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OWNER’S MANU AL / SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS / C OMPLIANCE INFORMA TION A Boston P .O .P . P roduct Make it your own... Horizon Solo XT High Performance D AB/FM Radio An about-face in r adio design Español Radio DAB/FM de alta performance Innovación total en diseño de r adios Fr ançais Radio AM/FM à haute performance Un changement majeur dans la co[...]
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2 17. Either the power inlet connector on the rear of the apparatus or the power plug at the wall must remain accessible, to be able to disconnect power from the apparatus. 18. T o completely disconnect this apparatus from the A C Mains, disconnect the power supply cord plug from the AC receptacle. 19. The mains plug of the power supply cord shall [...]
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3 Introduction Thank you for choosing Boston A coustics and congratulations on your purchase of the Horizon Solo XT High Performance T abletop DAB Radio. If you own other Boston products, the outstanding audio performance and ease- of-use of the Solo XT should come as no surprise. I f you ’r e new to Boston, welcome -- w e think you’v e made a [...]
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4 Unpacking and Setting Up Y our Horizon Solo XT Carefully unpack Horizon Solo XT . I f there is any sign of damage fr om transit, report it immediately to your dealer and/or delivery ser vice. Keep the shipping car ton and packing materials for future use. Be sure t o keep your purchase receipt in a saf e place, as it may be requir ed for warranty[...]
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5 Po wer C onnection Just connect the power cord to the back of the Solo XT and plug it into a power outlet. Antenna The Horizon Solo XT is shipped with an extendable antenna connected to a rear panel input. Note: Boston Acoustics has found that in situations wher e the supplied antenna is not used with the product, strong signals can interfere wit[...]
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6 Basic C ontrol Oper ations T urning the Solo X T On or O Pr ess the POWER/VOL UME control on the center of the fr ont panel. Adjusting the Volume T urn the front panel POWER/VOL UME k nob. Note: On the control illustrations – Regular arrows indicate to pr ess and release the button or control. Double headed arrows indicate to press and hold [...]
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7 Setting the Clock, Time , Date and Related F unc tions 1 T urn the MODE/INFO control t o highlight “Setup Options” then press the control . 2 T urn the MODE/INFO control t o highlight “Clock ” then press the control. Y ou’ll see the menu screen shown at the right. 3 T urn the MODE/INFO control t o move the highlight box to the function [...]
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8 DAB Radio The D AB Station List When you plug in the Solo XT for the rst time it automatically searches the DAB radio bands for stations and puts the available stations in a list. If you move the Solo XT to a new location you can use the DAB Scan feature t o reset the station list. Y ou can also manually tune to the station list available on [...]
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9 DAB Station Setup If you move the Solo XT to a new location you can use the DAB Scan f eature to reset the station list. Y ou can also manually select stations to add to the list. 1 T urn the MODE/INFO control t o highlight “DAB Setup” . Press the control. Note: If the DAB radio source is selected you can simply press the TUNE control to acce[...]
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10 Setting a Station Preset 1 T une in the FM or D AB station you want to assign t o a preset. 3 Pr ess and hold the TUNE control for 3 seconds . The preset indicator in the upper left corner of the display will light indicating the station has been stored in the preset. In this example FM station 104.75 has been assigned to preset 1. T uning in a [...]
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11 The other setting are adjusted the same way . Active Day s: W eekday s/W eekends/7Days – Choose which da ys you want to use the alarm. Source: DAB/F M/Preset # – Choose the wake to music sour ce you want. Y ou can select either of the radio sources or one of the presets you ha ve set. V ol – Set the volume for wake to music . After you hav[...]
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12 Sleep F unction Y ou can set the Solo XT to play a radio station for up to 90 minutes. After the speci ed time the Solo XT shuts o . You can use the Sleep F unction with one of the radio sources or with the Aux input. 1 Use the MODE/INFO contr ol to select the source you want. Set the volume level wher e you want it. 2 T urn the MODE/INFO [...]
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13 Display C ontrols The “Display Setup” menu lets you control what information is shown in the display and how it looks. The t wo display examples below show the controls available . T o access the Display Setup menu: 1 T urn the MODE/INFO control t o highlight “Setup Options” . Press the control. 2 T urn the MODE/INFO control t o highligh[...]
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14 Resetting T o F ac tor y Default Should you want to return your Solo XT to its “ out of the box ” con guration, you can use the Factory Default reset featur e. This erases the DAB station list, clears the radio station presets, and returns all other menu settings to there original state . W arning: Do not use this feature unless y ou want[...]
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15 Limited W arranty Boston Acoustics warrants to the original purchaser of the Horizon Solo XT that it will be free of def ects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. Y our responsibilities are to install and use them according to the instructions supplied, to pr ovide safe and secure transportation to an [...]