing the batteries you have approximately 3 minutes[...]

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    10 1. Replace batteries if the battery indicator falls below "2" 2. Replace batteries if "E" and the low battery indicator flash in the display . Low battery warnings[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 11 3. Whenever the low battery symbol appears on the display the batteries should be replaced.[...]

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    12 The AC adaptor supplied with this radio is an auto-switch- ing type and will operate from either a 1 10volt or 230volt AC supply . Insert the adaptor plug into the socket marked DC IN 4.5V on the left side of the radio. Plug the adaptor into a stand- ard 13A mains socket outlet. Whenever the adaptor is used the batteries are automatically discon[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 13 The clock will start running when the 3 LR6 (AA) size batteries are installed. The display will show "0:00" . The clock can be set with the radio power on or off. 1. If the radio is switched on press the "Display" button to displ[...]

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    14 3. Whilst the " SET " symbol is flashing, set the correct time by pressing the numbered buttons. As you press each button the corresponding number will show on the display . Note: T ime can only be adjusted whilst the " SET " symbol is flashing in the display . 4. If you press the wrong number , press the "C" (cance[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) In addition to real time a second time zone can be pro- grammed into this radio. 1. Press the " Real/Dual" button the display will show and flash " " . 15 5. Press the "Enter" button to complete setting the clock, the disp[...]

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    3. Press and hold down the "T ime Set" button for more than 2 seconds, the display "Set" will flash. 16 2. Press "Enter " button within 3 seconds, the display will stop flashing.[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 5. If you press the wrong number , press the "C" (cancel) button which will delete one number at a time. 17 4 . While " SET " symbol is flashing, set the correct time by pressing the numbered buttons. As you press each button the co[...]

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    18 6. Press the "Enter" button to complete setting the dual time, the display will now show the correct dual time. 7. Press the " " button followed by the "Enter" button to return the display to real time. Note: a . T o temporarily change between real and dual time mode press the " " button, the symbol and du[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 19 Press the "Time Set" button for more than 2 seconds, the " SET " symbol will flash in the display . Press the "0 set" button, the display will show and flash "Set-00" . Press the "Enter" button to re[...]

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    20 W aveband selection There are four waveband selection buttons located be- low the Liquid crystal display . W aveband Frequency coverage FM 87.5-108 MHz L W 153-513 kHz M W 522-1710 kHz S W 1.71 1-29.999 MHz[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 21 2. Press one of the four waveband select buttons, the last frequency used on the selected waveband will be recalled and appear on the display . 1. Turn on the radio by pressing the "Power/Sleep" but- ton. The display will show the last wav[...]

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    22 Note: If the SW band is selected pressing the "SW/Metre" button a second time will display a flashing "m" indicat- ing that a SW metre band may now be selected. For ex- ample pressing the "6/41m" button will allow direct ac- cess to the 41 metre band.[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 23 M W 520-1710kHz Band INTERNAL Rotate for best reception L W 153-513kHz INTERNAL Rotate for best reception Illustration Aerial Type Frequency Range T uning[...]

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    24 FM 87.5 - 108MHz Band Illustration Aerial Type Frequency Range TELESCOPIC Fully extend the aerial, angle and ro- tate for best reception. S W 1.71 1-29.999MHz TELESCOPIC Fully extend the aerial, for best re- ception[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 25 Stations may be selected by using any one of the five different available tuning methods: Direct Tuning • Manual T uning • Scan Tuning • Memory Recall T uning • A TS T uning on L W , MW and FM bands. Example: T o tune to 100.70 MHz on the FM[...]

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    26 3. Press the buttons marked [1] [0] [0] [.] [7] [0] . Note: If a mistake is made during entry press the "C" button to clear the last digit entered. 4. Press the button marked "Enter" , the frequency and waveband will now appear in the display . Note: Make sure that you enter the decimal point [.] in 100.70 MHz otherwise the d[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 27 5. Extend the aerial fully and rotate for best FM recep- tion. 6. Adjust the Volume control for comfortable listening.[...]

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    28 7. When selecting a stereo FM station, and using stereo earphones, make sure that the FM mode switch is in the STEREO position.[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 29 1. Press the "Power/Sleep" button to turn on the radio. 2. Select a waveband. Manual tuning[...]

