DCR9 - Alarm clock radio SANGEAN - Free user manual and instructions

Product type	Clock radio
Brand	Sangean
Model	DCR9
FM frequency range	87.5 - 108 MHz
DAB frequency range	Band III 174.928 - 239.200 MHz, Band L 1452 - 1492 MHz (DCR-209 only)
Speaker	77 mm (3 inches), 8 ohms
Output power	0.9 Watts
Power supply	100 V - 240 V AC
Main functions	DAB+ and FM reception, radio and tone alarm, programmable sleep timer, 5 presets per band, adjustable backlight display (8 levels)
Headphone jack	3.5 mm diameter
Antenna	Telescopic antenna (can be replaced with a wired antenna)
Weight	Approx. 0.5 kg
Dimensions (approx.)	200 x 120 x 80 mm
Maintenance and cleaning	Clean only with a dry cloth
Safety	Do not expose to water, moisture, or temperatures above 70 °C
Spare parts and repairability	Optional wired antenna, wrench for lock nut supplied for telescopic antenna replacement
General information	Recommended use of DAB band for better quality and less interference

Frequently Asked Questions - DCR9 SANGEAN

How to set the alarm?

Press Info repeatedly until Alarm Status appears, then press Select. Set minutes with Tuning + or -, press Select, set hours, then confirm with Select.

How to change the alarm type (radio or beep)?

After displaying Alarm Status, press Tuning + or - to enter settings, then press Select to toggle between RADIO and BEEP. Confirm with Info.

How to cancel the alarm?

To cancel for 24 hours, press Standby. To cancel permanently, display Alarm Status, then press Select to set it to OFF.

How to use the snooze function?

When the alarm sounds, press Tuning +, Tuning - or Select to snooze for 5 minutes. The Z* icon appears. This snooze is possible for 30 minutes for beep and 1 hour for radio.

How to preset a DAB or FM station?

Turn on the radio, tune the desired station, then press and hold one of the preset buttons (1 to 5) until Preset X stored appears.

How to recall a preset station?

Turn on the radio, select the band (DAB or FM) with Band, then briefly press the corresponding preset button (1 to 5).

How to set the sleep timer?

Press Info repeatedly until Sleep Status, press Select to choose Sleep On, set the duration (1-99 minutes) with Tuning + or -, then confirm with Select.

How to perform an automatic DAB station search?

Press and release Auto Tune for a quick scan. For a full scan, press and hold Auto Tune for more than 2 seconds. New stations are added to the list.

How to switch to manual DAB tuning?

Press and hold Select until Manual tune, use Tuning + or - to choose the channel, press Select to confirm, then browse the stations in the multiplex with Tuning + or -.

How to reset the system?

Press and hold Info until the software version appears, press Info twice to see System reset, then press Select to confirm. A quick DAB scan will be performed.

USER MANUAL DCR9 SANGEAN

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Mode d'emploi F

Please read this manual before use

Contents

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS....2

Controls....3-4

Mainsoperation....5

Operatingyourradio-DAB....6

Selectingastation-DAB....7

Secondaryservices-DAB....8

Displaymodes-DAB....8

Finding new stations - DAB 9

Autoselect-DAB....9

Manualtuning-DAB....10

Signal strength display - DAB 10

Operatingyourradio-FM....11

Manualtuning-FM....12

Displaymodes-FM....13

FMstereolmono....13

Presettingstations-FM....14

Recallingapresetstation-DABandFM....14

Systemreset....15

SelectLbandchannelsforCanada(DCR-209only)....15

Settingthealarmtime....16

Selectingalarmtype....17

Cancellingalarms....18

Snoozefunction....18

Sleeptimer....19

Headphone socket 20

Displaybacklight....20

Aerials....21

Specifications....21

Circuitfeatures....21

General....22

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged. liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

15. To Reduce the Risk of Fire or Electric Shock, Do not Expose This Appliance To Rain or Moisture.

16. The Shock Hazard Marking and Associated Graphical Symbol is provided on the bottom panel of unit.

17. Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids, shall not be placed on the apparatus.

Controls(Front)

1. StandBy button
2. Autotune button
3. Waveband button
4. Light button

Controls(Top)

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1. Telescopic aerial
2. Headphone socket
3. Select button
4. Volume up/down buttons
5. Tuning up/down buttons
6. Preset buttons
7. Info button

Mainsoperation

1. Place the unit on a flat surface. Plug the mains lead into a wall socket and switch on the wall socket.
2. The display will show "DAB digital radio" for a few seconds before returning to clock display.
3. The clock time will be automatically set after your clock radio has been has been tuned to a DAB station for a few minutes.

