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Goodmans GSR75WDAB manual

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  • Page 1

    DA B Portable Radio GSR75WDAB Instruction M an ual Before op erating this u nit, Pleas e rea d this instruc tion m anua l ca refully Goodmans Produ ct Information Helpl ine 0870 873 0080[...]

  • Page 2

    Page 2 Cong ratulations on you purcha se of thi s lates t “state of the art “ Di gital Audio Broadcas t Radio. Please read throug h the f oll ow ing page s to get the most out of this GSR75W DAB. On unpa cking the unit the f oll ow ing sh ould be located w ithi n the packa ging 1 x GSR75W DAB Mai n unit 1 x Detacha ble m ains lead complete with[...]

  • Page 3

    Page 3 Your hea ring is v ery im portant to you and to us so please take care w hen operating this equ ipm ent. It i s s trongly recomm ended that you f oll ow the li sted gu ideli nes in order to prev ent poss ible damage or loss of hearing: EST AB LISH A SA FE SOUND LEVEL  Ov er t im e your hearing w il l adap t to conti nuou s loud s oun d[...]

  • Page 4

    Page 4 IM PORTANT SA FEGUARDS PRE FI T T ED MA INS PLUGS For your co nveni enc e a mains pl ug h as bee n fi tted to thi s ap pl ia nce. F or yo ur saf ety pl ease observe the fo l lo wing i nfor m atio n 1. Shoul d the fuse i n th e pl ug r em ove the pl ug fr om the wall socke t and repl ace the fuse w ith a 3 Am p ASTA approved to BS 1362 f use.[...]

  • Page 5

    Page 5 SOME DO' S AN D DONT' S ON T HE SA FE USE O F EQUIPMENT WA RNING: This equipment has been des igned and m anufactured to m eet Europe an s afety stan dards but li ke any electri cal equipment, care m us t be taken if you are to obtain the bes t resu lt s an d sa f ety i s to be as s ured . Do read the opera ti ng instructions befor[...]

  • Page 6

    Page 6 The G SR75W DAB can be p owered ei ther di rect ly from the househo ld 230V AC m ain s Suppl y vi a the suppl i ed l ea d or from 4 D size ba tteri es (not Suppl i ed)  A C MA I NS Insert the small end o f the AC m ai ns l ead to the socket on the si de of the GSR75W DAB and the 3 pi n pl ug i nto a switched h ouseho l d AC suppl y soc[...]

  • Page 7

    Page 7 Front 1 Power butt on and indicat or LED 2 Menu butto n 3 Select butto n 4 Au tot une button 5 Displ ay Button 6 Down butto n 7 Up b utton 8 Secondary DA B service indicato r Side 9 Rot ary Volum e control 10 Seco ndary butto n 11 Preset b utton 12 Next 13 Previous 14 Li ght butt on 15 3.5 mm Headphone soc ket Rear 16 Fol ding Handle 17 Le f[...]

  • Page 8

    Page 8 DAB or Dig ita l Audi o Broadca sti ng re prese nts a n ew age in broa dcasti ng t echnol og y and a s with al l new technol ogi es i t i s si gn if ica ntl y di ffer ent to tradi ti on al Anal ogue FM/AM broadcast methods. Th e new system no lo nger rel i es on tuni ng to a gi ve n freq uency b ut i nstea d al l ows the DAB recei ver to pro[...]

  • Page 9

    Page 9 Power Off To switch t he ra di o OF F pr ess the “Power” button Note: i n th is state th e rad io will sti l l sho w the cl ock in the d isp la y and d raw a sm all amount of power from either the ba tteri es or th e AC m ains suppl y. Connecting to an External A mplifier The a udi o ou tput fr om thi s uni t ca n be p la yed ba ck thro [...]

  • Page 10

    Page 1 0 4. W i th th e rad io conne cted to a m ai ns suppl y move the char ge switch t o i ts ON posi ti on . Th e Charge red LED ind i cator wil l i l l um in ate an d remain i l l um in ated when thi s switch is in the ON posi ti on. 5. After app roximately 15 hours m ove the ch arge sw i tch to i ts O FF posi ti on. T he cha rge in di cator w [...]

  • Page 11

    Page 1 1 Button Name Descripti on Power Pres s to sw itch O N or sw i tch OF F. Basic Co ntrols Prev ious (Prev) DAB Mode :Go directly to the prev i ous station in the DAB Stati on Lis t Next ( Next) DAB Mode :Go directly to the next station in t he DAB Station Lis t Light DC mode, pres s o nce backlight will on 5 se cond Presets Select the Preset [...]