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    30 3. A single press on the either the [ ] or [ ] down buttons will change the frequency up or down. Note: Each press of the [ ] or [ ] buttons will change the frequency in increments of: FM: 50kHz L W: 1kHz or 9kHz MW : 1kHz or 9kHz/10kHz S W : 1kHz or 5kHz[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 31 1. Turn on the radio by pressing the "Power/Sleep" but- ton. 2. Select a waveband. Scan tuning[...]

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    32 4. Press and hold down either the tuning [ ] or [ ] buttons for more than half a second to commence scan tuning. The radio will scan all frequencies in the se- lected band and stop automatically each time it finds an active station.[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 33 6. Adjust the Volume control for comfortable listening. 5. Press and hold down either the tuning [ ] or [ ] buttons for more than half a second to resume scan tuning. When the waveband end is reached the radio will beep and continue tuning from the [...]

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    34 Y ou may store up to 54 preset stations in memory , 18 on SW, 18 on FM, 9 on L W and 9 on MW . T o store a station in preset memory proceed as follows. 1. Turn on the radio by pressing the "Power/Sleep" but- ton. 2. Tune to the desired frequency using one of the previ- ously described tuning methods. Memory tuning[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 35 3. Press the button marked "M" (memory), the memory symbol "M" together with a suggested preset number will flash in the display for 12 seconds. Note: If some of the presets have already been used the radio will suggest the next [...]

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    6. The FM and SW bands have 18 presets. Presets 1-9 are set in the normal manner . When presets 1-9 are full selecting another station to be preset will cause the dis- play to show "P2" . An additional 9 presets can now be stored. 36 5. Preset stations may be exchanged easily and at any time. Select the preset that is to be changed by pre[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 37 Note: 1. If all the preset memory locations are full pushing the "M" button will cause the display to show " FULL " . If you still want to store a new station press any button 1-9 for more than 2 seconds, the new station will be [...]

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    38 1. Turn on the radio by pressing the "Power/Sleep" but- ton. 2. Select the waveband for the station required. Recalling a station from preset memory[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 39 3. Press the button corresponding to the preset memory location for the required station. The radio will instantly tune to the station and the display will show its frequency and memory location. If you wish to select another pre- set station press [...]

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    40 e.g. exchanging preset station 2 with preset station 7. 1. Recall preset 2. 2. Push the button "M", preset 2 and "M" will flash in the display . Changing preset station order[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 41 3. Push button "7" . Presets 2 and 7 will now be ex- changed.[...]

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    42 This radio provides an easy to use feature called AT S (Auto Tuning System) which operates on FM, L W and MW bands. 1. Turn on the radio by pressing the "Power/Sleep" but- ton. 2. Push any one of the FM/L W/MW band buttons for more than 2 seconds. The radio will beep and the display will flash " A TS" indicating the radio is [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 43 4. After scanning is complete, a beep will be heard. The display will show "M [1]" and the station with the strong- est signal for your area will be selected. 5. If during A TS operation no stations are found the dis- play will show "[...]

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    44 Note: 1. The maximum number of presets on MW and L W is 9, if during A TS operation more than 9 stations are found only the 9 strongest stations will be stored in the preset memories. On FM the maximum number of presets is 18, if during A TS operation more than 18 stations are found only the 18 strongest stations will be stored in the preset mem[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 45 Setting the alarm The alarm can be set with the radio power on or off . 1. If the radio is switched on press the "Display" button to display the time.[...]

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    46 1 . Press the button the display will flash and show the last alarm time set, (this will be "0:00" the first time the alarm is set). Setting the radio alarm (Standby)[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 47 2. Press the numbered buttons to set the alarm on time. e.g. to set an alarm time of 13:30, press the buttons "[1] [3] [3] [0]" . If a wrong number was keyed in, press- ing the "C" button will delete one digit for each press. Pre[...]

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    48 3. When the alarm time is set, the display will return to showing real time and the colon will start to flash. 4. T o verify the alarm time press the " " button to display the alarm time followed by the "Enter" but- ton to return to real time mode.[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 49 Setting the HWS (Humane W ake System) alarm 5. T o cancel the alarm time, press the " " but- ton, the display will flash " " , press the "C" button to cancel the alarm time. Note: 1. When the alarm is sounding, press th[...]