Operatingyourradio-DAB

1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial.
2. Press the StandBy button to switch on your radio.
3. If this is the first time the radio is used a quick scan DAB channels will be carried out. The display will show "Autotune Quick scan". If the radio has been used before the last used station will be selected.
4. During Autotune as each group of stations is detected the bottom line of the display will show its name and the station count will be updated. The top line of the display shows a bargraph indicating progress of the Autotune.
5. When the Auto tune is complete the first station (in numeric-alpha order 0...9...A...Z) will be selected.
6. If the station list is still empty after the Autotune your radio will display "No Signal".
7. If no signals are found it may be necessary to relocate your radio to as position giving better reception.

STANDBY

Autotune Quick scan

Selectingastation-DAB

1. The top line of the display shows the name of the station currently selected.
2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to step through the list of available stations.
3. Press and release the Select button to select the station. The display may show "Tuning" while your radio finds the new station.
4. Adjust the Volumecontrol to the required setting.

Note: If after selecting a station the display shows "Not Available" it may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better reception.

Secondaryservices-DAB

1. Certain radio stations have one or more secondary services associated with them. If a station has a secondary service associated with it the display will show "next to the station name on the station list. The secondary service will then appear immediately after the primary service as you move through the tuning list.

Displaymodes-DAB

Your radio has five display modes:-

1. Press the Info button to cycle through the various modes.

a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such as artist/track name, phone in number, etc.

b. Programme type Displays type of station being listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc.

c. Multiplex Name Displays name of multiplex to which current station belongs.

d. Signal strength Displays signal strength for station being listened to.

e. Time and date Displays current time and date.

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a BBC 7 DAB Just a Minute...

BBC 7 DAB Culture

BBC 7 DAB BBC National DAB

d BBC 7 DAB

BBC 7 DAB 19:17 08-06-2003

Findingnewstations-DAB

As time passes new stations may become available. To find new stations proceed as follows:-

1. Press and release the AutoTunebutton, the display will show "Autotune Quick Scan". Your radio will perform a scan of the DAB frequencies. As new stations are found the station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations will be added to the list
2. To carry out a full scan of the entire DAB Band III frequencies press and hold down the AutoTune button for more than 2 seconds and then release. The display will show "Autotune Full scan". As new stations are found the station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations will be added to the list

AUTO TUNE ● FULL

Autotune Quick scan

AUTO TUNE FULL

BBC National 24 DAB

Autotune Full scan

Autoselect-DAB

As an alternative to pressing the tuning control to select a station your radio can be set so as to automatically select a station.

1. Press either the Tuningupordownbuttons a few times, immediately press and hold in the Select button until the display shows "Autoselect ON".
2. Scroll through the tuning list using the Tuning up or down buttons until the station you require is visible on the display, after a few seconds your radio will automatically select the station shown on the display.
3. To switch off Autoselect press either the Tuning up or down buttons a few times, immediately press and hold in the Select button until the display shows "Autoselect OFF".

Autoselect ON

BBC 7 DAB BBC National DAB

Autoselect OFF

ManualTuning-DAB

Manual tuning allows you to tune directly to the various DAB Band III channels.

1. Press and hold in the Select button until the display shows "Manual tune".
2. Press the Tuningupordownbuttonsto find the required DAB channel.
3. Press and release the Select button to select the channel.
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the stations contained within the Multiplex for the selected DAB channel.
5. Press and release the Select button to return to normal tuning mode.

Manual tune

12B 225.648 MHz BBC National DAB

BBC 7 MAN BBC National DAB

BBC 7 DAB BBC National DAB

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Signalstrengthdisplay-DAB

1. Repeatedly press and release the Info button until the lower line of the display shows signal strength.
2. Position your radio and angle the telescopic aerial for best reception using the signal strength display as a guide. Move your radio around and position so as to give maximum number of black rectangles on signal strength display.
3. The clear unfilled rectangle indicates minimum signal level required for satisfactory reception.

BBC 7 DAB

Operatingyourradio-FM

1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial.
2. Press the StandBy button to switch on your radio. The display will show "DAB digital radio" for a few seconds.
3. Press the Band button to select the FM band.
4. Press and immediately release the Auto Tune button, your radio will scan in an upwards direction (low frequency to high frequency) and stop automatically when it finds a station of sufficient strength.
5. After a few seconds the display will update and show station name.
6. To find other stations press and release the AutoTune button as before.
7. To scan the FM band in a downwards direction (high frequency to low frequency) press and hold down the AutoTune button for 0.5 seconds and then release.
8. When the waveband end is reached your radio will recommend tuning from the opposite waveband end.
9. Adjust the Volumecontrol to the required settings.
10. To switch off your radio press the StandBy button.