  • Page 12

    Page 1 2 T he Displa y In DAB m ode, the n am e of the stati on bei ng l i sten ed to a ppear s on L in e 1 of the di spl ay , and t he “dynamic text” (sometim es known as “DLS T ext”) will a ppear on Li n e 2 of the di spl ay unl ess the “Di spl ay” , “Up”, “Down”, “Menu”, or “ Select /Ti m er” button s have b een pr es[...]

  • Page 13

    Page 1 3 Batte ry Level If the r ecei ver i s oper ati ng on batter i es, the batter y l evel wil l be di sp la yed, as a ba r. Th e l onge r the bar, the more li fe is le ft i n the batter i es. If the r ecei ver i s oper ati ng on m ain s power, thi s m e ssage w il l be displ ayed: Note : If the b atter y le vel i s getti ng l ow, then the Power[...]

  • Page 14

    Page 1 4 Statio n List The Stat io n Li st i s the hear t of th e DAB Tuni ng syst em and i s the key fun dam ental di ffe rence between di gi tal and anal og ue ra di o. An exam pl e of a fict io nal Station Li st is provid ed at the begi nni ng of the DAB Operati on se cti on of t hi s m anual . A Station Li st can o nl y be cr eated usi ng th e [...]

  • Page 15

    Page 1 5 Selecting Sta tions t o lis ten to in the Station Li st Ther e ar e two m e thods a vai l abl e for sel ecti ng a stati on to l i sten to from the Statio n Li st. These m ethods a re cal l ed ” Di rect Mode” and “Indi r ect Mode“ Please note that sta ti ons can be re m oved fro m transmissio n by the broa dcaster and thi s will b e[...]

  • Page 16

    Page 1 6 Selecting Sta tions f rom the Statio n List ( contd .) Storing and Recal ling Presets in DAB To make the sel ecti on of the m ost li ste ned to stati ons faster, up to 10 DAB stati ons can be stored in to preset m em ori es. The p reset m em orie s are in the fo rm of a l i st o f Preset L ocati ons n um bered 0 to 9 . Storing a Stat ion a[...]

  • Page 17

    Page 1 7 T imer Function The t imer functi on a l lo ws the radi o to sound a buzzer once a pre set ti m e per io d has e la psed. Setting t he T imer Press and hol d the “Sel ect” button for more than 2 second s. The di spl ay w i ll sh ow “00:20” if the timer has not previ ousl y been set, or w hateve r value the ti m er i s cu rren tl y [...]

  • Page 18

    Page 1 8 Menu Function The menu functi on al lo ws the confi gura ti on of s om e functi on s of the radi o. The menu opti ons a vai l abl e ar e:  Favou ri tes  Clo ck 12/24  Facto ry Defau lt s A ccess ing the Menu To acce ss the menu, press t he “Menu” butto n whil e l i steni ng to an y DAB radi o stati on . Note : If no a[...]

  • Page 19

    Page 1 9 T urn ing the Sort By Favourites op tion On and Off Press the “ Menu” bu tton u se the “ Up” a nd “Down” but tons to m ove to the Favo uri tes o pti on The d i spl ay wil l then sh ow. Press the “ Sel ect” bu tton to enter the F avou ri tes op tio n The d i spl ay wil l then sh ow Press the “ Up” o r “Down” but tons[...]

  • Page 20

    Page 2 0 Fact ory Defaults Thi s fea ture al lo ws the uni t to be reset to the state i t was when it was fi rst manufactured . It cl ear s al l m em orie s, i ncl udi ng a l l p reset s and th e Stati on L ist . Selecting F act ory Defaults Press the “ Menu” bu tton a nd the n use th e “Up” and “Down” button s to m ove to the Set Defau[...]

  • Page 21

    Page 2 1 Every effor t has b een made to ensu re thi s p rodu ct pro vid es opti mum pe rfor m ance i n al l condi ti ons , however we appreci ate that so m etimes diffi cu lti e s m ay ari se an d the fol l owing tab le sum m arise s som e comm on p robl ems. Probl em Possibl e cause Rem edy No power to un it  Check AC suppl y i s connected [...]

  • Page 22

    Page 2 2 AC Supply Voltage: 230VAC , 50Hz DC Supp ly Vol tage: 6V v ia 4 x LR20 “D” s ize batteri es (Not Supplied) Battery Lif e: up to 20 hou rs ON w ith 4 l ong lif e alkali ne batteries upto 4 Months in standb y m ode Receiv er Bands : DAB Band III: 174.928 MHz (5A) – 23 9.200MH z (13F) DAB Modes I, II, II I and IV Tuning Rang e - 11B to [...]