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    50 1. The HWS alarm is set in the same way as the radio alarm except instead of pushing the " " but- ton the " " button is used instead. The HWS alarm may be turned off by pressing the "Power/Sleep" button. Note: The HWS alarm can be set independently from the buzzer alarm enabling 2 alarm times to be set, one for the [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 51 3. Enter the required time in hours and minutes (max 23 hours and 59 minutes) using the numbered buttons. e.g. to enter 1 hour and 30 minutes, press the buttons marked [1], [3], [0] . 4. Press the "Enter" button, "Timer" in the d[...]

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    52 4. While the count down timer is active the time remain- ing may be checked by pressing "Timer" button, press the "Timer" button to continue with the time remain- ing or press the "Enter" button to restart the count down timer . 5. The count down buzzer will sound for 1 minute and then turn off. The count down buzze[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 53 6. T o cancel the count down timer press the "Timer" but- ton, and then press the "C" button, "Timer" on the display will disappear and the display will revert to showing real time. Note: 1 . When the count down alarm i[...]

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    54 The sleep timer will automatically switch off the radio af- ter a preset time has elapsed. 1. Press and continue to hold down the "Power/Sleep" button the display will cycle through the available sleep times in the order 60-45-30-15-60. Release the "Power/Sleep" button when the required sleep time appears in the display . Set[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 55 2. The symbol together with the sleep time set will appear in the display for 2 seconds after which the display will revert to showing frequency . 3. T o cancel the sleep function, press the "Power/Sleep" button, the symbol will disappear [...]

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    56 1. T o listen to FM stereo broadcasts, tune to the required station, plug in headphones and set the "Mono/Stereo switch located on the left side of the radio to the "Stereo" position. If the station being received is weak some hiss may be audible, to reduce the hiss set the "Mono/Stereo" switch to the "Mono" po[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 57 Headphones for use with this radio should be stereo and fitted with a 3.5mm stereo jack plug. Insert the headphone plug into the socket marked on the left side of the radio. When the headphones are plugged in the loudspeaker is automatically disconn[...]

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    58 The "Lock" switch is use to prevent unintentional op- eration of the radio. 1. Set the "Lock" switch located on the right side of the radio to the up position, the symbol will ap- pear in the display . The "Power/Sleep" and all other buttons will be disabled. This will prevent accidental operation when the radio is [...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 59 Portable shortwave aerial MW step size switch 1. This switch located inside the battery compartment provides a means of changing the MW step size from 9kHz to 10kHz. In Europe and most other parts of the world set the switch to the 9kHz position. Fo[...]

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    Reset button If the radio fails to operate correctly , or some digits on the display are missing or incomplete carry out the fol- lowing procedure. 1. Switch off the radio and remove the batteries. 2. With the aid of a suitable implement (the end of a pa- per clip) press the reset button located in the battery compartment for at least 5 seconds, th[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Do not allow this radio to be exposed to water , steam or sand. Do not leave the radio where excessive heat could cause damage such as in a parked car where the heat from the sun can build up even though the outside tem- perature may not seem too high.[...]

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    Frequency range: FM 87.5 - 108MHz LW 153 - 513kHz M W 520 - 1710 or 522 - 1710kHz (dependent on position of MW step size switch) S W 1.71 1 - 29.999MHz 120m 2.3 00 - 2 .495MHz 90 m 3.200 - 3.400MHz 75 m 3.900 - 4.000MHz 60 m 4.750 - 5.060MHz 49 m 5.950 - 6.200MHz 41 m 7.100 - 7.350MHz 31 m 9.400 - 9.990MHz 25 m 1 1.600 - 12.100MHz 21 m 13.570 - 13.[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Power requirements 4.5V Batteries 3 x IEC size LR6 (AA size) Battery Life Approx. 16-20hrs of listening when used for 4 hours a day at normal volume using alkaline bat- teries. Circuit features Semiconductors: 1 LSI, 10 IC's, 8 FET , 24 transis- t[...]

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    Notes:[...]

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    If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 0181 758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Guarantee This radio is guaranteed for twelve months from the date of delivery to the original owner against failure due to faulty workmanship or component breakdown, subject to the procedure stated below . Should any component or part fail during this[...]

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    ROBERTS RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES DEP ARTMENT 97-99 Worton Road Isleworth Middlesex TW7 6EG T echnical Helpline :- 0181 758 0338 Issue 2 Imported by:- ROBERTS RADIO LIMITED PO BOX 130 MEXBOROUGH SOUTH YORKSHIRE S64 8YT[...]