STANDBY

BAND

AUTO TUNE ● FULL

STANDBY

Manualtuning-FM

1. Press the StandBybuttonto switch on your radio.
2. Press the FMIDAB button to select the FM band. Fully extend the Telescopicaerial.
3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to tune to a station. The frequency will change in steps of 50kHz.
4. When the waveband end is reached the radio will recommence tuning from the opposite waveband end.
5. Set the Volumecontrol to the desired setting.
6. To switch off your radio press the StandBy button.

STANDBY

BAND

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STANDBY

Displaymodes-FM

On FM the bottom line of the display can be set to any of the following modes:-

1. Press the Infobutton to cycle through the various modes.

a. Scrolling text Displays scrolling text messages such as artist/track name, phone in number etc.

b. Program Type Displays type of station being listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc.

c. Signal strength Displays signal strength for station being listened to.

d. Time and date Displays current time and date.

e. Frequency Displays frequency of the station being listened to.

f. Audio mode Display shows Auto (stereo) or mono.

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FMStereo/Mono

1. If a station being received is weak some hiss may be audible. To reduce the hiss press and hold in the Select button until the display shows "Audio mode : mono" your radio will switch to mono mode.

2. To return to stereo mode press and hold in the Select button until the display shows "Audio mode:Auto", your radio will switch to stereo mode.

Note: FM stereo is only available when using earphone/headphones

Presettingstations-DABandFM

There are 5 memory presets for each of the 2 wavebands.

1. Press the StandBy button switch on the radio.
2. Tune to the required station as previously described.
3. Press and hold down the required Preset button until the display shows e.g. "Preset 1 stored". The station will be stored under the chosen preset button. Repeat this procedure for the remaining presets.
4. Stations stored in preset memories may be overwritten by following the above procedure.

STANDBY

graph TD
    A["1"] --> B["2"]
    B --> C["3"]
    C --> D["4"]
    D --> E["5"]

BBC R2 DAB Preset 1 stored

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Recallingapresetstation-DABandFM

1. Press the StandBy button to switch on the radio.
2. Select the required waveband by pressing the Bandbutton.
3. Momentarily press the required Preset button, your radio will tune to the station stored in preset memory.

STANDEY

graph TD
    A["1"] --> B["2"]
    B --> C["3"]
    C --> D["4"]
    D --> E["5"]

1Xtra DAB BBC National DAB

Systemreset

If your radio fails to operate correctly, or some digits on the display are missing or incomplete carry out the following procedure.

1. Press and hold in the Infobutton until the display shows the software version.
2. Press the Info button twice the display will show System reset.
3. Press in and release the Select button to select System reset.
4. If DAB was used last then a "Quick scan" of the DAB band will be performed, otherwise a "Quick scan" will be carried out the next time the DAB band is selected.

System reset

Autotune Quick scan

SelectLbandchannelsforCanada(DCR-209only)

L band channels in Canada and Europe are different. Initial setting for L band channels of this receiver is for Europe (Quick scan 10A-LK and Full scan 5A-LW). For Canada, following steps should be taken to select suitable L band channels in Canada (Quick scan L1-L23 and 5A-L23 full scan).

1. Press and hold the Info button until display shows software version.
2. Press the Info button twice, the display will show L band.
3. Press Select button to change the L band channels LA-LW (for Europe) to be L1-L23 (for Canada).

Settingthealarmtime

1. Repeatedly press and release the Info button until the display shows AlarmStatus.
2. Press the Select button the display will show Alarm Time Set. The minutes digits will begin to flash in the display. Set the required minute using the TuningUp/Downbuttons.
3. Press the Select button. The hours digits will begin to flash in the display. Set the required hour using the Tuning Up/Down buttons.
4. Press the Select button to confirm the alarm setting. The display will show Alarm Status On together with the alarm time. After a few seconds the display will revert to showing real time.

A * symbol will appear in the display indicating that the alarm is active.

Note: Alarmtimes areset using 24Hrformate. g. 2:30PM is entered as 14:30

graph TD
    A["INFO"] --> B["1"]
    C["ADVANCED"] --> D["2"]
    E["SELECT"] --> F["2"]
    G["TUNING"] --> H["+"]
    I["SELECT"] --> J["3"]
    K["TUNING"] --> L["+"]
    M["SELECT"] --> N["2"]
    O["Alarm status OFF"] --> P["Alarm Time Set 00:00"]
    Q["Alarm status ON 06:30"] --> R["11:56:30 *"]

Selectingalarmtype

Your clock radio can be set so as to wake you to either radio or beep type alarm.

1. Repeatedly press and release the Info button until the display shows AlarmStatus.
2. Press either the Tuning Up or Down buttons to enter alarm type setting.
3. Press the Selectbutton to change between Radio and Beep alarms.
4. Press the Info button to confirm the selection.

Note: when alarm is set to wake by radio your clock radio switchontothelastusedstation.

Alarm status ON 06:30

Alarm Type RADIO

Alarm Type BEEP

Cancellingalarms

1. Whilst an alarm is sounding it can be cancelled for 24 hours by pressing the Standbybutton.
2. To permanently cancel an alarm proceed as follows:-
3. Repeatedly press and release the Info button until the display shows AlarmStatus.
4. Press the Select button to change alarm status to OFF.

STANDBY

Alarm status ON 06:30

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Alarm status OFF

Snoozefunction

1. The radio or beep alarm can be silenced for 5 minutes by pressing the Tuning Up/Down or Select buttons. The display will show .Z *
2. This sequence can be repeated during the 1 hour radio or 30 minute beep alarm period.

06:30:30 z*

Sleeptimer

The sleep timer can only be set when the power (Standby) is on.

1. Repeatedly press and release the Infobutton until the display shows SleepStatus.
2. Press the Select button to select Sleep On.
3. Select the required sleep time (1-99 minutes) using the Tuning Up orDownbuttons.
4. Press the Select button to confirm the sleep timer setting.
5. Thedisplaywillshowsleeptimebeforereturningtonormal radiodisplay.Theradiowillswitchoffafterthesleeptime haselapsed.

Sleep status OFF

Sleep status ON

Sleep Timer Set 10 min

Headphonesocket

A 3.5mm Headphone Socket located on the right-hand end of your radio is provided for use with either headphones or an earpiece. Inserting a plug automatically mutes the internal loudspeaker.

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Displaybacklight

1. The display backlight has eight levels including off and can be set by repeatedly pressing and releasing the Light button.

Aerials

As supplied your clock radio is fitted with a telescopic aerial. Should this prove inconvenient a separate wire aerial can be fitted in place of the telescopic aerial.

A spanner is provided to allow removal of the telescopic aerial. The wire aerial can then be plugged in place of the telescopic aerial.

Note : In areas where signals are weak the wire aerial may not prove to be as effective as the telescopic aerial.

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Specifications

PowerRequirements

Mains AC 230 volts, 50Hz only

FrequencyCoverage

FM 87.5 - 108MHz

DAB

Band 3 174.928 - 239.200MHz

L Band 1452 - 1492MHz(DCR-209)only

CircuitFeatures

Loudspeaker 77mm(3 inches), 8ohms

Output Power 0.9 Watts

Headphone socket 3.5mm dia

Aerial System FM Telescopic aerial or alternative wire aerial

DAB Telescopic aerial or alternative wire aerial

General

Do not allow this unit to be exposed to moisture (e.g. dripping or splashing) or to temperatures exceeding 70 degrees centigrade. It is recommended that the DAB band be used wherever possible as better results in terms of quality and freedom from interference will usually be obtained than on the FM band.

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Tabledesmatières

IMPORTANTESMESURESDESÉCURITÉ....25

Commandes....26-27

Commandes(Faceavant)

F

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Spécifications

Alimentationrequire

Réseau électrique

CA 230 volts, 50Hz Oniquement

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Contenido

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Especificaciones

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Inhoud

BELANGRIJKE VEILIGHEIDSINSTRUCTIES.... 71

Besturingen....72-73

Netvoeding....74

Uw radio besturen - DAB 75

Vooraf ingestelde stations - FM 83

Specifications....90

Circuitkenmerken....90

Algemeen....91

BELANGRIJKEVEILIGHEIDSINSTRUCTIES

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Weergaveachterlicht

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Specifications
PowerRequirements
Netvoeding
Frequentiedekking
AC 230 volt, 50Hz alleen
FM 87.5 - 108MHz

DAB

Band 3 174.928 - 239.200MHz

L Band 1452 - 1492MHz

(DCR-209)alleen

Circuitkenmerken
Luidspreker
77 mm (3 inches), 8 ohms
Uitvoervermogen
0.9 Watt
Mof koptelefoon
3.5mm dia
Antennesysteem

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Inhalt

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TechnischeDaten

Stromversorgung

Netzbetrieb

230 V m/s 50 Hz

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